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Who makes the nicest grips for 1911?

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Post icon  Posted 04 July 2009 - 12:28 PM

Who makes the nicest grips for 1911?

In this case, nice = beauty over function. This gun will be shot but not likely to suffer long days of sweat and grit.

I know there is:

http://www.esmeralda.cc/

...but I'm curious who else has this type of grips. This is for a bead blasted stainless finish so I'm thinking red/dark wood...but could go stag...I'll know it when I see it.

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 12:31 PM

Rocky at Pure Kustom does some SERIOUS leather tooling and inlay.

http://www.purekusto...pearl_grips.htm
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 12:33 PM

If it's mostly for cosmetics then I'd agree that Esmerelda's are among the best. I doubt he does it without putting them on one of his guns but Ted Yost has made some amazing grips that I have seen.

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 12:47 PM

The most beautiful wood I've ever seen is Desert Ironwood. A nice piece of that looks like golden-brown, solidified flame. Then of course there's ivory. Some people will argue with me on this, but given my own esthetic sense I think that ivory grips on a stainless gun look really sharp. Ivory is available from Eagle Grips; they still have some left over from before the import ban. If you've got about $500, they can hook you up. :)
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 01:14 PM

http://www.ajaxgrips.com/ajax/ajax

http://www.smithanda....com/grips.html
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 01:17 PM

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 01:22 PM

View Postbaerburtchell, on Jul 4 2009, 03:17 PM, said:

http://www.esmeralda.cc/


Ok, those are nice. She looks as exotic as her grips.
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 02:37 PM

I love my VZ grips.

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Post icon  Posted 04 July 2009 - 03:07 PM

Me!! :surprise:

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 04:02 PM

Addict- I forgot about you...are you stocking woods?

VZs are great but this will be a little more..."pretty"

Here's the gun as is:

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and through bad photoshop magic

Red esmeralda cocobola:

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White - andean alder

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Duane I'm kinda with you...white on white might be the answer...

This post has been edited by hk_mtbr: 04 July 2009 - 04:02 PM

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 06:28 PM

Edited because of my lack of computer skills. I figured out how to link this.
These grips are by Hakan Pek. He made them for my friend EdwardJ for his Benny Hill Blaster.

http://img18.imagesh...71/img2713d.jpg

http://www.imageseek.com/hakan

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 06:28 PM

Hello: Some Mammoth grips look great. I know a guy who bought some off E-bay and they look great for a carry pistol. I like the Larry Davidson grips myself or the Carbon Creation ones. Smith and Alexanders are great for the price as well. Looks like I have to buy some more grips :roflol: Thanks, Eric

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 09:31 PM

Hakans are nice
http://www.imageseek.com/hakan/

Nills too:
http://www.nill-grif...d-Shop_150.html

Hard to beat those Esmeralda's though...

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 03:40 AM

Hkmtbr, I have mostly maple burl but a few other exotics. If you are willing to stabilize it some fabulous spalted stuff but it is too soft as is. I made that set for fun and it took about 8 hours start to finish with hand filing and sanding. Seriously this is not a hard project and very satisfying. Heck you can even use my bandsaw/drillpress if you wanna come over!
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Posted 05 July 2009 - 06:55 AM

All if my 1911's wear Kim Ahrends grip panels. The make a nice hi quality exotic hardwood grip.
http://ahrendsgripsusa.com
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Posted 05 July 2009 - 10:23 AM

View Posthk_mtbr, on Jul 4 2009, 05:02 PM, said:

Duane I'm kinda with you...white on white might be the answer...


I don't know anything about this company, but they've got some sweet grips. The Walrus ivory was a surprise to me...very pretty. I think I need a new gun for some fancy grips!

http://www.gripsandk...l_Grips_s/7.htm
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Posted 06 July 2009 - 06:49 AM

If you are looking for real "Sunday go to Meetin' grips" go to Novak's site and look at the Craig Spegel selection...regards, Kirby

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Posted 06 July 2009 - 06:47 PM

Maybe I'm a little flashy, but I dig deep colors, especially on stainless.

Check these out:

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Pink Ivorywood.... I have a set of blanks of it sitting here, and it's crazy pretty. VERY deep and bright with this crazy watermelon color, it's pretty cool. I snapped my scales up because at the time I had never seen a set of grips made out of it.

There's several good grip makers who will work with woods that you send them.... I've got some Purple Heart, Red Heart, and Bloodwood amongst other typical stuff sitting around that I eventually wanna get cut down into grips. There's a pretty good exotic wood dealer out of Dayton that I got some of mine from a while back. Also heard there's another dealer in Lexington as well....

Just some thoughts.

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Posted 07 July 2009 - 03:23 PM

Here is a link to some bling:
http://cgi.ebay.com/...2BUCI%26otn%3D4

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Posted 07 July 2009 - 03:29 PM

View PostStorm52, on Jul 7 2009, 06:23 PM, said:

Here is a link to some bling:


Holy.... :surprise:

Now if they weren't cut for the mainspring pin...

I'm thinking about taking Addict up on his offer to use his bandsaw...and hopefully these grips won't cost me a thumb
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Posted 07 July 2009 - 03:30 PM

A friend has a lead on some mammoth ivory grips. While I'm perfectly willing to spend crazy money on a custom knife, I'd prefer a set of Larry Davidson grips on any of 1911's.

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Posted 07 July 2009 - 04:18 PM

http://www.imageseek...y/1911/Cimg6910

I'm with Duane on this one. A nice set of desert ironwood looks good on any 1911, stainless or black.

http://www.imageseek...ina1911Compac_5

These birdeye ambonia look good as well.

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Posted 07 July 2009 - 07:20 PM

How about these ?


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Posted 07 July 2009 - 09:12 PM

View PostJoe4d, on Jul 7 2009, 09:20 PM, said:

How about these ?


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Posted 14 July 2009 - 11:40 PM

Ryan Payne, aka "Sarge" does excellent stuff. I have a standard profile of this coming to me, in thin grips:

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And already have one set of these Zebrawood on my Single Stack/CDP:

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Nice person to deal with, great wood, prices are excellent.

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