Cleaning grips

Hugh · 08-24-2002, 02:42 PM

When cleaning old grips, be careful about scrubbing too hard with a stiff bristle brush. Some wartime grips were made of Beechwood or Birch, which is much softer than Walnut. The checkering can be damaged enough to require recheckering on them. <img src="graemlins/r.gif" border="0" alt="[king]" />

kidvett · 09-05-2002, 04:08 PM

Hello Hugh,

Thanks for posting....perhaps it's gonna help others avoid doing what I did!

kidvett [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

Thor · 09-05-2002, 04:16 PM

I have read in some of the reference books that some 1917 & 1918 Lugers have those light colored grips. Some references say it is unstained wood and some say it is because they were beech. I have wondered which is correct or perhaps both???? [img]confused.gif[/img]

Garfield · 09-05-2002, 04:53 PM

I was of the impression that Imperial grips were finished off with boiled linseed oil. Regarding the use of beech, rather than walmut, on the 17s and 18s; that is definately a fact.

08-24-2002, 02:42 PM	#1
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	Cleaning grips When cleaning old grips, be careful about scrubbing too hard with a stiff bristle brush. Some wartime grips were made of Beechwood or Birch, which is much softer than Walnut. The checkering can be damaged enough to require recheckering on them. <img src="graemlins/r.gif" border="0" alt="[king]" /> __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

09-05-2002, 04:16 PM	#3
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09-05-2002, 04:08 PM	#2
kidvett User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 584 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Hello Hugh, Thanks for posting....perhaps it's gonna help others avoid doing what I did! kidvett [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

09-05-2002, 04:53 PM	#4
Garfield User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A little SE of Nome Posts: 239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was of the impression that Imperial grips were finished off with boiled linseed oil. Regarding the use of beech, rather than walmut, on the 17s and 18s; that is definately a fact.