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A few more 1911 grips (w/pics) - tocws2002 - 12-11-2015
Here are some more 1911 grips I've recently finished. My shop time has been extremely limited, so these have been in various stages of completeness for a while. Glad to get them off the "to-do" list, now if I could just get them sold. Tried a new display setup as well, let me know what you think.
Thanks,
-jason
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Set #1 - Heart pine, quartersawn
Set #2 - HRB (w/a touch of sap wood)
Set #3 - Maple and Jatoba (Lazy Susan off cut)
Set #4 - Curly Purpleheart
Set #5 - Osage (End Grain)
Set #6 - Snakewood
Set #7 - HRB
Set #8 - Curly Maple
Set #9 - Zebrawood
Set #10 - Bubinga
Re: A few more 1911 grips (w/pics) - Herebrooks - 12-11-2015
hrb?????
Re: A few more 1911 grips (w/pics) - tocws2002 - 12-11-2015
Honduran Rosewood Burl
Re: A few more 1911 grips (w/pics) - R Clark - 12-11-2015
Love that burl, Jason.
I know that some really like their grips to be cut with the cross-hatching. But I think that really detracts from the wood. I've shot mine many times with the smooth quilted walnut I made a couple years ago and have never had an issue with it.
I like the way you continue to highlight the wood figure. The Osage Orange end grain is intriguing, too.
Re: A few more 1911 grips (w/pics) - Ray Newman - 12-11-2015
Nice!
Your work reminded me of a now-deceased Fellow Shooter who had Holly grips made for his 1911A1 and Colt Single Action Army.
Re: A few more 1911 grips (w/pics) - bartsf - 12-12-2015
End grain set is spectacular. Nice to see someone thinking out of the box for a change.
Re: A few more 1911 grips (w/pics) - Gary G™ - 12-12-2015
Love the Osage, 2-tone HRB.
The pine is cool too.
Re: A few more 1911 grips (w/pics) - tocws2002 - 12-14-2015
WxMan said:
Love that burl, Jason.
I know that some really like their grips to be cut with the cross-hatching. But I think that really detracts from the wood. I've shot mine many times with the smooth quilted walnut I made a couple years ago and have never had an issue with it.
I like the way you continue to highlight the wood figure. The Osage Orange end grain is intriguing, too.
Thanks, I've had a few sets checkered, but the far majority of mine are smooth. I haven't had any complaints from anyone that has used them. I would probably checker a few more (those of less figure), if I had the time to mess around with the checkering tools I have. I was surprised how many people like the osage, that has gotten more compliments and comments that just about any of the others I recently posted.
bartsf said:
End grain set is spectacular. Nice to see someone thinking out of the box for a change.
Thank you, the piece of osage was as thick as it was wide and the face grain was rather "plain", so I decided to use the end grain. That, coupled with the mineral stain/streak, yielded a set of unique grips.
Gary G™ said:
Love the Osage, 2-tone HRB.
The pine is cool too.
Thanks, the HRB w/sap wood is one of my favorite sets, but the osage is now a close second.
Thanks again,
-jason