Pictures of Your fanciest Grips

[gpjoe]

Got these desert ironwood grips for my Colt XSE in blue steel. No pics with the grips mounted on the pistol yet.

 

[Sharpsdressed Man]

This thread stalled. We have to kick start it again. .........................

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[alienbogey]

 

[towboat-er]

 

[towboat-er]

 

[EAJ702]

Some gorgeous grips.

Nothing really fancy, but here are a few of mine.

 

[Turbo6ta]

 

[mukwah]

Yellow buckeye just got in yesterday.

 

[PawPaw]

These were made for me by my son.

Red oak and conchos on a chromed 1911. That 1911 was built in 1915 and it shoots as good now as the day it left the Colt factory.

 

[VTRich]

 

[Blue Duck]

Ruger Singleactions

 

[Blue Duck]

More singleactions

 

[TennJed]

Snake and Stag

Mother of Pearl

Buffalo Horn

 

[HKGuns]

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

 

[Dragline45]

Pau Ferro grips on my Sig 232.

 

[mukwah]

My GP100 in Siam Hardwood.

 

[csmsss]

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

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

 

[mukwah]

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

 

[Skadoosh]

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

 

[csmsss]

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.