Pictures of Your fanciest Grips - Page 3

Blue Duck · April 28, 2013, 12:17 PM

Ruger Singleactions

Blue Duck · April 28, 2013, 12:21 PM

More singleactions

TennJed · April 29, 2013, 12:12 AM

Snake and Stag

Mother of Pearl

Buffalo Horn

HKGuns · April 29, 2013, 09:26 PM

Have to add one more here, yes HK to the core......

Dragline45 · May 6, 2013, 12:57 PM

Pau Ferro grips on my Sig 232.

mukwah · May 6, 2013, 02:17 PM

My GP100 in Siam Hardwood.

csmsss · May 6, 2013, 05:11 PM

Here's a pretty decent primer if you want to roll your own:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNwOGD25ggo

mukwah · May 6, 2013, 05:58 PM

Thanks for the video csmsss! The guy really knows what he's doing!

Skadoosh · May 6, 2013, 06:39 PM

I always thought these grips were the cat's meow...

csmsss · May 6, 2013, 07:14 PM

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Thanks for the video csmsss! The guy really knows what he's doing!

You're very welcome! Glad you find it useful - and yes, that gentleman knows how to make grips! Takes a lot of trial and error and wasted wood!

The good thing is that the tools he's using, with the exception of that mill, are not outlandishly expensive for a hobbyist woodworker. You don't need production-level machinery to work on small pieces like this. Obviously the tricky part is drilling and counterboring the screw holes properly, but it can definitely be done with a drill press, steady eye, and lots of practice.

Chowder · May 7, 2013, 12:55 AM

TennJed, What is that wood on the grips 4th picture down. I believe it is a ruger? I usually like simple grips but the texture on that wood is amazing. That is, if it is wood. I have never seen anything like it, looks like fire.

csmsss · May 7, 2013, 06:12 AM

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TennJed, What is that wood on the grips 4th picture down. I believe it is a ruger? I usually like simple grips but the texture on that wood is amazing. That is, if it is wood. I have never seen anything like it, looks like fire.

I'm not TennJed, but if I'm not mistaken that is a stabilized burl of some sort (amboynia perhaps?).

TennJed · May 7, 2013, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by csmsss

I'm not TennJed, but if I'm not mistaken that is a stabilized burl of some sort (amboynia perhaps?).

Csmass called it, it is amboynia. Made by Private Schultz Grips.

csmsss · May 7, 2013, 08:29 PM

Very, very nice, TennJed. That's my favorite grip/handle wood. I have a bunch of Bark River knives with amboynia burl handles.

zeke4351 · May 8, 2013, 10:45 AM

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1368027936.702009.jpg

mukwah · May 12, 2013, 07:16 PM

Just received these today!

Dunecigar · May 13, 2013, 05:46 PM

Epic thread.

III-Percent · May 18, 2013, 05:03 PM

Where did you find those grips Mukwah? Been looking for something similar, but haven't been able to find any in wood.

mukwah · May 18, 2013, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by III-Percent

Where did you find those grips Mukwah? Been looking for something similar, but haven't been able to find any in wood.

grips4guns website. They have a really nice selection! Took a while of searching to find just what I wanted, but I found them!

III-Percent · May 19, 2013, 01:58 AM

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grips4guns website. They have a really nice selection! Took a while of searching to find just what I wanted, but I found them!

Awesome, appreciate it! Got so caught up in looking on manufacturer's websites, in my local gun stores and on websites like Brownells and Midway USA, I didn't even think about just Googling "gun grips" or that would have probably come up haha. Have VZ grips on my 1911 currently, and I love them, but I want to build a 1911 in the near future and yours were the kind of grips I was looking for. Thanks again!

darkgael · May 19, 2013, 04:37 AM

Underhammer by Greyhaven Arms -

Olivewood wraparounds on a Pardini 75 Free pistol:

Ye olde Gold Cup:

csmsss · May 20, 2013, 05:36 PM

I'm curious, darkgael, how do you keep the percussion caps from falling off the nipple on that underhammer pistol?

