Some recent Grips

Claro Walnut.






English walnut.




Turkish walnut Burl.


Turkish walnut.




English Walnut.




Unidentifiable white substance.








Maple Burl.





Ipe.






Walnut Crotch.






Micarta.






Walnut Crotch.








Sheep horn.







English Walnut.

Very nice .

Beautiful!
Love the Bisley single-six too!

Beautiful examples. My favorite is the first set of 1911's in English.

Ever had an issue with walnut burl moving? Over the years, I've had to trash all 3 sets I made because they warped. One set was flat for 3+ years before it started moving. I suppose I could try stabilizing it first, but I'm too disgusted with it to try.

OTOH, I've made several from mesquite burl and I love everything about it; workability, stability, absence of voids, finishing.

Those are quite nice!

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I've made some beautiful Ruger XR3-RED grips, cut from a very attractive block of Claro Walnut burl, that cracked/checked open well after I finished them.

Since I didn't apply any of the oil finish to the inner faces, I've wondered if that was my pitfall - or if it was just Mother Nature fighting back.


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Sweet I like them all.

Now that's what grips should look like!!!!!

Zane
What do the sheephorn grips fit?

All very nice but partial to the walnut

Scout943 said:

Very nice .

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thanks!

TucsonDirt said:

Beautiful!


Love the Bisley single-six too!

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thank you!

mike campbell said:

Beautiful examples. My favorite is the first set of 1911's in English.

Ever had an issue with walnut burl moving? Over the years, I've had to trash all 3 sets I made because they warped. One set was flat for 3+ years before it started moving. I suppose I could try stabilizing it first, but I'm too disgusted with it to try.

OTOH, I've made several from mesquite burl and I love everything about it; workability, stability, absence of voids, finishing.

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thank you!

I have had walnut burl move before but it wasn't much and most likely was caused by the heat generated by my belt sander.

WendyZXZ said:

Those are quite nice!

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thanks Wendy!

pete44ru said:

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I've made some beautiful Ruger XR3-RED grips, cut from a very attractive block of Claro Walnut burl, that cracked/checked open well after I finished them.

Since I didn't apply any of the oil finish to the inner faces, I've wondered if that was my pitfall - or if it was just Mother Nature fighting back.

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even though a block of wood might be several years old and dry I've found that it's best to let the scales cut from a large block of wood acclimate for a month or two before working with them. this gives the wood that until then had never see the light of day a chance to warp, check, shrink or whatever else it wants to do before you put in all the hard work of making them into grips. completely coating the grips in your desired finish is always a good idea.

ifithitu said:

Sweet I like them all.

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thank you!

street said:

Now that's what grips should look like!!!!!

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thanks Street!

jussbad said:

Zane
What do the sheephorn grips fit?

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Gary, mentioned it in a PM but just in case anyone else is wondering they were fit to a Freedom Arms model 97.

R77PA said:

All very nice but partial to the walnut

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Hi,

They just keep getting better, Zane! Thank you.

Rick C

Really nice stuff ! Are you a grip maker / seller.

Rick Courtright said:

Hi,

They just keep getting better, Zane! Thank you.

Rick C

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thanks Rick!

SPBhawk said:

Really nice stuff ! Are you a grip maker / seller.

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thanks! I am a grip maker.

Man that is some BEAUTIFUL work Zane!

Joe S. said:

Man that is some BEAUTIFUL work Zane!

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thanks Joe!

Well done.

I would like to see some Turkish Burl inserts for my GP100.

TJ11 said:

Well done.

I would like to see some Turkish Burl inserts for my GP100.

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thanks!

I believe I still have some Turkish walnut but I don't think I have any of the burl left.

Zane, all of them look really nice, well done!

Dick

All beautiful stuff!