[beejay42]

Thanks for the compliments John- Glad you like the River Red Gum. It is one of my favourite timbers.. I mainly get mine from old fence posts and and just random chunks I find. This means it is really old and weathered and has become even harder and properly dimensionally stable.
We've probably paved most of the corner of this countries railway lines in the stuff- thankfully we have now realised that concrete sleepers last longer and are cheaper than the meagre profits gained by further decimating our River Red Gum forests for this- however we still burn it by the truckload for firewood.

I'll see what I can do in a month or so when my workload lightens up. I reckon I should be able to do one for you. You'll just have to let me know the exact size thread that your gear stick is- are you going with the 5 speed? Either way, try out a few nuts on it and figure that out to make sure.
There will be no problem doing the same shape as the paler wood- but the ferule will have to be a bit shorter- ie, probably maximum length would be double that of the one on the red gum one I made. Because I would be working down from a brass plumbing fitting rather than starting with a stainless pipe- it limits my options, and insinsts that the end product will probably be little odd in dimensions.
Also, I am not sure If I will have a brass nut to screw it into (like my red gum one has- I got lucky finding one)- It might have to be steel (invisable in use anyway)- We'll see.