What are your favorite grip materials?

lkelly · Aug 13, 2012

Elephant ivory?
Sambar stag?
Mother of pearl?
Walnut?
Rubber?
Plastic?

Me, I just can't make up my mind:

Wyatt Burp · Aug 13, 2012

Easy. Sambar Stag like on my "Patton pair here.

And this Colt 44-40 for example.

lkelly · Aug 13, 2012

Lovely! ... All

lkelly · Aug 13, 2012

My Colt 45 with same:

JJEH · Aug 13, 2012

lkelly said:
What are your favorite grip materials?

Wood and carbon fiber...

wbraswell · Aug 13, 2012

I like the look and feel of wood, until it's time to shoot the 29 with lots of 2400 under a SWC. Then, it's rubber.

brucev · Aug 13, 2012

On a blued pistol I very much like high quality rosewood. Also nice is elk horn w/ no bark. On a blued pistol of very high quality, I would think ivory would be very nice. On a stainless steel revolver I very much like rosewood or else Goncalo Alves. A nice dark walnut with lots of color and well accented grain is just about always right for either blued or stainless steel.

Black_Sheep · Aug 13, 2012

I like Goodyears on my stainless guns and wood on blued guns.

Rule3 · Aug 13, 2012

Rubbers for shooting, Wood to look at and be pretty.

sipowicz · Aug 13, 2012

I love stag.....scarring makes for a good grip but the edges are smooth so it doesn't grab on clothing...of course, my j-frame magnas do pretty much the same thing....but stag looks cooler...

old bear · Aug 13, 2012

Stag first then good wood grips. I'm sure I would love ivory if I could only afford a set.

A10 · Aug 13, 2012

For looks, I don't think anything beats aged ivory. It just screams class. For looks and carry Stag all the way. For open carry and heavy recoiling guns I like goodyears with the full backstrap.

Erno86 · Aug 13, 2012

I like my thin buffalo horn grips, from India, on my stainless Ruger Old Army blackpowder pistol.

Rubber Hogue grips...on my 454 Super Redhawk and S&W 38 Special revolver.

Rosewood grips on my 357 S&W snubbie.

G-10 laminate grips on my two 1911's.

gdauth · Aug 13, 2012

Wood

Remember what Paton said about pearl handle revolvers

feralmerril · Aug 13, 2012

I have some of everything but I really would like to find someone who can build me a set of turquoise and silver inset in some nice wood. David yellow horse makes some like I want. I have a knife he made.
David Yellowhorse Custom US Cavalry Custers Last Stand Ruger Vaquero and Bowie Knife Set

vytoland · Aug 13, 2012

pachmyr presentations or compac closed backstraps.....on everything

mjr · Aug 13, 2012

I've seen some mammoth ivory grips that were beyond outstanding, but for revolvers they start around $625.00. That's a little high for cosmetics, so I'm sticking with S&W wood with Tyler-Ts.

jag312 · Aug 13, 2012

Ivory. I love ivory. I'm planning to make a midnight visit with a chain saw to the San Francisco Zoo to do some dental work on some elephants.

TheHobbyist · Aug 13, 2012

I think the most exotic set I ever saw was Narwhal 1911 grips for around $1200.

The only ones i'm personally not fond of are pearl.

I like stag the most and ivory.

Surprisingly, the imitation ivory grips are nice too. YMMV

Fishslayer · Aug 13, 2012

jag312 said:
Ivory. I love ivory. I'm planning to make a midnight visit with a chain saw to the San Francisco Zoo to do some dental work on some elephants.

So... how breathless and incredulous is the infobabe gonna be when she describes the "arsenal and ammunition stockpile" found at the home of the "tusk bandit?"

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