Altamont does make beautiful looking grips. The checkering is excellent and the S&W medallion adds a very nice touch.

I have a very fine-looking set of their grips in the closet somewhere because the fit and function doesn't match the looks.

And worst of all, Altamont just plain ignored my repeated attempts to contact them about it.

For that they earn my comments every time I see the subject come up. And it seems to keep coming up quite often.