Does anyone know anyone - that makes grips out of real wood for a hurst pistol shifter handle?

I've seen such for new LX-Mopars - and they look awesome

Check out gunslinger.com. Great stuff
I have the ebony one.

www.gunslinger727.com
www.pistolgrip727.com

Thanks for the hint - It would be exactly what I'm looking for... and very reasonable priced.

But they've lost the guy that made them and have only some left in stock that are purple heart - that's to special for me.

I'll go with plastic and keep an eye on them.

Funny that this does not make a market that people would get their immitates replaced with real wood.

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Funny that this does not make a market that people would get their immitates replaced with real wood.

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There is/was a market, but it was a small one because few were willing to pay enough to make hand made wood grips a profitable venture. I used to sell them as well, Domingo was having a guy in Peru make them who was a custom guitar maker, they were stunningly beautiful and made the right way with brass inserts and machine screws to hold them on,not just wood screws right into raw wood, but they carried a hefty price tag. The people that bought them were thrilled but at $129.00 retail they didn't sell well and we barely made a profit. The problem is also inventory. Everyone wanted a different color or type of wood, and no two were alike.

I was impressed with Gunslingers simulated wood plastic grips, they did a nice job with those, nice smooth high gloss finish with simlulated wood burl looked very similar to the real wood grips I used to sell.

scott, do you have a pic of the brass machine screw inserts you used ?

Here's an installed pic,I have some loose ones around here somewhere, I'll see if I can find one for a pic. They are just a basic outer wall knurled inner threaded insert, you can get them at any nut and bolt supply

Try these, the ones in the sample grip photos are a different style (wider, made of stainless steel) but they are of similar design.

Here is mine. I got them from Gunslinger at a trade show/swap meet. Hand carved wood. He let me go thru alot of his grips to get the pair I wanted. It appears he doesn't have anymore at the present though...

-Michael

This is what we used to sell. The polished versions (shown off the handle) were flamed maple, the oak grips on the handle are in a satin finish. The clear coat was so glassy smooth that most people thought they were glass or polished plastic.

Oak grain was what the original plastic grips were copied from

Cool! Now I know what I missed...

Ain't there any leftovers?

Sorry, I don't have any, maybe Domingo or Resto Rick can hook you up but last I heard there won't be anymore made.

I made my own. it may not be a perfect replication, or as smooth, but I'm happy with it. I saw it as a challenge, and took my time hand carving them, and did some minor sanding when done.

I used african ebony hardwood, for the extreme light/dark streaks, but that stuff was SUPER HARD to carve! no splinters, and the "chips" all came off in little shiny flakes, talk about DENSE wood!

I used nothing but a pocket knife and some light sanding, mostly so that I could say I whittled it with a pocket knife.

if I had it to do over again, I'd definitely look at using some sort of power tool like a dremel to do the heavy work.

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and my new console that I made to replace the chintzy wood one, which I have since repainted flat black with a light misting of silver to give it a bit of flake/sparkle, similar to the AAR/TA hoods.

Here's how the ones we used to sell were made,these are just some basic steps that we had in a book on display at shows we attended to help people see what went into making them. These are just quick digital pics of photos so not the best pics.

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