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New Culinas for 586
I just recieved my first set of Culina grips to put on a new to me 586-4 I got a couple months ago. Grips are Bastogne walnut, I am blown away with them. The fit and finish are amazing and fit my hand great. Jennifer was awesome. After seeing members Culina grips I knew I had to get some as well. Thought I would share.
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Wow! Stunning... great choice for that gun. Congratulations!!
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Nice! I like the contrasting colorations. Thanks for sharing!
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I hate to tell you, but Culina grips are like Lay’s Potato Chips, you cant have just one!! I believe I have about 7 pair now. John must have a fantastic “woodpile”. Like you said, Jennifer is fantastic too. Here is one of my favorite pair:
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Black and white ebony?
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I hate to tell you, but Culina grips are like Lay’s Potato Chips, you cant have just one!! I believe I have about 7 pair now. John must have a fantastic “woodpile”. Like you said, Jennifer is fantastic too. Here is one of my favorite pair:
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Hi Larry....those are fantastic looking grips...are they black and white ebony? I have several sets of Culinas and they are superb...great people to deal with...Roger
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RevolverP320,
I hate to tell you, but Culina grips are like Lay’s Potato Chips, you cant have just one!! I believe I have about 7 pair now. John must have a fantastic “woodpile”. Like you said, Jennifer is fantastic too. Here is one of my favorite pair:
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Wow!! I’m envious!!
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RevolverP320,
I hate to tell you, but Culina grips are like Lay’s Potato Chips, you cant have just one!! I believe I have about 7 pair now. John must have a fantastic “woodpile”. Like you said, Jennifer is fantastic too. Here is one of my favorite pair:
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Truth! I have 6 pair, I think. Always looking for a S&W with mismatched grips so I can contact them and see what they have sitting around.
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Very nice! Congrats
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The Culinas are great. Excellent choice btw.
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RevolverP320,
I hate to tell you, but Culina grips are like Lay’s Potato Chips, you cant have just one!! I believe I have about 7 pair now. John must have a fantastic “woodpile”. Like you said, Jennifer is fantastic too. Here is one of my favorite pair:
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I agree, I have too many to post pictures but I did have to slow down. When the IRS wouldn't let me list John & Jennifer as dependents, I had to take it easy for a while (until the next time)!
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Here are some John made me out of mesquite I sent him.
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Culinas are my favorite...
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Gunar, those are breath taking ever time I see them. Do you know who the checkering cutter was?
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Thanks but I sure don't. Sorry, all I know is John did have to send them out to be done. And it was without a doubt done by hand to 20 lpi.
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Hi Larry....those are fantastic looking grips...are they black and white ebony? I have several sets of Culinas and they are superb...great people to deal with...Roger
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They sure are, Roger. Ebony has a lot of different looks. I also have a pair of solid black Ebony grips that John did years ago for me. I think I remember them being Gaboon Ebony. They are really heavy/dense. And, I may be wrong, I think some types of Ebony are difficult to import, this may be one of those.
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Those sir, look mighty fine!
The contrast between the beautiful blue and the beautiful wood are just great... IT JUST WORKS ! 
Here's my 586-4 with some Roasted Birds Eye Maple.
I had them spficly made/ordered to match the color of my late pups eyes(the grain the swirls) ... Culina really nailed it with these....
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Those sir, look mighty fine!
The contrast between the beautiful blue and the beautiful wood are just great... IT JUST WORKS !
Here's my 586-4 with some Roasted Birds Eye Maple.
I had them spficly made/ordered to match the color of my late pups eyes(the grain the swirls) ... Culina really nailed it with these.... |
Thank you, I am beyond happy. I really like the maple they look incredible with the nickel! That is a great way to remind you of your dog. Very nice.
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629 with some Birds Eye Maple they made up for me.
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Thank you, I am beyond happy. I really like the maple they look incredible with the nickel! That is a great way to remind you of your dog. Very nice.
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Thank you sir mine is a blued 568, just like yours... 
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While I'm a Craig Spegel fan boy those are SWEeeeeet grips... been an admirer of Culina grips for some time.
I have a set of Spegel extended boot grips on birdseye maple grips on my 586-4 round butt....love the contrast...... if I'm ever in need of a BBQ gun!!!
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While I'm a Craig Spegel fan boy those are SWEeeeeet grips... been an admirer of Culina grips for some time.
I have a set of Spegel extended boot grips on birdseye maple grips on my 586-4 round butt....love the contrast...... if I'm ever in need of a BBQ gun!!!
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I have looked at them before, I just couldent get what I wanted... it may sound silly, I had this combination made up like a kind of commemorative gun for my pup... I like guns, I loved my Dog so why not combine the 2...
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The shine got me! The round butt 586 is my favorite smith by far!
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They sure are, Roger. Ebony has a lot of different looks. I also have a pair of solid black Ebony grips that John did years ago for me. I think I remember them being Gaboon Ebony. They are really heavy/dense. And, I may be wrong, I think some types of Ebony are difficult to import, this may be one of those.
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I think you are right. I bought a set of RB Combats for my 3 inch M65 from them. They were listed as Gaboon Ebony and look like that.
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I think you are right. I bought a set of RB Combats for my 3 inch M65 from them. They were listed as Gaboon Ebony and look like that.
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Those look superb, JR. The contrast of the dark grips and the stainless steel of the M65 looks perfect to me. I looked for pictures of mine on a gun and they are MIA  at the moment. I put mine on my nickel 3.5 inch barreled 27-2 and they looked great. I may have to retake the pictures.
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So I checked out Culina grips based on this thread.
They are works of art, but too rich for me.
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Stabilized Quilted Maple
Here’s my 686-4 3” wearing Stabilized Quilted Maple by John Culina.
Almost looks like velvet.
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New Culina Grips 686 No Dash and 66-2
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Wow Cobia! The Bubinga looks great with the stainless!
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When I started down this road, I didn't think I would be wanting some nice stocks for my guns to wear. But seeing this thread.....makes me want to maybe get a nice set for my twin snubs below. They do have a nice set of factory round combats. But I really do like Culinas. 
Here's my recent Culina purchase. Italian Olive.
On my nickel 27-2
Buonasera!   
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