Oops! Too many grips! ^L^ I blame my cold medications! >>> (pic)

ThomasH · November 4, 2012, 04:34 PM

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I have a terrible head cold today, got bored and went to the Esmeralda Grip web store.

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Oops!

I blame my medications!!

I only have two 1911s, the bottom two are for the one with a magwell.

- Thomas

mdThanatos · November 4, 2012, 04:58 PM

Looks like you need to order 3 new 1911's to go with the grips, you can blame that on the meds as well. Those are some nice looking grips though.

**4V50 Gary** · November 4, 2012, 05:26 PM

They sure make pretty grips. I'm tempted, but should save my ducats.

Stealth01 · November 4, 2012, 06:47 PM

Thomas,
Emeralda makes BEAUTIFUL grips!! I have several...

And I can't blame cold meds!!

ThomasH · November 5, 2012, 01:19 PM

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In an effort toward complete disclosure, I also have some grips made by "Sarge" of The Finer Grain. These have not had a chance to be fitted to a pistol yet either, but I am certainly prepared am I not!?!

One of Sarge's claims to fame is that he shapes these grips specifically to fit the wider Les Baer frame. Since both of my Baers are out for some cosmetic surgery, I can't check that, but I can show you the grips he made for me. They are made from Desert Ironwood and the beveled pair on the left is for my Premier II and the flat-bottomed set on the right is for my Monolith, which is getting a magwell installed and re-finished in Ion Bond black.

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I hope you liked the picture. My PII should be back "soon", so I'll get shots of that with the various grips on it as soon as I can, okay?

- Thomas

Rob228 · November 5, 2012, 07:58 PM

Here's my work from Esmeralda. They are going on my other 1911 at some point, I put some VZ's on this one when it became my CCW.

ThomasH · November 7, 2012, 06:53 PM

Are those grips borderless Rob? Someone else mentioned borderless checkered grips but I didn't see any on Esmeralda's site?

And pardon my ignorance but what kind of 1911 is that?

Maybe more pictures would make it clear!!

- Thomas

Rob228 · November 7, 2012, 08:51 PM

You know... they are borderless, I don't recall them being described that way though (I bought them about 6 years ago) and you're actually the first person to mention it, never really noticed :-)

That is a S&W1911Sc.

November 4, 2012, 04:34 PM	#1
ThomasH Senior Member Join Date: October 16, 1998 Location: Cincinnati, OH USA Posts: 216	Oops! Too many grips! ^L^ I blame my cold medications! >>> Update! Even more! . I have a terrible head cold today, got bored and went to the Esmeralda Grip web store. Click for Big Image Oops! I blame my medications!! I only have two 1911s, the bottom two are for the one with a magwell. - Thomas Last edited by ThomasH; November 5, 2012 at 04:17 PM.

November 4, 2012, 05:26 PM	#3
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,838	They sure make pretty grips. I'm tempted, but should save my ducats. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

November 4, 2012, 06:47 PM	#4
Stealth01 Senior Member Join Date: November 16, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 240	Thomas, Emeralda makes BEAUTIFUL grips!! I have several... And I can't blame cold meds!! __________________ Ken

November 5, 2012, 01:19 PM	#5
ThomasH Senior Member Join Date: October 16, 1998 Location: Cincinnati, OH USA Posts: 216	I have even more! (blush) . In an effort toward complete disclosure, I also have some grips made by "Sarge" of The Finer Grain. These have not had a chance to be fitted to a pistol yet either, but I am certainly prepared am I not!?! One of Sarge's claims to fame is that he shapes these grips specifically to fit the wider Les Baer frame. Since both of my Baers are out for some cosmetic surgery, I can't check that, but I can show you the grips he made for me. They are made from Desert Ironwood and the beveled pair on the left is for my Premier II and the flat-bottomed set on the right is for my Monolith, which is getting a magwell installed and re-finished in Ion Bond black. Click for Big Image I hope you liked the picture. My PII should be back "soon", so I'll get shots of that with the various grips on it as soon as I can, okay? - Thomas

November 4, 2012, 04:58 PM	#2
mdThanatos Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2008 Posts: 104	Looks like you need to order 3 new 1911's to go with the grips, you can blame that on the meds as well. Those are some nice looking grips though.

November 5, 2012, 07:58 PM	#6
Rob228 Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2010 Location: Hampstead NC Posts: 1,450	Here's my work from Esmeralda. They are going on my other 1911 at some point, I put some VZ's on this one when it became my CCW.

November 7, 2012, 06:53 PM	#7
ThomasH Senior Member Join Date: October 16, 1998 Location: Cincinnati, OH USA Posts: 216	Are those grips borderless Rob? Someone else mentioned borderless checkered grips but I didn't see any on Esmeralda's site? And pardon my ignorance but what kind of 1911 is that? Maybe more pictures would make it clear!! - Thomas

November 7, 2012, 08:51 PM	#8
Rob228 Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2010 Location: Hampstead NC Posts: 1,450	You know... they are borderless, I don't recall them being described that way though (I bought them about 6 years ago) and you're actually the first person to mention it, never really noticed :-) That is a S&W1911Sc.