Beautiful..but where's the 696?

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Jennifer just sent me those pics this morning. The 696 is at home currently wearing these

The new grips will look great on that stainless gun.Probably feel much better in your hand also.

Stunning. Enjoy!

Well, believe it or not those ugly black grips feel great in my hand, but they ugly.��
And yes the Culina combats feel great also. These will be my 3rd set.

Your new Culinas look incredible, but all of John's work does. Can't wait to see them on the gun.

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Nice Culina stocks. What wood species are they. I am in the process of ordering a set for a blued 19-2 and trying to decide what wood I want. I own 3 sets already

I sent the wood to them, its Koa, and the billet I sent to them was a stunning piece.
I know alot of people like the walnuts and maples and ebonys but to me koa is, or can be about the prettiest wood Ive ever seen. It has to be seen in person though to be fully experienced. The depth and layers just cant be captured by any lense. Ive seen pics of some online that I fell in love with but when I saw them in person, well, I had to go to the bathroom to clean myself up. Yes, I am a wood junkie.

Anyone here ever send your own wood in to them to have them turn it into a set of grips?

That KOA is so stunning I have a Chunk of it coming from Hawaii this week. That was expensive lumber. Thanks for sharing the picture of grips

Where did you find this wood in Hawaii (retail store, Internet website)? I will be going in January. Was it a special cut or block of wood that is necessary for use in making grips? Thanks

My wife found this piece of Koa on Kauai and sent it to Jennifer Culina to make stocks for this 5” 27-2. Koa is my favorite wood.

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Just to hold you over until the OP can post pics of his 696 wearing its Culina's, here is my 696 wearing some purple heart stocks by our own Curt Harlow...



Enjoy!

Adios,

Pizza Bob

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I remember seeing my first piece of Koa wood in 1987 and I fell in love with that wood that day. I am a wood aficionado, big time. My wife thinks I nuts the way I react to a pretty piece of wood.

Koa is a special wood, it only grows in the hawiian Islands if Im not mistaken. The shimmer and chatoyancy of much of it is overwhelming. I favor the darker, brownish pieces over the pinkish red ones. The gold and brown shimmer is just flat out sexy looking. While this piece, the one I sent for the stocks, is much lighter than I prefer it was a really pretty piece. I have a much much better piece at home but it is just a little, and I mean just a little for the Culinas to use in their machine that makes the grips. It might be the prettiest piece of Koa I have ever seen in person. Super dark brown/gold/black, just gorgeous. Super tight curl too. I used it to make the grips for my 627.





And these panels for my DW VALOR





The panels are tru oil and the stocks are my oil finish. You can see what a difference the type of finish makes.

I still have anough of this beautiful piece left to make either 2 more sets of revolver grips or about a dozen sets of 1911 type grips. I also already cut out a set of L frame grips from it. Some day Ill finish the inletting and shape them out and mount them. I get very nervous messing with that piece of wood, if I ruin any of it it would just break my heart.

Ill post up some pics of the new ones maybe this evening. The cylinder, which I sent out to have the throats honed, will, or should be in the mailbox when I get home today.

Expensive isnt the word! I think ridiculous is more fitting. Did you order from Koawoodworks?

Found mine on an internet search bought it on ebay. with shipping and tax $96

Here's mine with some beautiful Culina Cocobolo grips! Modest but elegant, in my opinion.

Modest my butt!! Those are gorgeous my friend! I do actually prefer dark grips on a SS gun but I dont own a blued K or L frame right now. Naturally I can always change that and these grips at any time but for now, and please, I am no photographer but,








Theyre actually pretty difficult to photo well but I tried.

Thank you! Those you picked out, are gorgeous! Photos are great!

The grips that match the charcoal frame for me....

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Here are some combats John made for me. They were a little thick in my hand so Curtis Harlow gave them a coke profile when he did this checkering. They turned out better than I expected.

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After

Actually I sent them the wood I had but regardless, thank you.

Id love to see a pic of the billet you bought , when you get it and before sending it off. I always like looking at a beautiful piece of Koa.

Koa wood is surely beautiful. I have never seen it in person before.
Larry

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