Thanks for the welcome back, everyone! And I'm glad you like the gun...

I really have a "thing" for 581's (and fixed sight S&W's period!)

I just came across the "before" pic! WOW. I had been scouring the internet for months trying to find 581's and only found the two 4"ers that I bought. One was is great shape and I left it stock. The other is the one I had customized and here's how it looked when I bought it.

BEFORE


I didn't really mind how this one looked because they were so hard to find in the first place (I was just happy to have found it) and I knew I could turn it into this:

AFTER


And here's my other 581, kept "stock".