Pistol Grips

OOOOHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHH …. Kimber mixed with custom wood….. Now that is cool.

-- "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission"

Very nice. How do you do the rubberized finger grooves? Cut up a set of Hogues?

Darn nice looking 1911, no matter what grips you’ve got on it :)

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

The rubberized finger grooves are just a slip on that has two rubber flaps sitting under the wood grips to hold it in place. You can purchase them at any gun store.

-- Sgt_Lobo -- Aurora, CO

Very nice pistol James, and nice grips.

-- David, Charlotte NC (http://beechcreeknaturals.etsy.com)

Good looking grips, Sarge!!!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Cool. I’m not a 1911 kind of guy, but I have a friend who is. I thought I might try a set for one of his pistols for a Christmas gift or something.

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

Nice little project Sarge. They turned out nicely too.
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

Very, very nice. I’ve a S&W 1911 that is just begging for a set or two of these.
Think I’ll use the stock grips to make a pattern out of and shape on the router table though.

Now where is that chunk of Rosewood hiding?

-- Still learning everything

Very nice. If you have to make a bunch of these I am not sure that you will have time to get back here. If you have time a blog on the construction of these grips would be nice to see.

Thanks for sharing.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

” I also thought they wood look better on a darker (black) pistol” I figured you would go buy a new 1911 instead…..sorry I’m a lil slow sometimes.

Sarge, these are beautiful. I do have a question though, Do you know of a way to put the texture into those of is the grain of the wood sufficant for grip?

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

The grips look great – I think I’ll make a set for my Glock.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Nice grips.

-- Jiri

Great grain selection, and like everyone said, great looking 1911 too.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

very nice work, and wood choice also.

-- Hope Never fails

Life as a pistol fancier occurred before woodworking came back around for me. I’m going to have to un-crate the 9-er and give this a go. That and putting a plane sole in the brass tumbler to see what happens. Thanks for the posting. The wife will be thrilled…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Beautiful. The third pic is my favorite, but I like them all.

Thanks for the comments everyone…As I said before, they were a fun, easy project, and wow what a difference it made on my other hobby.

lazyfireman – Don’t know how many pistols you’ve handled, but I’ve handled allot. I can honestly say that when gripping a pistol, for me, it doesn’t matter if the grips are checkered or if they are smooth like these. I think the checkering obscures the beauty of the wood/grain too. But, if someone were inclined to checker their grips, there is a $20 tool that is similar to a pizza cutter (only smaller) that when rolled over the grips leaves the checkered pattern.

Cajunpen – Can’t say I’ve ever seen wood grips on a tactical before, might be a neat project… Though it would probably be a good bit more difficult as those are wrap-arounds on the glock right?

Doug – Yeah, I was into pistols before wood as well. I took a hiatus for a few years, and then came back to the shooting. It’s a good fun hobby as well.

-- Sgt_Lobo -- Aurora, CO

Sarge….

Unfortunately, I have only had the pleasure of shooting polymer based grips, but I do love to go shoot 2 or 3 boxes worth at the range. But my baby is my 12g…..I love my Mossburg. I would love to learn to make rifle/shot gun butt stocks and fore grips.

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

Man, I’m all over this one. I was just thinking about regripping my Kimber. Very cool. I’ve checkered before, and have the tools, but I’m thinking I might like to try stippling.

Thanks for sharing this with us, and thanks for keeping us safe!

Mack

-- There's no tool like an old tool...