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The reddish tinged wood looks like mahogany...perhaps with balsa sandwich pieces? Billiard ball might be too big as a template...anybody know the dia. of the 917 knob? I'd think a lamination of mahogany & balsa, using some wooden boat building epoxy would come pretty close. Me? I'll stick with the original plastic. There is a lot to say for the round knob shape tho. The best "feels right to the hand" shift knob I had was the round plastic one atop the Hurst shifter of my '65 GTO...