sparkie's grips

[NAMVET72]

Originally Posted by dsparkie

You might suprise your self! It take's patience,and determination,oh, and a lot of practice LOL! In all honesty,If I can do it I'd say you or anyone else here could. I've seen the collective talent here and it's impressive what you guys can do. you all inspired me to try,other wise I doubt I would have even tried

sparkie we all know Marines don't have Patience......HEHEHE

[dsparkie]

Well you have a point there ! Or at least the one's I've been around LOL

[69Charger]

Originally Posted by NAMVET72

sparkie we all know Marines don't have Patience......HEHEHE

Damn straight.
Dave

[Lane]

Those are really nice - I'd love to see some pictures/descriptions of how you do it. Have you tried checkering metal? Like front straps, MSH, etc?

[dsparkie]

Originally Posted by NormanXDm

Those are really nice - I'd love to see some pictures/descriptions of how you do it. Have you tried checkering metal? Like front straps, MSH, etc?

I would be glad to help you as much as i can.But In the big sand box,there is a thread,I think it may be a sticky, By MR.SCIENCE. Dont know if you have read it or not,but he really goes in depth on how to checker grips. It really help'd me alot. And he has pics Feel free to pm me anytime with questions you may have. I'm still learning myself,but I will help you as much as I can, and maybe I can take pics on the next set that I do, if you think it will help!!
As far as checkering metal, no I havn't tried it yet,but I hope to one day!

[BSea]

WOW, you've been busy. And just a few weeks ago you were asking for pointers on checkering. Now I think you can teach.

[dsparkie]

Originally Posted by BSea

WOW, you've been busy. And just a few weeks ago you were asking for pointers on checkering. Now I think you can teach.

Thanks Bsea! I dont Know about teaching,But I've def. put a lot of time into learning this craft. Made me mad that I kept screwig up,so I just kept trying out of frustration

[BadOscar]

I really like the look of those larger checkers and how it doesn't take away from the beauty of the wood.

[dsparkie]

Originally Posted by BadOscar

I really like the look of those larger checkers and how it doesn't take away from the beauty of the wood.

Yea I do too,And the 16 LPI is much easier to do. The smaller ones are 18 LPI and really tough on my old eyes Thanks for all the compliments,I know that I've got a long way to go with this,but I'm pretty happy with my progress so far

[SemperFi1977m]

I agree, the large checkering doesnt take away from the wood's beauty. Nicely done.