My new 22 Mentioned in the New Longleaf Thread. Didn't want to jack it.

Well heck, I did a nice post with pictures and then the connection went south, here we go again, round two.
Checkering 101 in 500 words or less in B flat.

First you determine what shape and size of diamonds you want, now days 3 to 3 1/2 times as high as they are wide. Used to be down to even 1 to 1 just diagonal boxes. The size is determined by the lines per inch. I usually do 20, many factory rifles etc are 18, the finer you go the more delicate they are and less grippy. Still very nice and high end shotguns etc will have very fine line checkering.
The shape of the diamonds determines the angle of the starter lines or master lines as they are referred to. They are marked with a pencil and cut with a v tool or veiner then made straight and deepened a bit with a single line cutter.
The tools


There are single line cutters in fine and course, there are double and triple head cutters, some are designed to cut on the pull rather than the push to work away from borders and such. Some double cutters have teeth on both sides, some have teeth on one side and smooth on the other to help guide in the previous line, so you stay nice an parallel. Crooked is not good and it's very easy to get off and have lines merge or get too far apart, that's where the patience part comes in. Also kind of have to have your mind right. If your not in the mood to checker it's best to go play with knives or something until you are in the mood.
The cutters work like a tiny little file in a back and forth sawing motion. Very time consuming to say the least.

Double cutter on the left, single cutter on the right.


A double cutter with a smooth side and a skip line cutter on the right. It is used when you want to mix in larger diamonds amongst your standard diamonds. Like this.




And the mess that goes along with shaping a square piece of wood into something else.


Here's some pins I'm pondering inlaying into a set of grips. They go up for auction on another forum. Second year I've made them. They apparently come up with a different pin each year.



Hope that was less than 500 words, I'm not gonna go back and count. Guess I'll go out and do some cleaning up a bit. Thank goodness for shop vacs huh?
 
Congrats on the new CZ. My first ever rifle was a Trainer. Very fond of that gun.
 
very nice rifle and revolver..the grips are nice too. boy .22 lr ammunition is scarce around these parts. plus they"re getting 5.00 a box of 50. some places, I remember .99 cents a box just like it was yesterday..
 
Nice diamond checkering matched with some real pretty wood figuring Thanks for sharing the very nice work, Bawanna.

Somewhere in one of my project coffee cans some highly figured fire Maple grips for a Remmy BP will get a set of Sterling Silver crossed cannons...

Love the bird head.

Mark:D
 
bargs said:
very nice rifle and revolver..the grips are nice too. boy .22 lr ammunition is scarce around these parts. plus they"re getting 5.00 a box of 50. some places, I remember .99 cents a box just like it was yesterday..
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Yup, everything else seems to be recovering and can be found but 22 is still scarce. When I picked up this rifle the new guy in the local shop was putting some 22 on the shelf, said we got some in, like 10 boxes. Had it marked 8.98 a box. I left it.
Surely it will start showing up again one of these days. I didn't see this coming during the last panic. Stocked up on other stuff, should have bought a lot more 22.
 
I wouldnt have thunk it either! Been trying to stick with NATO rounds for $ reasons but may not be any reason to that anymore. If you want a lot of practice 22lr used to be the way to go? Thanks for the checkering 101! Have too many questions to ask now so will try later! Sounds like it is really tedious work. Cool grips BTW.
Bawanna said:
Yup, everything else seems to be recovering and can be found but 22 is still scarce. When I picked up this rifle the new guy in the local shop was putting some 22 on the shelf, said we got some in, like 10 boxes. Had it marked 8.98 a box. I left it.
Surely it will start showing up again one of these days. I didn't see this coming during the last panic. Stocked up on other stuff, should have bought a lot more 22.
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I try not to dwell on the word tedious, but it does come to mind from time to time.
 
Can you checker horn? Would it be recommended or would it possibly increase the likelihood of cracking due to stress risers? I dont remember if your Pen knife was wood or horn but I bet checkered horn would look pretty cool!
Bawanna said:
I try not to dwell on the word tedious, but it does come to mind from time to time.
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The Pen Knife was horn and it checkered quite nicely. It doesn't cut very deep so I doubt it would increase the chances of cracking. A handle is a bit challenging to checker since it's all curve not a flat surface anywhere.
My horn handle had a bit of a crack and natural grain pattern in one spot so I figured the worst that could happen is I'd screw it up and have to replace the handle. It turned out good.
It sadly was still a little too slim for my personal taste so I ended up wrapping it with Para Cord but I'm still tempted to unwrap it from time to time. Looks nicer the way it was born.
 
