This antique gun has seen better days. Not surprising, given how old it is. My guess is it's circa 1880. In a previous blog, I did some other repairs to this gun, seen
here.
Yesterday's task was to repair the left grip that had a chunk of walnut broken out. I'd previously glued a cracked part of the grip together, but the repair done yesterday and today will hopefully get it to look somewhat better.
The photo above and this next one show the broken area.
This next photo also shows the previous crack repair. It was pretty significant.
I roughed out a scrap piece of Fir 2x4 and whittled out the broken grip area to accept the new piece.
Time for glue.
After letting the glue dry overnight, the new piece is taking shape.
Here's my attempt at checkering. I used a thin, oval-shaped file to do the work.
These next photos show the finished product. I put on Walnut stain but it is still pretty light. I could try to darken the new wood more but maybe that will be another day.
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