[slop]

ive seen this done alot my question is this. can i burn marks into the wood and then sand away anything that i dont want? i have grips carved into the shaft and want to blacken those grips then sand away the left over char marks then coat it with many coats of tung oil, i want the craved grips to be black is my goal.

[kansas coyote]

I would get some aluminum tape and tape off what I dont want black sanding away burn marks would be tough . You can buy this tape in the HVAC section of any hardware store.

[messerist]

I would try a "practice cane" first. Try the burning technique on a piece of wood that wont break your heart if you mess it up.

[Schutzen]

Why wouldn't black leather dye stain your grips black just as well?

[Deltaboy]

Free hand it with a torch. http://www.taunton.com/CMS/uploadedimages/Images/Homebuilding/Departments/fhb162bs126-04_med.jpg

[hso]

Get a wood burning kit or friction burn with a rope and lots of sweat.

If wood burning kits aren't available, you can make your own with a piece of rebar and a torch.

[slop]

could i just use a black sharpie?

[rcmodel]

A Sharpie or Magic-Marker should work.

Do a test on a scrap piece of wood with the tung oil and make sure it doesn't smear or bleed the black marker into the wood where you don't want it to be.

rc

[JHK94]

I just did some nice woodburning with a soldering iron; it worked pretty well. I actually just taped a piece of paper with my desired design onto the wood, and then traced it with the hot iron, burning through the paper and charring the wood at the same time.