649-1 with dog chew grips
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Great job on the stocks, great gun and great dog. I bird hunted over 40 years and had several GSP's, pretty much my favorite breed for hunting birds.
Buy dog chew futures, fast! I visualize disgruntled dog owners everywhere not being able to find enough antler / horn chews, as they are all snapped up by revolver grip makers. Prices skyrocketing, panic ensues. Ebay scalpers make huge profits.
Kinda like the great "catnip is just like cannabis" market flurry of 1967...
Kinda like the great "catnip is just like cannabis" market flurry of 1967...
You could get some thin super glue and rub it in wearing rubber gloves. Something like bone or stag will soak up a bunch, not so much the top surfaces but probably on the back side, avoid built up in the natural part. Once you have it so it stays on the surface it will sand and shine up nice.
I have used it quite a bit on some natural woods, Oosic, bone and antler knife handles.
I have used it quite a bit on some natural woods, Oosic, bone and antler knife handles.
AZretired
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Wow! Excellent work!
I thought this was going to be a "My dog ate my gun" story. 
Nice grips.
Nice grips.
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RalphK22
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Thank you all for your kind comments and "Likes" although I am not sure if the majority of the "Likes are for the grips or for Smoke, the pup. Ha ha.
Thanks RSBH44 and steelslayer for the super glue suggestion. I am assuming this is only on the backsides where the antler is most porous?
I have marine epoxy I could thin out and try also.
To those who suggested the Tyler T grips, I have been giving that some thought as well. I have several other J frames but never tried the T grips. As I recall there was some controversy with the manufacturer of the T grips some years ago, has that been cleared up? Where should I look to buy one? I would like something to somewhat match the stainless steel. Aluminum perhaps?
Now all I have to do is teach Smoke to chew the grips out of the antler and I can retire. Should be easy.
Thanks RSBH44 and steelslayer for the super glue suggestion. I am assuming this is only on the backsides where the antler is most porous?
I have marine epoxy I could thin out and try also.
To those who suggested the Tyler T grips, I have been giving that some thought as well. I have several other J frames but never tried the T grips. As I recall there was some controversy with the manufacturer of the T grips some years ago, has that been cleared up? Where should I look to buy one? I would like something to somewhat match the stainless steel. Aluminum perhaps?
Now all I have to do is teach Smoke to chew the grips out of the antler and I can retire. Should be easy.
9mmsubgun-m11
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My first thoughts were this aint gonna be good. You did a fine job on your first set.
You could get some thin super glue and rub it in wearing rubber gloves. Something like bone or stag will soak up a bunch, not so much the top surfaces but probably on the back side, avoid built up in the natural part. Once you have it so it stays on the surface it will sand and shine up nice.
I have used it quite a bit on some natural woods, Oosic, bone and antler knife handles.
That's some beautiful Damascus!! Do you make it yourself?
Yes, I make most of my Damascus.
On the super glue. With antler bone and more porous material a lot will soak up from the back side. On the front surfaces rub it in with rubber gloves finger tip, , sand with 400 grit, repeat,, repeat, if you do this before glue sets up it will fill pores any small voids, even small holes can be filled with a bit of sanding dust and glue, then sand 400-600 or more after letting coats dry. Very nice finish can be achieved. If you buff use light pressure and soft wheel. Pressure and heat can smear it.
On the super glue. With antler bone and more porous material a lot will soak up from the back side. On the front surfaces rub it in with rubber gloves finger tip, , sand with 400 grit, repeat,, repeat, if you do this before glue sets up it will fill pores any small voids, even small holes can be filled with a bit of sanding dust and glue, then sand 400-600 or more after letting coats dry. Very nice finish can be achieved. If you buff use light pressure and soft wheel. Pressure and heat can smear it.
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RalphK22
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Steelslayer, you are a real craftsman. Those knives are true works of art.
Thank you for sharing your technique for sealing with superglue.
Thank you for sharing your technique for sealing with superglue.
I saw those "dog chews" at Petco a while back, and thought about doing the same thing. Those pieces of elk horn are supposed to be "sanitary", and have no bacteria in them. That's why they look different than raw elk horn or stag. Plus, they're large enough to have plenty to work with. Good job,......I wished I would have done it before now........As, I need grips for my Ruger Blackhawks.........
Green Frog
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I thought this was going to be a "My dog ate my gun" story.
Nice grips.
My thoughts exactly. I found those antler chews a couple of years ago at the LPS (Local Pet Store) and had the same thought. A couple of years later there is still a nice chunk of antler on my to-do list/back burner and my poor old gun is still wearing original, worn wooden grips.
Good looking pup, but don't use the phrase "dog chew" anywhere near him and that gun. They are a lot more perceptive than most folks think and he'll "figure out" that it's OK for him to chew on his grips. Dogs are like that... the stories I could tell!
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