Million Dollar Chip

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by eagle7373

Note from the photo that the chip on this grip is slightly different others I have seen. The back edge of the grip is not missing, but a piece off the top outside surface is chipped off.

This is missing 1 1/2 of the little diamond shaped pyramids of the checkered pattern. Tiy can see the diamond-shaped footprint where the complete point used to be, plus its neighbor in line, which was a partial one, interrupted by the edge of the grip.

It's sure a pain when this happens and it ruins the look of an otherwise--pristine, in your case--excellent grip.

Fixing this is no small challenge. Sometimes if it's a partial loss, just part of its tip, it can be blended in by running checkering cutters over the existing pattern to lower the surrounding peaks and define the blunt one a bit better. But the whole pyramid is gone, and judging by the way the panel is already recessed a bit in relation to the frame, I don't think there's enough meat there to accomplish this unobtrusively.

I'd rule out trying to replace that tiny piece with wood. Try a dab of stain where the raw wood is revealed. It will hide it at least enough to make a better first impression. If you need an actual diamond there, building up a few dots of tinted epoxy will give you some structure to cut down into shape.