OK...
Some A's to some of the Q's:
I will attempt to make you a grip from any material you can "dig up" (in some cases , literally
...mastodon) Be advised that some materials will be more brittle or not as "wear proof" as others obviously.
I can start taking orders now for people who want grips in just about any type of wood species. Just PM with contact info. Blue and other colors in CF are pending shipment.
(If anyone has something in mind "wood wise" and can get to me before 2pm today, I am making a "run" to a place where I get "exotic woods" from. If you can tell me I will get your material while there.)In regards to the screwholes, the backside of the holes are saturated with thin CA in order to prevent the splitting out. We also tried to keep the holes "off" of the hard grain line. Wood species in house now are "fully cured". (stabilized) They will not warp or twist if treated in the "normal sense". Certain species will be different in the methods used to "ensure reliability and a info sheet will be included with your grips if ordered in "questionable types" on how and what not to do. If you plan on taking your pup with you to BUDs class, then yeah, you might have a problem with wood(s).
To all who have commented, thanks for your replies. Much appreciated. Another thing I'm trying to figure out is what to charge for these things and alot of that is dependent upon the "material". Mastodon for example could run a couple of hundred thousand. The cost of the expedition to retreive such coupled with the excavation of same warrants the cost
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Seriously though, if you have "exotic" materials you would like to consider having grips made from then PM me with your phone number in order to discuss it. (before buying it!) I would prefer that once a conversation has taken place about your request that you "soucre the material and have it dropped shipped to us. There is a multitude of reasons for this and the three biggest are: time to find said material, costs and the fact that if I try and find it, I would not want to be responsible for not getting that possibly didn't meet your approval. SO, that being said, just give me a PM to discuss the potential candidate material beforehand. In addition to this, there are size issues to consider along with potential manufacture issues, brittleness, capability to be put in CNC or laser etc.
Again, thanks for all the comments and input...
BTW: "Tracker, KJ"..The prototype grips were made from memory. I just kept sanding until I remembered the "feel in my hand"..
