A grip panel related question

[visaman]

I have made a personal logo that i want to have carved in wooden grips, it is composed of the runes used to write my name.The logo is a binding rune. An example of other binding runes is the logo for bluethooth,It is composed of a the runes H and B.




It reads: H A K U N

Does anyone have suggestion of the wood i can get it carved from?
I am thinking of exotic and unusual european wood types.
My favorites so far is: Flamed birch , and burled birch.


Omly for months more to wait.. and then, CZ SP-01 

[Armed Squid]

You're on your own bro, in terms of finding a good wood sculpter. In fact, I don't even know about regular wood grips for pistols, so I won't offer much besides sticking with ones you see now. I can however, provide a link to a fairly large list of different woods:


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoQYknl6qRJw2Uot8SJEfT0jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20070405192146AAwrOEi



I would suggest not looking too much farther down beyond Black locust... The lighter and less dense they get, it would seem the less reliable they would be for gun handles. Two additions not included on the list are Lignum Vitae (possibly the most beast wood out there) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignum_Vitae and Bloodwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_erinaceus .


A "Wood-pedia"-style reference site is located here: http://www.exotichardwoods-southamerica.com/bloodwood.htm and you are able to research/purchase various other woods there as well.

[75Plus]

I would suggest not looking too much farther down beyond Black locust... The lighter and less dense they get, it would seem the less reliable they would be for gun handles.

Just might want to revise this. Walnut, American and European, has stocked more guns than any other variety and is 20 points lighter than black locust.

Joe