As beautiful as that grain is, I'd want a few more sets uncheckered. Nice job!
New grips. Not exotic, but pretty cool to me.
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I'm a pretty practical guy. I'm also a bit sentimental when it comes to some things. This is a good example of that.
Before my parents moved from the house that I grew up in (6 months through 18 yo), they had to remove a couple walnut trees. Our local Sheriff (possibly retired by this time) had a sawmill and cut up most of it for 1/2 the wood. Well, I ended up with some of it. I've thought for years it would be neat to do something gun related with it as my dad, brother, and myself have always been gun folks. Well, it sat for years and the procrastinator in me always thought it would be a good idea but never did anything about it.
Well, this past spring we all were blindsided by my brothers cancer. So, I decided not to wait any longer. I contacted Craig Spegel with an idea to make some grips out of some of this wood. He seemed to be pretty cool with the idea. For all I know, this is common for gripmakers to do. Either way, I sent him two pieces of wood and a list of what I wanted. I needed some HP grips and everything I've read says that he's the man when it comes to HP grips. So, I ordered a set of 1911 grips for my dad, brother, and myself along with the HP grips.
To say I'm pleased would be an understatement. The wood isn't wild at all, but the fit and the checkering are absolutely perfect. Not too sharp that it cuts you and not so smooth that they don't grip. He did end up with one set (I had him configure that set for my dad's grip specifications for bevel/ambi) that had some very nice grain. He advised we didn't checker these as it would take away from the beauty. I think he was right.
Anyways, I'm rambling and just wanted to share. Let me know what you think.
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Before my parents moved from the house that I grew up in (6 months through 18 yo), they had to remove a couple walnut trees. Our local Sheriff (possibly retired by this time) had a sawmill and cut up most of it for 1/2 the wood. Well, I ended up with some of it. I've thought for years it would be neat to do something gun related with it as my dad, brother, and myself have always been gun folks. Well, it sat for years and the procrastinator in me always thought it would be a good idea but never did anything about it.
Well, this past spring we all were blindsided by my brothers cancer. So, I decided not to wait any longer. I contacted Craig Spegel with an idea to make some grips out of some of this wood. He seemed to be pretty cool with the idea. For all I know, this is common for gripmakers to do. Either way, I sent him two pieces of wood and a list of what I wanted. I needed some HP grips and everything I've read says that he's the man when it comes to HP grips. So, I ordered a set of 1911 grips for my dad, brother, and myself along with the HP grips.
To say I'm pleased would be an understatement. The wood isn't wild at all, but the fit and the checkering are absolutely perfect. Not too sharp that it cuts you and not so smooth that they don't grip. He did end up with one set (I had him configure that set for my dad's grip specifications for bevel/ambi) that had some very nice grain. He advised we didn't checker these as it would take away from the beauty. I think he was right.
Anyways, I'm rambling and just wanted to share. Let me know what you think.
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The wood is good. 
Interesting slab also. What kind of tree is it from?
Edit: I just read the post, its walnut.
Interesting slab also. What kind of tree is it from?
Edit: I just read the post, its walnut.
Congrats!
awesome looking grips
I'll second this.awesome looking grips
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