A few more 1911 grips (w/pics)

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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

[Herebrooks]

hrb?????

[tocws2002]

Honduran Rosewood Burl

[R Clark]

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.

[Ray Newman]

Nice!

Your work reminded me of a now-deceased Fellow Shooter who had Holly grips made for his 1911A1 and Colt Single Action Army.

[bartsf]

End grain set is spectacular. Nice to see someone thinking out of the box for a change.

[Gary G™]

Love the Osage, 2-tone HRB.
The pine is cool too.

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WxMan said:

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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.

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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:

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End grain set is spectacular. Nice to see someone thinking out of the box for a change.

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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:

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Love the Osage, 2-tone HRB.
The pine is cool too.

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Thanks, the HRB w/sap wood is one of my favorite sets, but the osage is now a close second.


Thanks again,

-jason