Let's see your wood grips!

[coldwarcavvet]

I have my RIA 1911A2 am trying decide on grips. There are so many woods out there like Cherry wood, Kind wood, pau ferro, South African Hardwood, Walnut, Gonalco Alves, I see these grips standing alone, but it is difficult to imagine on my gun.

Would you post pics of your 1911 wood grips, and tell me about what wood you selected.

[N6CRV]

Hello, these are the stock grips just a light coat of stain then Clear coated.
http://webpages.charter.net/n6crv/newblack.JPG
Don

[Cap]

Here's what's on my 38 super right now

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/larycap/Picture248.jpg

Those grips came from these folks;

http://www.woodgrips.com./1911%2045%20grips.htm

If you drag your cursor over the wood types offered
(just under the gun)
you'll see the grips change to that wood

I'm quite pleased with the the cocobolo half checkered grips I bought from them.
Beautiful grain, checkering and finish is flawless.

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here's what's on the gun I shoot the most;

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/larycap/Picture223.jpg

Pachmayr American Legend.
Just bought another set this week.
Might put them on my Para, I donno yet.

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I've been eye balling Esmeralda's grips
(she has an ad at the top of the page)
Check out her stuff if you haven't already.
What's nice about her grips, (according to her site) the grips in the pic you choose are the very grips you'll receive.
I like that.


..L.T.A.

[southbound]

Armscor
From Auto Mag..

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q301/southbound_bucket/DSC00455.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q301/southbound_bucket/DSC00431.jpg

[Waldo Pepper]

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x245/oldnavy6393/Gun-07.jpg

[Waldo Pepper]

New photo. ;)
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x245/oldnavy6393/BigBoys.jpg

[vikz]

here is minehttp://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o175/vikz07/riawithengraving003.jpg


http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o175/vikz07/riawithengraving001.jpg

[lanceriley]

cocobolo grips
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/mryu78/ARMORY/LeftFlat.jpg

[NYCMedic]

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/AriSuss/126_2615.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/AriSuss/127_2747.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/AriSuss/126_2607.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/AriSuss/127_2715.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/AriSuss/129_2955.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/AriSuss/129_2952.jpg

[Petruchio]

http://home.comcast.net/~al.olson/images/ria/ria08.JPG

Grips by Esmeralda. I wanted a textured Grip. But, I think that checkered grips are a wee bit too textured.

[JeffVN]

Ironwood Rocks!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/JeffVN/grips/IMG_0221sm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/JeffVN/grips/IMG_0223sm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/JeffVN/grips/418_desert.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/JeffVN/grips/LTWGrips.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/JeffVN/grips/400_desert.jpg

JeffVN

[VonHoffmann]

lanceriley - where did you get your grips from?

Thanks!

[Pappy]

Esmeralda, of course. Cocobolo.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j68/pappy1911/DSC_4093.jpg

[Cap]

WOW-WEEEE, NYCMedic and JeffVN, those wood grips are exceptional!

where did you guys get them?

I want some!!!


..L.T.A.

[NYCMedic]

Hakan of Norway (http://www.imageseek.com/hakan/).

[cruiserk]

That link wont work, use this one
http://www.imageseek.com/hakan/

[Pappy]

I've been eye balling Esmeralda's grips
(she has an ad at the top of the page)
Check out her stuff if you haven't already.
What's nice about her grips, (according to her site) the grips in the pic you choose are the very grips you'll receive.
I like that.
..L.T.A.

That's right Cap, what you see is what you get. Her photography is spot on...

[Blackhawk]

NYC Medic who makes those grips. I particuarly like the dark walnut in 3 rd photo.

[Snakebite Nixon]

I love the factory checkered walnut grips that came with my GI but they chafed my right love handle when I carried it, so they were swapped out for some smooth bocotes.

http://www.kevin108.com/gun/gi01.jpg

http://www.kevin108.com/gun/newgrips-r.jpg

[Cap]

That's right Cap, what you see is what you get. Her photography is spot on...

Thanks Pappy.
When plunking down a hunnurt beans, it's a comfort to know the one's you choose are the one's you get.

I'm afraid to inquire about prices from the Norway dude :scared:

as the saying goes,

"if you have to ask, you can't afford it"

I'm going to search the web for a source for exotic woods.
I have the tools and some wood working skills.
Just a matter of getting motivated to make a few trial grips of oak or walnut I have on hand.
If I can make them to my liking, I might try hacking up a big buck piece of lumber :D


..L.T.A.

[lanceriley]

lanceriley - where did you get your grips from?

Thanks!

got it from smitha and alexander. I just love the squared bottom grips. it's flush with the frame. (and looks good with the magwell too!) got it for $45. It's not as good as an esmeralda grip but at that time, it was the only thing I could afford.

