New product: Radom wood grip reproductions

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Olle

I was thinking about making more repros...

When I first saw your ad I immediately thought of the vertically-grooved (or corrigated) Russina Luger grips. I have a set in black plastic [possibly Bakelite] and tried to interest a member in doing them in dark walnut but with no success...

I'm going to be doing a set in walnut for a S&W model 41 with a short barrel [think Loveless] but got into shortening the barrel first. Wood work always comes second here.

[Olle]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

When I first saw your ad I immediately thought of the vertically-grooved (or corrigated) Russina Luger grips. I have a set in black plastic [possibly Bakelite] and tried to interest a member in doing them in dark walnut but with no success...

I'm going to be doing a set in walnut for a S&W model 41 with a short barrel [think Loveless] but got into shortening the barrel first. Wood work always comes second here.

Is this a kind that was originally done in walnut, or do you want your own lookalike set in walnut? There's a lot of work to do before you can flip the switch, so making a one-off set is actually easier to do by hand.

It would be more feasible if I could find an accurate 3D model of the grips, that's how I made the 1911s. Now when I have located the model, I can use it as a blank canvas where I can apply pretty much anything. I figure the Luger grips can be made the same way, if I had a good model of standard grips I could modify them in different ways.