Note: I made a post about this in the .357 Is Dead thread. But, Figured this news deserved a thread of its own.
For other custom handgun stocks fans:
I spoke with Robin at Herrett's today. They are no longer selling custom checkered stocks. I was wanting a set like those on their website and, if you read Mackay_Sagebrush's posts, like those on the Model 19 he gave his daughter for her wilderness guide trips. The lady who had been working at Herrett's for 42 years passed away unexpectedly recently. She had been the sole architect of the custom grips since the elderly gentleman that proceeded her passed away.
Robin told me they had tried to train several people under Dee over the years, but they wouldn't last long enough to become proficient and now they have no one else to do the custom work.
Customers can now only get the smooth stocks.
Sad, the passing of artisans. RIP, Dee.