Well I'm off to the airport to pick up my lovely bride who drove down with my sister moving to Vegas. Two woman in an SUV pulling a U Haul trailer, I had nightmares. They made it fine and dandy.

I'm dressed for my trip to Seattle. Lets see Cbob 1911 on hip, check, double mag pouch on off side, check, Kahr PM45 on ankle, check, fixed blade knife on weak side (sadly not HI) check, Pen Knife next to seat, check.
300 rounds of 45 on board.

Risky but I think we'll get out OK. I'll report in if/when I return to base.
 
Mission accomplished. Back in the country side. No shots fired, no kukri wielding required. No lives lost. Lots of stress, lots of traffic, I'm in official coast mode the rest of the day.
I hate Seattle, I hate freeways, I hate airports, not real fond of high density population.

Pulse and blood pressure still high but I think I'll be ok.
 
Bawanna said:
Well I'm off to the airport to pick up my lovely bride who drove down with my sister moving to Vegas. Two woman in an SUV pulling a U Haul trailer, I had nightmares. They made it fine and dandy.

I'm dressed for my trip to Seattle. Lets see Cbob 1911 on hip, check, double mag pouch on off side, check, Kahr PM45 on ankle, check, fixed blade knife on weak side (sadly not HI) check, Pen Knife next to seat, check.
300 rounds of 45 on board.

Risky but I think we'll get out OK. I'll report in if/when I return to base.
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The evil guys know when they attack/ shoot at you. You don't and once you do know you already have a knife or bullet in you. Therefore it should be essential to have some passive protection and not just retaliatory or offensive weapons.
So how about some Kevlar vest? They are cheaper than most guns and probably more useful albeit not as much fun for recreation time on the range.
 
Jens Schuetz said:
The evil guys know when they attack/ shoot at you. You don't and once you do know you already have a knife or bullet in you. Therefore it should be essential to have some passive protection and not just retaliatory or offensive weapons.
So how about some Kevlar vest? They are cheaper than most guns and probably more useful albeit not as much fun for recreation time on the range.
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I didn't even mention it because I wear one like a T shirt everyday. I get expired ones after my officers get new ones. I'm the dept armorer and on the rare occasions I get to the dept range I'm required to wear one so they allow me to have one.
I've tried to get them for other folks and they frown highly on that, did it anyway once or twice but it's tough.

Be advised that unless you have the trauma plate in place in the provided pocket it will not stop a stab with a sharp pointy knife. It helps slow immensely but most will get through.

I'm all about offense. When I detect a hostile I show my cards, all of them with gusto. I figure they will know I'm serious and we'll see how serious they are. Never had to yet and we all hope it never happens but it's like a fire extinguisher in a house that's never burned, you just never know.
 
We had ceramic plates in the army.
But when I would buy one for myself I would opt for steel because its less bulky and I wouldn't want anybody to know what I am wearing :)

I'm more about concealing and deceiving until the last moment. If things are so bad that I draw a weapon then only to use it right away and not to warn anybody who then draws a pistol or has a chance to call his gang friends. Luckily I had never used any weapons against human attackers.
But martial arts was quite helpful. Then I also never did any fighting stance or yelling and air punching to show how "dangerous" I am. Just let them think of me as a victim until I had to start dishing out. So even if they surprised me by attacking me I could still surprise them with my reaction at a time when they were off guard. I have been only in 4 real fights so therefore I have no clue if that would work often, if I just got lucky or other solutions might have worked better. I wish there would be some scientific studies but all we can get are usually anecdotes :(

If I know my weapon is superior to the opposing party's weapons and number of people, of course showing it will stop them in their tracks (if they aren't on drugs) but since I don't know what they have and how they could respond to my weapon I think its better to not let them see all my cards in advance. I will always have to assume that they think that they are stronger (Otherwise why else would they have attacked?) Of course if things develop too fast and I already took some damage to the head and am dizzily tumbling around then I would probably wish to have pulled a weapon earlier when I was more capable of using it better.
It all depends on the situation which can only be assessed 100% afterwards anyways. If its just some kids slowly starting off with insults, spitting and then develop into punching and kicking its different than professional killers who don't waste time and are done with you before you have time to react and draw anything. Ask a friend to surprise you once in a while to see how long it really takes to draw when you don't expect it. Even if its just 1 second you can be stabbed 4 or more times in that time.
 
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