New 1911 with a first for me

[Guest Bowdenknxvll]

I just picked this gun up last night. It has a cylinder and slide trigger, Ed Brown beavertail, hammer, and mainspring. It looks like it has been reparked after the work was done. Anywho, I dediced I wanted to give making grips a go. Here is my first try so be easy on me! Anyone else have any pics of grips they made?

[Garufa]

Very nice.

What kind of wood is that?

[Guest Bassman17SC]

No joke! Those grips look great. What kind of wood is that?

[Guest Bowdenknxvll]

Its curly claro walnut. I use it alot on my knives. Looks much better in person.

[TNWNGR]

Nice looking grip's for a nice looking pistol. It's not hard to tell that you've shaped enough knife handles to make making grip panels easy.

[Guest Bowdenknxvll]

Thanks guys, yeah, grips on this gun are not much different than doing a knife. I thought I would jack up the holes but luckily I nailed it the first time! I have about 200 or so sets of bookmatched scales and blocks so Im going to do a few more soon. Here are a few blocks that I have that I think would work great on a gun.

Koa

Crotch Walnut

Spalted Avocado

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Your grips look great, and it's a nice package.

[hornett22]

I love those grips!

[gregintenn]

Grips look great! I really like the pistol as well. Do you have any checkering tools? I'd like a nice set of checkered officer's grips.

Edited April 6, 2012 by gregintenn

[tnhawk]

Very nice work!

[Guest Bowdenknxvll]

Thanks guys. I do have a checkering file that I use for jimpinh on knives. Ill have to play around with it and a dremel to see if I can get a decent texture. I would not be at all confident enough to sell these things. Im gonna make a couple more sets and pay better attention to hole sizing and depth. These were an hour project just to see if I could do it and I learned a few things that will make them better.

[Links2k]

Very good job. You should be proud.

[mk19]

Very nice, I like the look of the wood.

[hornett22]

Let me know when you're taking orders.

[gregintenn]

I really admire the fruits of local craftsmen. Thanks for sharing.

[gjohnsoniv]

Very pretty looking. What finish did you use on the wood?

[Guest wallyiv]

Awesome!! I love seeing local talent as well! I lack a steady hand so I always admire crafting talent. Great first set.

[Magiccarpetrides]

That looks really cool...i really like the way that avocado looks though....

[Ramjo]

Put me on the list.

[gjohnsoniv]

Put me on the list for some grips!

[Guest Scramasax]

Good looking carry gun. Just enough of the right mods to enhance shooting. Nice set of grips as well.

Cheers,

ts

[Guest Bowdenknxvll]

Thanks guys, Im going to make a set this weekend for my dads old Colt. Its really not that hard to do if you just give it a whirl. If anyone wants some nice wood to try a set, I have plenty!

[gjohnsoniv]

How much for the wood? I would be very interested for two upcoming projects.

[Guest Bowdenknxvll]

What kind do you want gjohnsoniv? I have a little of everything and an absilutrEe ton if fiddleback curly maple.

[Guest Bowdenknxvll]

Here is a set I did today for my dads old Colt. Wood is Amboyna Burl

Edited April 14, 2012 by Kfu Knives