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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Mon March 23, 2009 8:27pm
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Wow, tempted to ask you if you could bore that to fit an Austin 9wt, and sell it to me. Its pretty cool.
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Kyle Jud
Registered: June 2008
Posts: 41
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Mon March 23, 2009 8:33pm
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Very nice! Is that bocote?
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,568
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Mon March 23, 2009 9:03pm
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I overbore all my wood grips - that's a 3/4 inch diameter rod running down the length of that grip. I mount a foam arbor on the blank and seat the grip on that. Keeps the weight near that of regular cork.
The woods are, from left to right - Marblewood, macassar ebony, paduak, macassar ebony, zebra wood, and then the same repeated back out to the other end.
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Ken Bonneau
Registered: February 2007
Location: Kings Park, Long Island, N.Y
Posts: 464
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Tue March 24, 2009 8:41am
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That really is one sharp grip. I can't say that I've ever seen anything in wood quite as stunning
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Tue March 24, 2009 11:23pm
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Tom Kirkman
Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,568
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Wed March 25, 2009 6:17pm
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Sammy Mickel saw it today in person. He said he would beat whatever your offer is by $1. So, you know...
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Phil Erickson
Registered: December 2008
Location: Alamo, CA
Posts: 63
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Thu March 26, 2009 7:04pm
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Tom, that is awesome!
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Michael Joyce
Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
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Fri March 27, 2009 12:32pm
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Well, I really like it....but Sammy beats my offer by a dollar, so why bother.
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Scott Bazinet
Registered: September 2006
Location: Dumfries, South West Scotland
Posts: 70
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Tom
I have done this on several grips but stopped short of breaking through the front end.How are you finishing off the exposed end of the grip once mounted? Epoxy ramp?
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