Grip Nut

Doctor Larry K · 08-10-2007, 09:46 AM

I love the grain of beautiful wood, be it in furniture, rifle stocks, or 1911 grips. In fact I have more sets of grips for my 1911s than I have pistols. I know the .45 would probably perform better with the modern rubber grips, but every time I see some exotic wood made into grip panels I just have to buy them. I have made purchases from many vendors, my most recent from Esmelrada (sp) . I can't properly pronounce the kind of wood from which they are made but they are bitchin'

Does anyone else have this fetish. Would continued therapy help!! Maybe if I increase my meds.

Sick Doc

lefty o · 08-10-2007, 11:43 AM

i have the same problem. mine is with browning hi powers. i have 4 hi powers, and i believe im at an even dozen sets of grips. i really like grips from craig spegel, but esmerelda does have some nice looking stuff. i have a pair that should be here today or tomorrow from knife maker larry davidson. the only way i can figure to end this addiction is to sell all the guns, and have a bon fire with whatever grips are left over.

Cyrille · 08-10-2007, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by lefty o

i have the same problem. mine is with browning hi powers. i have 4 hi powers, and i believe im at an even dozen sets of grips. i really like grips from craig spegel, but esmerelda does have some nice looking stuff. i have a pair that should be here today or tomorrow from knife maker larry davidson. the only way i can figure to end this addiction is to sell all the guns, and have a bon fire with whatever grips are left over.

Isn't that on the far side of extreme?

lefty o · 08-10-2007, 12:11 PM

maybe!!

toolman · 08-10-2007, 09:56 PM

That's why I started building grips. Wood has the ability to change the whole personality of a gun. I pick up wood all over the country when I'm on the road, not because I need it, but because I can picture a particular gun that it wood look good on. I've got two pieces of beautifully figured, desert ironwood in my suitcase right now, that would be gorgeous on a gray-finished gun like a Kimber Eclipse.

BPierce · 08-17-2007, 09:31 PM

If you get that excited over grip panels on a handgun you need to be careful that you don't get involved with long guns. That could get really expensive

Doctor Larry K · 08-18-2007, 04:27 PM

BPierce,

I know what you mean. I saw a shotgun with the most beautiful english walnut I have ever seen. I have absolutely no need for another shotgun. but I considered buying this one for the wood alone. $3500.00!!! I can afford a new pistol grip now and then but this shotgun would have done me under.

Check out some of the Weatherbys.

BPierce · 08-18-2007, 09:56 PM

Yup, you got it bad. I would suggest checking out the wood on the CZ rimfires as they aren't expensive and the wood is really nice. But that might not be a good idea for you. Just tell yourself that they don't use wood on long guns any more. Stick with ARs and that sort of thing and you'll be OK

lefty o · 08-18-2007, 10:22 PM

a nice piece of wood is hard to pass up. i shoot trap with a guy who had a $6000 blank turned into a stock for his perazzi- i almost drool when i get near that gun.

ArkansasHunter · 08-18-2007, 10:52 PM

I love wood stocks too yet 3 of the 4 guns i recently bought have synthectic stocks and the reason being I can't stand getting a ding or scratch in one.
Some of my other guns have butytiful stocks and there gonna stay that way.

lefty o · 08-18-2007, 11:08 PM

i do hate scratching them, but its gonna happen if you use them. that citori has a little over 12,000rnds thru it, and it has a few small scratches in it.

08-10-2007, 09:46 AM	#1
Doctor Larry K Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Palm Springs, Calif. Posts: 428	Grip Nut I love the grain of beautiful wood, be it in furniture, rifle stocks, or 1911 grips. In fact I have more sets of grips for my 1911s than I have pistols. I know the .45 would probably perform better with the modern rubber grips, but every time I see some exotic wood made into grip panels I just have to buy them. I have made purchases from many vendors, my most recent from Esmelrada (sp) . I can't properly pronounce the kind of wood from which they are made but they are bitchin' Does anyone else have this fetish. Would continued therapy help!! Maybe if I increase my meds. Sick Doc

08-10-2007, 09:56 PM	#5
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,582 Blog Entries: 22	That's why I started building grips. Wood has the ability to change the whole personality of a gun. I pick up wood all over the country when I'm on the road, not because I need it, but because I can picture a particular gun that it wood look good on. I've got two pieces of beautifully figured, desert ironwood in my suitcase right now, that would be gorgeous on a gray-finished gun like a Kimber Eclipse. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

08-10-2007, 11:43 AM	#2
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,807	i have the same problem. mine is with browning hi powers. i have 4 hi powers, and i believe im at an even dozen sets of grips. i really like grips from craig spegel, but esmerelda does have some nice looking stuff. i have a pair that should be here today or tomorrow from knife maker larry davidson. the only way i can figure to end this addiction is to sell all the guns, and have a bon fire with whatever grips are left over.

08-10-2007, 12:11 PM	#4
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,807	maybe!!

08-17-2007, 09:31 PM	#6
BPierce Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minnesota (Becker County) Posts: 148	If you get that excited over grip panels on a handgun you need to be careful that you don't get involved with long guns. That could get really expensive

08-18-2007, 04:27 PM	#7
Doctor Larry K Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Palm Springs, Calif. Posts: 428	BPierce, I know what you mean. I saw a shotgun with the most beautiful english walnut I have ever seen. I have absolutely no need for another shotgun. but I considered buying this one for the wood alone. $3500.00!!! I can afford a new pistol grip now and then but this shotgun would have done me under. Check out some of the Weatherbys.

08-18-2007, 09:56 PM	#8
BPierce Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minnesota (Becker County) Posts: 148	Yup, you got it bad. I would suggest checking out the wood on the CZ rimfires as they aren't expensive and the wood is really nice. But that might not be a good idea for you. Just tell yourself that they don't use wood on long guns any more. Stick with ARs and that sort of thing and you'll be OK

08-18-2007, 10:52 PM	#10
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,715	I love wood stocks too yet 3 of the 4 guns i recently bought have synthectic stocks and the reason being I can't stand getting a ding or scratch in one. Some of my other guns have butytiful stocks and there gonna stay that way.

08-18-2007, 11:08 PM	#11
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,807	i do hate scratching them, but its gonna happen if you use them. that citori has a little over 12,000rnds thru it, and it has a few small scratches in it.