Ron,
The grips I will be receiving from Tom Heller, he said are laser cut. I'm not sure how to avail oneself of the application of this process to the shaped material, but at least there would be no cutters to dull...
I've turned ironwood before on my metal lathe while making a stem to fit the pipestone pipe bowl I'd made, and it was gorgeous to work, smooooth, like buttah! (attachment via a 1/4-20 brass bolt, bored out to a .125 i.D. I was able to drill and tap the pipestone for the threaded bolt end, the full D shank was strawberried with a center punch over a snug push fit, then tapped in to depth and given a slight turn counter-clockwise.)
Hope I didn't hijack my own thread,,,I just like to make things...Now it's gonna be for my Luger!
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