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Old 06-30-2022, 12:40 PM
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Being a grip junkie I had try then.
My dealer used to work at S&W.
He had the grip guy make up about a dozen sets like this with larger checking.
Cost for him was coffee for the week.
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Old 06-30-2022, 01:49 PM
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Very interesting...
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Old 06-30-2022, 02:36 PM
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Exactly, a definite maybe.....

Not sure what to think of that checkering..... obviously quality work, but it's just not registering right in my widdo ole brain.....
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Old 06-30-2022, 02:59 PM
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Being a grip junkie I had try then.
My dealer used to work at S&W.
He had the grip guy make up about a dozen sets like this with larger checking.
Cost for him was coffee for the week.
Those are definitely different, Paul. I have seen on numerous occasions where checking went smaller. Keith Brown does it all the time. I don't think I have ever seen it go in the opposite direction. I'll be interested to hear how they feel at the range.
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Almost could have done a skip line pattern like on 1911 grips.
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Old 06-30-2022, 03:57 PM
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Not like. But, I do not like stock Smith grips anyway. First thing that I do with any Smith that I plan to shoot is change the grips.
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I got these on eBay a long time ago.
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I got these on eBay a long time ago.
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Old 06-30-2022, 05:42 PM
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I think very similar and around the same time frame.

I do like these because they are different.
Optically I like the normal checking better.
These do have a much different feel to them.
A more controlled feel.
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Old 06-30-2022, 05:53 PM
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Should call it “basket weave checkering”.
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Old 06-30-2022, 07:44 PM
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Its great to see sets like these and learn the reasons behind them.

Including this set I have seen 3 or 4 sets now with different details done at the factory. Custom by/for employees but made in the factory none the less.

I will make sure not to write off grips right away as non factory made. The checking style is not for me but very cool to see!!
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Old 07-01-2022, 12:17 AM
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Looks like they were re checkered by the folks at Herretts.
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Yikes…………what frame size are they?
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Old 07-01-2022, 08:03 AM
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Yikes…………what frame size are they?
It is a K frame set.
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Take 3/8" off the bottom ........
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"Picked up some "special made" S&W grips"
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The grain in those look like rosewood to me. What wood do you think they are made of?
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The grain in those look like rosewood to me. What wood do you think they are made of?
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It is like rosewood or is rosewood not exactly sure.
The light stuff like these I've heard called Honduran rosewood not sure if that is correct or not though.
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Paul...the stocks you have are made of rosewood, Honduras. Used by S&W in the 1970s and early 1980s.

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Old 07-01-2022, 11:32 AM
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I like it. Finer checkering looks nice but the bigger works better for my hands and functionality is most important to me.
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Very nice Paul, can't wait to see them on one of you K frames.
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