Just have made smaller items with Black Cherry but it is very stable once dried and should be great for the pistol grips. I put potassium permangenate on it and then let it sit in the sun to speed up the darkening process. If it is porous I seal with garnet shellac and then do an oil or poly/oil finish.
"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli
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