I dont have them in hand yet but I got them at a decent price. Iam guessing Sanderson or early Herrets with hand cut checkering? What do you guys think? The pics are a little blurry, when I get them in hand I will take better pics.
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Matt

I dont have them in hand yet but I got them at a decent price. Iam guessing Sanderson or early Herrets with hand cut checkering? What do you guys think? The pics are a little blurry, when I get them in hand I will take better pics.
Thanks
Matt

My guess would Sanderson

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They look like these, which I always assumed were Herrett's:

I'm going to assume nothing. Open them up and lets have a pic of the inside. You wouldn't belive the stocks that I have that look like someone else did them.
DW

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One thing I would like to point out is that Sanderson had sharper edges.
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My guess would be Herrett. Lost of his early grips weren't marked inside so it's hard to tell many times.

Herretts is my vote. I have several pair just like them and the amount of wood used, the main spring screw opening and the base swell are pretty unique to Herretts of the 60s thru 80s.

THEY COULD ALSO BE J SCOTT GRIPS.

I never saw a set of J Scott grips that were anywhere near that good.

I dont think they are J Scott grips. They look like they are shaped like Herret's but the checkering on them does not look right for Herret's. I have never seen Herret's checkered like this, the checkering looks alot like Sanderson's.I have read that alot of these guys learned from eachother as one guy got older and another guy came into the business. Maybe these are just really early Herret's or late model Sanderson's?
Matt

Do the Herrets of yours have the checkering exactly like the above grips I posted or more like the known Herrets pictured above by Jeremyws1? My Sandersons have the same mainspring opening and swell but alot different thumbramp. Could you post some pics of your Herrets? If you can email me pics I can host/post them for you.
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Matt

I should mention the grips I pictured in the first post in this thread Iam pretty sure are for Colt pistols. If anyone is interested in trading for a like pair that will fit my S&W pistols let me know.
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Matt

Sile is one more possibility.
Not Sandersons.
I don't really get the feeling they are Herrett's, either.
Sile did some pretty complex designs occasionally through the years.

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If I get time this week, I will shoot a picture of the Herrett's that I have and post them.
Jay Scotts were very similiar to Herrett's but I think the checkering may have been machined. I could be wrong on that but I agree that Jay Scotts were not as nice.
I've seen checkering on older Herretts that were of a finer line and thought that those may have been some of the earlier ones as I ordered several pairs of Herretts for Bullseye during the late 70s and early 80s and always received checkering like those on Jeremy's post. I have small hands and Herrett always made them too big for me. Seemed like a hell of a chunk of wood for a pair of grips. After about three special order pair of Herrett's I went to Fitz grips and got a perfect fit right out of the box. Fitz came in plastic and wood.

I agree with you about the Herrets, I have owned several of them through the years but the checkering was just different than the pair I have above....

Not saying these are, but I remember ads for Cloyce target stocks. Or, something like that.
I don't think I've ever seen that name bandied about in grip threads.

After WWII and through the 60's, many grip makers, both large and small scale, were knocking off each others work. The distinctions were sometimes very subtle and if unmarked, makes it pretty tough to identify. As others have remarked, the clues to identification are at best a consensus of opinion by our fellow enthusiasts. I'm no expert on aftermarket or custom grips but my guess is SILE. They were one of the most prolific producers of that period and offered replacement grips of all kinds, usually, based upon another maker or manufacturers designs. They did indeed offer S&W style service stocks and Magnas with the SILE medallion and many Colt style replacement stocks. They copied Steve Herrets for sure and I've had several pair of them over the years for different Colt revolvers.

Another guess I'll venture is that many of the premier makers probably had a preference for a particular wood species, or added unique features and used a particular L.P.I. (lines per inch) checkering that might serve as a clue to the maker.

They look interesting, thanks for sharing the photo.