Kinda screwed up the spacing of the grips, they are a little uneven, but I think it adds to the charm. There is barely enough room between each for t-tracks if I decide to add them, but honestly now that I have these ones on, I'm kind of happy with it the way it is. I initially was going to try tapping the holes and screwing them on with hex screws, but after tapping them all, i could never get the grips to tighten down all the way and it just wasnt working, so i widened the holes and went with some good old reliable pop rivets.
I replaced the red wire with a thinner one so I could get it in more securely, and swapped sides because the exposed brass ring that the original was glued into got messed up. So i replaced that brass ring with a brass cap, which i think looks ok.
I may still play with the grip spacing a bit if it starts bugging me, but other than adding something inside the pommel to balance it a little better (its very front heavy) I think I'm done.