How about a "nice grips" thread?

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Sarge43

Discussion Starter · Jan 28, 2009

I have hundreds of pics of beautiful wood and other types of grips to share, but would also love to see YOUR pics of grips, so why not start a thread for that purpose? This is open as far as I'm concerned, so wood, metal, horn, Ivory, whatever, post 'em up for all of us to enjoy!
Sarge

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Slawth

· #21 · Feb 5, 2009 (Edited)

You do really nice work Sarge. Thank you for sharing all the pics. Do you do any checkering in the exotic woods as well?

This is outstanding:

...it's like a natural "live flame" job

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Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #22 · Feb 6, 2009

I'm glad you're enjoying the pics, that's what they're for!

Up to now I've done a stippling which is quite effective at making the grips "grippier". I will probably have more textures that I try out in the near future.
Here's a pic of a couple of older sets that have the stippling. The last pic is a set of ultra thins in Bubinga that went out a month ago or so.

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Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #23 · Feb 9, 2009

Todays wood is Redwood Burl. Beautiful stuff with some great burl clusters that run through the meandering graining of the wood. Very light weight wood, it needs to be stablilized prior to use in pistol grips, but once that's done, it's great!
Enjoy!
Sarge

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Slawth

· #24 · Feb 10, 2009

As I wait anxiously for my pistol to arrive I have been "window chopping".

Some of Sarge's:

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Slawth

· #25 · Feb 10, 2009

A few from Esmerelda's

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Slawth

· #26 · Feb 10, 2009

...and of course Nighthawk's proprietary

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canebrake

· #27 · Feb 10, 2009

Slawth said:
As I wait anxiously for my pistol to arrive I have been "window chopping". Some of Sarge's:

Without a doubt, the best looking of all!

Of course it's not my gun.

Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #28 · Feb 11, 2009

We have a photoshop king in our midst. You did a good job on those!

I can barely figure out how to load my pictures here let alone combine them with stuff like that.

Today's material is camel bone. I usually mount camel bone to a wood "backer" for two reasons -
1) the camel bone is usually not wide enough on it's own to get a full grip width out of and needs the extra width the wood can provide
2) the resulting framed look is just uber cooll.
The backing wood can be a real nice detail and add to the overall package. A bloodwood frame over a black frame and under the cream color of the bone is very nice.
The set in this picture is camel bone over Afzelia Xylay and is cut for a magwell setup that the owner has. Just another cool thing to do with grips.
Enjoy,
Sarge

PS - Canebrake, if you think that buckeye set is nice, wati until next week when I post the pics of the two primo sets that I'm finishing now.

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canebrake

· #29 · Feb 11, 2009

Sarge43 said:
We have a photoshop king in our midst. You did a good job on those! I can barely figure out how to load my pictures here let alone combine them with stuff like that.

+ 1 Slawth, props bro!

PS - Canebrake, if you think that buckeye set is nice, wait until next week when I post the pics of the two primo sets that I'm finishing now.

Keep 'em coming!

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Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #30 · Feb 12, 2009

Okay, here's two sets of Buckeye burl that I just finished and were available for all of an hour. Beautiful stuff here. There was a third set, but it got snagged before I was even able to get a pic of them.
Beauty like this is a great way to start your day.
Sarge

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canebrake

· #31 · Feb 12, 2009

Sarge43 said:
PS - Canebrake, if you think that buckeye set is nice, wati until next week when I post the pics of the two primo sets that I'm finishing now.

Yep, you were right.

Out 'freakin' standing!

raveneap

· #32 · Feb 12, 2009

This is a pair I had made several years ago for my PT1911.

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dnthmn2004

· #33 · Feb 12, 2009

Ever do any birds eye maple? I made a table out of it, and man is it pretty when its finished properly.

Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #34 · Feb 12, 2009

I've done Bird's Eye Maple in the past and have some right now that's pretty "eye" intensive.

raveneap - Those are very cool! Did you do the engraving/scrimshaw yourself too? Very, very nice!
Sarge

Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #35 · Feb 12, 2009

Took me a minute to find the bird's eye maple pics.
Here are two different sets that I've done. I really thought the maple with the bubinga strip down the middle and mounted on bubinga was cool.

Those were ultra thins

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Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #36 · Feb 13, 2009

Today's pic is of some beatuful spalted Maple. Really cool stuff, although it needs to be stabilized before use in grips.
Enjoy!
Sarge

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MrKimber

· #37 · Feb 14, 2009

Wow, there are some sweet grips on this thread for sure. Mine are somewhat plain in comparison, but show my past.

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Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #38 · Feb 16, 2009

Nothing wrong with some strong pride in your service! (Even if it is Navy

) Sorry, but I can't resist at a friendly interservice jab once in a while.
Thank you for your service brother!

Todays pics are of the lateste mammoth tooth grips. These tooth slabs have a bluish green metallic color to them that I wish I could capture with the camera, but am not a good enough photographer to do so.
I put the tooth slabs in beeswing Narra for the color and I am glad that I did. I think the end product is just ubercool.
Anyway, enjoy the pics!
Sarge

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MrKimber

· #39 · Feb 17, 2009

Thanks sarge43, once my back heals I'll post some more.

Stab away! I can take it!!!

Oh, by the way, it really was my pleasure to serve. (even in the Navy)

Those are nice grips.

Sarge43

Discussion Starter · #40 · Feb 17, 2009

I figured you could MrKimber. I don't mind - in fact I kind of enjoy - jabs from other services. We're all Red, White and Blue brother!
Today's pic is a tactical stipple pattern on a set of oiled Gabon Ebony grips. They were nice and "grippy" after the stippling.
Sarge

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