Ebony Wood Grip Finish

[Danny Bear Claw]

I've got two sets of ebony wood grips.  My Birds' Head Vaquero wears "laminated" ebony wood, which looks great but come dangerously close to being plastic, (yuk).  I've got a second set of ebony grips made for a 1911 which are kind of dull looking.  What can I use to make them shinier?  I don't want to just slop a coat of polyeurythane on them.  I was thinking maybe I could rub in some kind of oil something or other to flash them up a bit.
Any ideas Pards?   

[1961MJS]

Hi

I had a pair of Ebony grips, but I left them plain.  I usually put several coats of Tung Oil Finish (not just pure Tung Oil) on my other grips.  The pure Tung Oil isn't very glossy.

Later

Mike
Moore OK

[Danny Bear Claw]

Thanks Mike.   

[GunClick Rick]

Get some American Holly wood grips~Beeeeuatiful!

[Forty Rod]

Get some American Holly wood grips~Beeeeuatiful!

Real holly wood looks startlingly like ivory.

Real Hollywood looks startlingly like plastic.

Sorry, the devil made me do it

[El Peludo]

Try polishing them with gradually finer compounds, like you would a piece of metal, until you reach the level of sheen or shine that you like; don't wax them, though, it will make them slick and slippery.