BryceA Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I'm putting together my first Shadow 2 and got some Lok Bogies with palm swell. They look great and feel excellent with the exception of the tip of my middle finger which wraps around and gets a fair amount pressure from the support side hand driving it into that very aggressive texture. Does this happen to anybody else, and if so what have you done about it? I'm on the fence between exchanging for some less aggressive grips and lightly taking some sandpaper to the hot spots to tame it a little and maybe even make a bit of a custom molding for my strong hand fingers. Before I ruined it all, figured it best to ask some experts what they've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkf74 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 My Lok Bogies on my Shadow 1 had a certain spot that was hard on my hand. I took some sandpaper and lightly touched that area up. They have been great ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 i have a prominent callous on my two strong hand fingers where they wrap around and are smashed into the grip. I took some 600grit sandpaper, wrapped it around something rectangular and just barely smoothed where my fingers hit. Barely barely. but developing those callouses is what made it tolerable over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdp88 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 +1 on lightly sanding them down. A little goes a long way to taking the edge off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tok36 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I agree with the above, one of the upsides of G10 is that you can change the finish. I tried a Dremel once, not a good idea. Sandpaper dose the job and they still look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansb57 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I took a dremmel with a 10mm standing rol and made two slight cut out for my middel and ring finger. than with a small 2.mm hand drill I drilled some dimples in the finger grooves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceA Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Thanks for the advice folks. I ended up taking some 150 grit sandpaper to the panels, just a little strip and used my finger for pressure. For those that may read this later: do not use a power tool! The sandpaper made very short work of that g10 material and a dremel would have cut through it like water. As for the work, I took a fair amount off where my strong hand ring and middle fingers sit, not smooth or anything but probably at least half the pyramid things. Then I took a bit out of the strong side palm swell which felt a little big, and finally took off the very tip tops of the pyramids most everywhere else like what would have probably happened with time anyway. It feels absolutely perfect now, like it was molded to my hand and I couldn't be happier. I have the two color grips and it still looks great, like it came from the factory this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicahSwan Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Interesting, can't say I have thought about it, but now I'll have to go back to see what dry fire feels like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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