Best Way to Repair A Chipped Grip???

sheepherder · 06-10-2011, 05:10 PM

It's not a Luger grip, but the method should be the same...

My Gasser grip has a chip out of it; it chipped with the grain, pretty much in one plane...

I'm wondering how to graft a piece of wood in to repair it...

Sand/rout it flat and glue a piece on with as little glueline as possible showing??? Shape the new piece to fit the existing contour and let the glueline be what it wants to be??? Dovetail a new piece in???

What kind of adhesive??? Glue??? Epoxy??? Polyester resin???

Shaping it afterward should be pretty straightforward...and it will always look 'fixed'...so what would a period armorer/smith have done to repair it???

I've seen gunstocks with some elaborate wood repairs [Enfields]...

How would an Austrian or German have repaired a chipped grip???

06-10-2011, 05:10 PM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	Best Way to Repair A Chipped Grip??? It's not a Luger grip, but the method should be the same... My Gasser grip has a chip out of it; it chipped with the grain, pretty much in one plane... I'm wondering how to graft a piece of wood in to repair it... Sand/rout it flat and glue a piece on with as little glueline as possible showing??? Shape the new piece to fit the existing contour and let the glueline be what it wants to be??? Dovetail a new piece in??? What kind of adhesive??? Glue??? Epoxy??? Polyester resin??? Shaping it afterward should be pretty straightforward...and it will always look 'fixed'...so what would a period armorer/smith have done to repair it??? I've seen gunstocks with some elaborate wood repairs [Enfields]... How would an Austrian or German have repaired a chipped grip??? Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...