Dymondwood Grips - Pictures Please Need Help Deciding

[Farmhand]

I am in the process of buying a used 41 Mag Blackhawk for trail carry. I want to put custom grips on it and really like the idea of the Dymondwood. It is supposed to be very durable and I think would work great on a woods gun. Also I think the Dymondwood would be an interesting contrast to the old fashion Blackhawk. However, I was looking at the color choices on Rutland Plywoods Website and find it difficult to visualize the look of the various as grips on a revolver. I was hoping you folks could post some pictures of your Dymondwood grips on revolvers or pistols so I could get an idea what the different color combos actually look like. If you know the color name please put that too.

Also, any comments of Dymondwood. Thanks

 

[briandg]

I personally find most laminated would to be ugly. I would rather use black plastic.

BUT, acrylic impregnated laminated birch, no matter who makes it, is durable, strong, and very forgiving of damage. Get a horrendous scratch? Whatever, buff it out and it dissappears. there is no varnish, because the wood itself has become plastic.

The thing that is being ignored in the grips industry is that wood can also be obtaind that is acrylic impregnated but NOT laminated.

So, they make great grips, and it would make an excellent rifle stock, if lightening cuts and bore holes were used. If you find a set you like, I say do it.

 

[pogo2]

I like Dymondwood grips

I have several Dymondwood grips on revolvers and like them. The plastic impregnated laminated wood seems more durable than regular wood, and the wood is attractive when cut across the laminations. The grips below are from Badger, Ahrends and Altamont, mainly in the brown/black or silver/black combo with one in walnut.

 

[Standing Wolf]

I personally find most laminated would to be ugly.

Amen! I can't look at the stuff without seeing cheap plywood; that said™, I'll have to confess the pre-agreement Smith & Wesson model 60 revolver I carry more than others wears laminated wood Badger grips that happen to fit my hand perfectly and have held up very well. I'd like the exact same stocks made of real wood, but haven't found anyone willing to make them.

 

[Idahoser]

My wife's first gun was a LadySmith 60-14 that came with red Dymondwood grips. She wanted a rubber grip instead so I used them on a 640-1 and in a fit of stupid, I sold that gun with those grips (I did console myself with the pretty profit I made, however).
Well, I had to get her some new ones, so I got myself some also. (I did replace the 640, having missed it when it was gone, too)
Now, they are very nice grips, but they bled red on me when I got sweaty.
(the LadySmith is gone now, having had the lawyer lock. Won't have em if can help it)

 

[Old Arn]

Definitely check out the stuff Kim Ahrends puts out at http://ahrendsgripsusa.com/. I used to have a set of silver and black Dymondwood grips on a 1911 for a few years. While it was mostly a range and HD gun, I carried it cross country from the East coast to the West coast and back. They still looked shiny and brand new until I recently sold them.

I've also read that while Dymondwood is the trademark name of a specific maker, it's sometimes used as a generic term to describe any old laminated wood, whether of equal or lesser quality.