Savage99 · May 20, 2013, 09:36 PM

Colt Woodsman Bullseye Match Target with factory elephant ear grips.

darkgael · May 21, 2013, 10:07 AM

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I'm curious, darkgael, how do you keep the percussion caps from falling off the nipple on that underhammer pistol?

I squeeze them a bit to tighten them up before putting them on the nipple.
Pete

xwray · August 12, 2013, 08:37 PM

I realize this is an old thread but I just had to share these grips with people of like mind. I just received them this morning from Brian Challis. The pics don't do them justice and neither does the lighting but I think they are good enough to get their beauty (at least to my eyes) across.

The depth of the grain is amazing and the veins look as if they popping right out of the wood.

April 29, 2013, 12:12 AM	#53
TennJed Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2010 Posts: 1,536	Snake and Stag Mother of Pearl Buffalo Horn __________________ Find out just how tall I am By jumping in the middle of a river

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Dragline45 Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2010 Posts: 3,513	Pau Ferro grips on my Sig 232. Last edited by Dragline45; May 9, 2013 at 10:43 AM.

May 6, 2013, 02:17 PM	#56
mukwah Member Join Date: August 30, 2012 Posts: 92	Re: Pictures of Your fanciest Grips My GP100 in Siam Hardwood.

May 6, 2013, 05:58 PM	#58
mukwah Member Join Date: August 30, 2012 Posts: 92	Re: Pictures of Your fanciest Grips Thanks for the video csmsss! The guy really knows what he's doing!

May 6, 2013, 06:39 PM	#59
Skadoosh Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2010 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,016	I always thought these grips were the cat's meow... __________________ NRA Life Member USN Retired

April 29, 2013, 09:26 PM	#54
HKGuns Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2005 Location: Bora Bora Posts: 932	Have to add one more here, yes HK to the core......

May 6, 2013, 05:11 PM	#57
csmsss Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Orange, TX Posts: 3,078	Here's a pretty decent primer if you want to roll your own: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNwOGD25ggo

May 7, 2013, 12:55 AM	#61
Chowder Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2012 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 449	TennJed, What is that wood on the grips 4th picture down. I believe it is a ruger? I usually like simple grips but the texture on that wood is amazing. That is, if it is wood. I have never seen anything like it, looks like fire.

May 7, 2013, 08:29 PM	#64
csmsss Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Orange, TX Posts: 3,078	Very, very nice, TennJed. That's my favorite grip/handle wood. I have a bunch of Bark River knives with amboynia burl handles.

May 8, 2013, 10:45 AM	#65
zeke4351 Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2013 Posts: 119	Pictures of Your fanciest Grips ImageUploadedByTapatalk1368027936.702009.jpg

May 12, 2013, 07:16 PM	#66
mukwah Member Join Date: August 30, 2012 Posts: 92	Re: Pictures of Your fanciest Grips Just received these today!

May 13, 2013, 05:46 PM	#67
Dunecigar Junior member Join Date: August 24, 2012 Location: Guatemala City, Zone 10 Posts: 76	Epic thread.

May 18, 2013, 05:03 PM	#68
III-Percent Member Join Date: May 18, 2013 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 30	Where did you find those grips Mukwah? Been looking for something similar, but haven't been able to find any in wood. __________________ "It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams

May 19, 2013, 04:37 AM	#71
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	Grips Underhammer by Greyhaven Arms - Olivewood wraparounds on a Pardini 75 Free pistol: Ye olde Gold Cup: __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member

May 20, 2013, 05:36 PM	#72
csmsss Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Orange, TX Posts: 3,078	I'm curious, darkgael, how do you keep the percussion caps from falling off the nipple on that underhammer pistol?

May 20, 2013, 09:36 PM	#73
Savage99 Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2004 Posts: 567	Colt Woodsman Bullseye Match Target with factory elephant ear grips.

August 12, 2013, 08:37 PM	#75
xwray Junior Member Join Date: November 8, 2011 Posts: 10	Red Morell grips I realize this is an old thread but I just had to share these grips with people of like mind. I just received them this morning from Brian Challis. The pics don't do them justice and neither does the lighting but I think they are good enough to get their beauty (at least to my eyes) across. The depth of the grain is amazing and the veins look as if they popping right out of the wood. __________________ <Smith & Wesson...the original point and click interface>