Ever made your own pistol grips?

[Guest sling]

I'll be running down to the wood shop in Franklin this weekend (cant rememeber the name of the place) to pick up some maple burl or something else to craft a new set of grips for my 1911.

I know how i'm going to do it and i know what i want them to look like. If anyone else has ever made their own grips post pictures!

Edited August 20, 2008 by sling
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[Guest Big_D]

me and a buddy made a few sets for 1911's sorry no pictures on my computer will post some later

[Guest jwp]

I've seen some customer's custom grips that have turned out really nice. One guy does such a nice job that he has even started a side business doing them.

Good luck and post some pics when you get them done!

[TGO David]

Make sure you put those suckers on there with green Loctite too!

(just kidding)

[Guest sling]

Make sure you put those suckers on there with green Loctite too!

(just kidding)

I'll be sure to post pics.

[The Average Joe]

How are you starting?

Are you using the existing grips for a pattern?

If you're going to take pics, I'd love to see the work in progress to see how you went about it from start to finish.

[Guest sling]

Existing grips as a template, yes. I will be sure to take work in progress pics for everyone to see.

I'll start off with maple burl blanks (or whatever wood i end up liking the most). There is a store in Franklin that i frequent that sells exotic wood. All of my wood projects i get my wood there. Cabinents, clocks, etc. Should be a piece of cake.

[et45]

Chocolate,Coconut,or Red Velvet?

[Guest sling]

Chocolate,Coconut,or Red Velvet?

If it ends up as maple burl.. the cake will be a chocolate\white mix.

Must be an oreo.

[Guest mw.]

Could you post the name of the place when you find out please? I know a place in Cookville that has wood but don't go that way often.

Oliepod is a similar looking wood that's pretty neat if they have any.

http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/oliepod.htm

[Guest sling]

For those of you that are interested. The store is called Wood Craft.

http://www.woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=552

[Guest sling]

Update. I'll write a little about the process tomorrow. Here are a few pics of the project leading up to the finished product. Wood is Bolivian Rosewood. Not as fancy as the stock cocobolo grips from Springfield... but that wasnt the point. The whole process... especially with the sanding took around 6 hours. The grips, to me, give it more of a classic look. I have a few more coats of stain to apply and then a coat or two of poly.

Edited August 24, 2008 by sling

[The Average Joe]

Sweet! Those turned out great!

[bteague2]

wow, those look great

[Guest eyebedam]

looks very good. Nice work.

[Guest HogMan]

Great job....A+

[Guest mw.]

Nice work:up: