How to put grip/texture on wood/micarta?

[eyeeatingfish]

I am putting a new set of handles on my endura and I need to know how to put grip into the material.
Unfortunately I screwed up a set of nice stabilized burly maple (i think) by grinding the wrong side so I will probably use some orange G-10 or some micarta but maybe make a try with the wood again
So anywho I am going to stick with the thinner shape of the endura handles rather than all sorts of curves. Problem is that this will leave a large flat space and not much in the way of grip. I dont have a lathe to put in a nice diamond texture though. I dont want to attempt it with a hacksaw because hard to get parallel and evenly spaced lines. Dont know if there is a tool for this....
If nothing else I thought I would just use a rough sandpaper on one of those vibrating finishing sanders to give it an even texture, but probably wouldnt add much grip.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Phillip Dobson]

Rough sandpaper on coarse micarta leaves a good texture.

I like the look of smooth finishes on G10 and hardwood. You can compromise by adding large scale texture with files. I did this on a ZT0350 and it feels very good.

 

[logem]

You may want to look into wood checkering gunsmithing tools. Try Midway USA or Brownells.

I like my handles smooth too, though.

Mike L.

 

[JTknives]

I love when micarta or G10 (the green Stuff) is bead blasted.

 

[308sniper]

I like them a little rougher by using 80 grit aluminum oxide blast.

 

[Bruce Bump]

I would use a 1/16" round burr in a dremel (or turbo carver) and do very small figure eights. Practise on scrap always.