[VonHoffmann]

Thanks!

I'll check them out!!

[gunfighter48]

These are Coco bolo grips I modified for the Signal Corps emblem.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e11/gunfighter48/TaurusPT1911-2.jpg

[lanceriley]

Thanks!

I'll check them out!!

you're welcome. it's a little brownish in the pix. it's actually a little reddish. must be the light i was using.

[TommyC]

15 year old Kim Ahrends Tulipwood. The checkering has worn to that Perfect feel in my hands!

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/tchumley/Commander1-1.jpg

[RIATAC45]

These are from Esmerlda, and the pics don't do them justice.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/RIATAC/357and.45.jpg

[dakota1911]

Desert Ironwood on a Colt Special Combat Gov.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/spg_2br.jpg

[Bluegrassstate]

Being an alumni of the University of Kentucky and a die hard "Big Blue Wildcat" Fan, I have to show off my custom made grips I got for my 1911 SA, TRP...Go Big Blue
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/bluegrassstate/1911UKblueleftfull.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/bluegrassstate/1911UKbluerightfull.jpg

[Carl Bodsford]

Lanceriley, like the grips you put on your full size 1911, been looking for a pair like yours because you have the mag. guide like mine. Putting the standard grips on that have the angle on the bottom edge does not look good. My grips are a dark color wood that I don`t like and even came up with though to try to remove the finish on them. Have not found anyone that has gone that far. Mine is the special Kimber design on the Tac. Pro 11.

[dakota1911]

Ajax makes many grips. Checkered and smooth, with and without meds. Google Ajax grips. Here are a couple wood grips (and one of their black perl grips on several of my Colts).

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/Colt_Ajax_r.jpg

[Frank]

How about some desert ironwood from Esmeralda.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l142/fiddletown_2006/IMG_4081rev.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l142/fiddletown_2006/IMG_4077.jpg

DVC

[Longslide]

I think these are HOT - WHITE COCOBOLO
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h276/old-lefty/RIA-ARMSCOR%20PISTOLS/PICT0790.jpg

I like these too - white holly wood
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h276/old-lefty/RIA-ARMSCOR%20PISTOLS/PICT0783.jpg

two toned maple burl
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h276/old-lefty/RIA-ARMSCOR%20PISTOLS/PICT0487.jpg

[Triphammer]

Knifemakers's supply sources stock some nice wood. Natural, stabilized & composite.
I use this one often.http://www.jantzsupply.com/
Haven't made 1911 grips yet, maybe when the weather cools.

[kansas45]

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r124/kansas45/LoadingBench006.jpg

[rollback88]

Hogue (I think)
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/rollback88/Gun%20Stuff/SpringerMicroGIleftsideBlackHogue.jpg

Armscor from AutoMag (I've since added Pearce fingergrooves)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/rollback88/Gun%20Stuff/Darkgrips.jpg

[SHBicycle]

Made these a couple of weeks ago.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/lilbro665/1911004.jpg

[Sportsman2244]

Hi Folks,

As a new guy on this block I just want to say that looking at all these pictures all the auto grips look like art.

[dakota1911]

Esmeralda is great. The Desert Ironwood grips on my Colt SCG several posts back are from her. Her service is great and prices reasonable for what you get. I also have some of her grips in Purple Heart on Kimber Grand Raptor.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/kimber1b.jpg

Some of her Cocabola grips on a Colt XSE LW Commander. That is 10 rounds, slow fire at 25 yards by the way (bullseye). Great grips on a great gun.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/comxse2b.jpg

And some of her Andean Alder grips on a 1988 GCNM

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/grips6r.jpg

I also like Carbon Creations grips, here on my S&W 1911Sc.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/sw1911sc2.jpg

Recently I bought some cheap "retro" Colt reproduction grips to put on a Commander I bought for carry. This will protect the nice checkered wood grips that came on it.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/r_per_1.jpg

I sort of liked the grips that came on my older RIA.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/ria1r.jpg

And the one I recently bought.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e193/dakota1911/ria_compactb_r.jpg

But may change them someday.

[Resurected]

[QUOTE=Snakebite Nixon]I love the factory checkered walnut grips that came with my GI but they chafed my right love handle when I carried it, so they were swapped out for some smooth bocotes.

Wouldn't be interested in getting rid of those "US" grips would you?? David.

[JDLV4_0]

I "acquired" these for the wife, I have no idea who made them, but it figures that not soon after I barter and beg for these, she ends up with a bobtail...

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/jdlv4_0/IMG_2335.jpg

Some half-checkered grips from WoodGrips.net???

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/jdlv4_0/Kimber.jpg