What kind of wood was used for wooden grips?

[rawbutter]

I want to make a custom wooden pump handle to match the wooden grips I've got. I want them both to match, obviously, so it would help if I knew what kind of wood the grips were made from. Does anyone happen to know?

[luke]

No one really knows how many different species of threes there on the planet. It is estimated anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 varieties, yours will be one of those. We could all wager a guess but it may be easier to identify you you posted a picture.

[mobsterboy]

No one really knows how many different species of threes there on the planet. It is estimated anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 varieties, yours will be one of those. We could all wager a guess but it may be easier to identify you you posted a picture.

If Luke's comment was too long:
Show us what you got! (And details on who made them would help too)

[luke]

Am I swimming in the millennial pool or something? LOL omg

[luke]

Wood grain and natural color will help figure out what wood it is...

[rawbutter]

yeah....noob mistake not posting pictures first. Silly me. And then when I pulled out the grips a few minutes ago to snap a picture, I realized something else. Not all wooden grips are made from the same wood. I don't know how I never noticed that before. They are shaped exactly the same, but the ones on the left are more...brown? They even weigh more. I can tell just from holding them.



So this idea just got a lot more complicated. *sigh*

[luke]

Are the inside of the grips "finished"?
Can you tell if their laminated?

[luke]

I'm guessing, but they do look like they're laminated...

[Justus]

Those grips have been stained. Smart Parts wooden wraps came in a variety of colors, all stained. Just find something with a large enough grain to somewhat match, and then take the grips and a sample piece of wood to somewhere that they mix and sell custom stain shades. That's how my contractors got my solid pine doors, poplar trim and walnut cabinets to all match in my house.

After you stain to match, you can use some tung oil or boiled linseed oil on the new part to penetrate and protect the wood, matching the shine of the original grip.

[rawbutter]

Are the inside of the grips "finished"?
Can you tell if their laminated?

I don't think the inside is finished. It's certainly not glossy. I also tried scratching a little bit to see if the color is only skin deep, but it seems to go throughout the wood.

Those grips have been stained. Smart Parts wooden wraps came in a variety of colors, all stained. Just find something with a large enough grain to somewhat match, and then take the grips and a sample piece of wood to somewhere that they mix and sell custom stain shades.... After you stain to match, you can use some tung oil or boiled linseed oil on the new part to penetrate and protect the wood, matching the shine of the original grip.

Won't staining the wood eliminate the different colors and make it all look like the same color?

I actually swung by a local lumber yard yesterday with these, and one of the clerks said I should consider bocote for the pump handle. It has some yellowish grains that should match the grips on the right. They don't carry it in stock, but I can get a blank on eBay for relatively cheap.

[luke]

Post a picture of the unfinished grain on the inside, I'm guessing it will be one color. Also a straight on picture of the finger grip area would help. The striations of the different colors lead me to me believe it's a laminate of two different wood types.

[luke]

Won't staining the wood eliminate the different colors and make it all look like the same color?

No, stain does not work like paint.

[Dawg047]

I don't think the inside is finished. It's certainly not glossy. I also tried scratching a little bit to see if the color is only skin deep, but it seems to go throughout the wood.



Won't staining the wood eliminate the different colors and make it all look like the same color?

I actually swung by a local lumber yard yesterday with these, and one of the clerks said I should consider bocote for the pump handle. It has some yellowish grains that should match the grips on the right. They don't carry it in stock, but I can get a blank on eBay for relatively cheap.

Are you sure those grips aren't laminated wood? I have a ton of real steel laminated grips and stocks and the SP grips look just like these rest of them. Unless SP sourced specific wood with that funky grain, I would certainly say that is laminated wood. If that isn't laminated wood, I would be shocked, but it could be something off the wall.

[boddah]

Wanna sell the brown grips and frame?


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[Spider-TW]

Are you sure those grips aren't laminated wood? I have a ton of real steel laminated grips and stocks and the SP grips look just like these rest of them. Unless SP sourced specific wood with that funky grain, I would certainly say that is laminated wood. If that isn't laminated wood, I would be shocked, but it could be something off the wall.

Seconded on the laminate. You can buy laminates in various colors. It is like a plywood phenolic. Wear a dust mask for sure.