[Sarge43]

Today's pics are of fossilized Coral. It holds some very interesting patterns as it turns and twists all over itself. Pretty cool stuff!
Enjoy,
Sarge

 

[741512th]

Just picked up these grips at a gun show. Nothing special and I don't know the brand, but I just like the look on a stainless 1911

 

[Sarge43]

Are those dyed wood or a plastic? It's kind of hard to tell from the photo. Definitely catches your eye!

Todays pic is of blue mammoth tooth set in bloodwood. I really like the color combination on this set.
Anyway, a pic of beautiful wood will help start your day off right. Kinda like a bowl of wheaties.
Enjoy,
Sarge

 

[741512th]

Are those dyed wood or a plastic? It's kind of hard to tell from the photo. Definitely catches your eye!

Just cheapie plastic. Your gorgeous quality product is out of my price range for a while.

 

[Sarge43]

Todays beuaty is brought ot you by Camel bone over Bloodwood. Doing it this way, gives a nice red "frame" to the cream color of the bone and looks quite nice.
Enjoy!
Sarge

 

[Sarge43]

The beauty o' the day is shown through Box elder Burl. I love this wood. It's always so deep with great figure seemingly folding over itself. You could look at this stuff for a long time and still see new things in it.
Enjoy!
Sarge

 

[AsmelEduardo]

Happy B-Day Sarge!

Hey!, the past 25th. was the Birthday of our friend Sarge...

 

[canebrake]

Happy Birthday Sarge!

 

[Sarge43]

Yeah, that's okay. URL's have been traced, home addresses have been acquired. Satellite surveillance routes have been frago'd to track daily patterns. Oh yeah, it's okay. Keep it up fella's, it'll ALL be okay.......
Thank you. I appreciate the "good" birthday wishes.
Sarge

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

I check into this thread every day, and I'm in love with those grips over the bloodwood. Both the buffalo horn and the camel bone...

Now to convince the woman to let me spend a little cash...

 

[matt g]

Today's pics are of fossilized Coral. It holds some very interesting patterns as it turns and twists all over itself. Pretty cool stuff!
Enjoy,
Sarge

Dead sexy. How durable is the coral?

 

[Sarge43]

It seems to be pretty durable, but I have no long term actual use that I can tell you about. It's much like the mammoth tooth - I have questions about it surviving recoil if it comprises the whole grip, but putting it over and in wood makes it stable and there should be no problems with full use.
Sarge

 

[Sarge43]

Here's some Tulipwood to start your day off with. Aptly named wood I'd say.

 

[SHOOTER13]

Nice work...

You do some real fine work with wood there Sarge...!!

Here's a pair of African Zebrawood grips I put on my S&W 659 back in the 80's

 

[Sarge43]

Did you make those? Looks like some serious shaping work involved there. Very nice.
Sarge

 

[matt g]

Here's some Tulipwood to start your day off with. Aptly named wood I'd say.

Awesome. I love the simple, high contrast grain.

 

[Sarge43]

Here's a set of Amboyna Burls I made for my Fusion bobtail. I like the way they go with both the medallion and the flat black of the IonDLC finish.

 

[Sarge43]

Believe it or not, this set is made from maple. Mineral stained maple that is. Something that occurs naturally in certain locations. The tree leeches up minerals from the ground in the course of growing that can turn the wood or portions of it, different colors. This really looks alot likek Cherry, but it's not. Cool stuff from nature.
Sarge

 

[Sarge43]

How about some nice spalted maple for a Firday mornings "beautiful wood moment".
Enjoy,
Sarge

 

[Sarge43]

Here's a nice set done in Pheasantwood from Hawaii. Aptly named if you could see it in person - the grain is sharp and closely resembles pheasant feathers. It also comes into sharp focus and then back out as you rotate it under light. A very cool look!
Enjoy,
Sarge