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thinking of a stag, mammoth ivory, or something nice for my old 70 series.

what say you all? whats good and whats bad and where to get them at.

pictures of your gun with grips would be great.

Sambarg stag is my favorite.

Ivory or faux ivory or whatever.

Just something ivory'ish.

...tough to make a recommendation. 1911 stocks are very plentiful.

If you do a search youll come up with a ton of them, but that's a good way to peek around
Until you find something you like.


Heres some interesting sites:

https://www.boonetrading.com/collections/colt-simulated-ivory-pistol-grips

http://truivory.com/truivorygrips.htm

http://rmhknives.com

Definitely go with the prehistoric mammoth ivory

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I like stag.

I'm making a few sets from stabilized burl maple. Will post some pictures soon.

I like the ones that are on it now.

That being said....I called Craig Spegel about a week and a half ago. He was very nice. And I was very nice. I'm expecting a set of Kingwood (he doesn't list them, but found a blank set while we were on the phone) diamond checkered in about 2-1/2 weeks. Nothing better as far as I'm concerned. But after he does this run, it will be maybe a year before orders are delivered.

Check out grips by Esmerelda.

esmeralda.cc/

I checked them out. I like the checkered cocobolo.

The ultimate is probably fossil ivory, which used to be a lot cheaper than it is now. Not so sure of its durability.

Elephant ivory might be a fine investment, if you can find some (legally).

Stag is about 1/2 the cost of fossil ivory and is possibly more practical as far as grip and durability.

The fine hardwoods, figured walnuts, desert ironwood, bocote, are nice. I read recently that cocobolo has been declared endangered, and may be harder to obtain in the future.

Mother of pearl is wonderful, but I have heard not always durable. I've always wondered about abalone, which has spectacular colors. I have one really large abalone shell that I might be able to make into grips, but I'm not sure I have the skill to do it.

Plain old walnut works for me.
Bob

...doen't look so "plain" to me....nice stocks...

Give Henry Lance a look at www.texasgrips.com
He made me a set for my Para that I think are beautiful---he used the purple heart wood I sent him

Is that the Colt reintroduction of the 1911, or an original? Very nice.

Isn't "faux ivory" another way of saying plastic?

Ummm... I don't know if that'd be technically correct or not.

Ivory or Sambar...

My thought exactly!

Mammoth molar, no close second...

Ivory moves an awful lot with humidity changes and true stabilization is difficult due to its lack of porosity.

Bobby,
Patrick Grashorn mskes great grips. I bought a pair of Elk Stag grips from him that fit my S&W 66-1 like I had sent him the gun to custom fit them, and his prices are better than anybody else I was looking at.

http://grashornsgunworks.com/gun-grips

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That Pop Tart looks delicious.

The colors vary quite a bit and some have much more/brighter blues. One molar will make a LOT of sets!!!!

I've had this set of real ivory grips for about twenty years.

I'd be concerned about something like that not fitting. Then what?

Pretty easy fit to the 1911 and most are very close to each other, regardless the era or maker. Fitting grips to them is equally easy. A little ease ground with a Dremel followed with a dot of epoxy on a greased screw will usually correct any issues in a matter of minutes. Generally there are few issues.

I made a couple sets in ivory for a Springfield Armory pair. They fit every other 1911 I tried them on, but were off enough to be a minor hassle. They were identical and the only example that I have seen that were more than dead simple to fix.

Keep them in the same environment for their whole life and they will be fine. Store them in your shower and the humidity might do a number on them. Elephant is getting harder to find IME...

I'll make sure I don't take this one in the shower with me. Thanks for the heads up.

PS Someone mentioned Renaissance Wax. That's what I've been using on these since I've had them.

You were steered straight... probably the best wax for the job.

Do not forget to put some on the inside of the grips every once in a while. It will not wear off there, but the solvents will eventually leave and the wax job needs to be redone. If you have never done that I would do it twice about 6 months apart and every year or two thereafter.

I like a lot of the bone grips. Giraffe and Buffalo both look nice to my eyeball.

Not a big fan of the stag grips with a lot of ‘texture” or whatever ya call it.

Giraffe bone is ridiculously hard! Walrus jaw and giraffe are as hard as bone gets IME.

CDNN has a 24% off all grips sale ending tomorrow.