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New grips from John Culina
Below are two sets of grips that I had John Culina craft from some old Snakewood that I had left over from my sculpting days. I think they turned out well and are an appropriate accompanyment for the two engraved 629s.
He does very nice work and the fit was perfect. I might try a few other exotic woods that I have left over when he recovers from working with the Snakewood. Snakewood (along with Lignum Vitae) is the heaviest wood known.
These will be on display at the Smith & Wesson convention in Boise.
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I like them yes it looks like he does nice work
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02-22-2012, 02:31 PM
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Very nice looking!
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02-22-2012, 02:33 PM
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Just got two in myself. Will be taking pics in the next few days. That wood is beautiful!
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02-22-2012, 02:35 PM
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I love Snakewood. I have knife scales made from it.
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02-22-2012, 06:30 PM
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I will get around to looking at the grips in a day or two---engraveing is very good.
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Wow, very nice...
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At least you could have found something nicer to display them on!
Just kidding, dems some nice shootin' irons wit dem fancy grips. They compliment each other!
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Great looking grips and revolvers and John's grips are just wonderful.
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Those grips look really good. I would like to see S&W medallions on them.
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02-23-2012, 11:18 AM
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Jimmy:
John and I discussed putting medallions on them and both agreed that with the grain of the Snakewood, the medallions would be too busy. It was the topic of a few e-mails back and forth, however.
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Good choice on no medallions. It would detract from the beautiful clean wood grips.
Very nice handguns.
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The grips and guns are beautiful! Is snake wood found in the US.?
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02-23-2012, 12:11 PM
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How would one order a set of these grips?
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02-23-2012, 12:16 PM
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Second on the question of getting a set. Those are beautiful! After seeing your photos I did some reading on snakewood. Sounds like a lot of work to come up with a suitable piece. Congrats on your acquisition of some real artwork.
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I still have yet to find a gun worthy of wearing the Gaboon ebony stocks I bought from him. At least those go well with the guns.
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Snakewood is found in the areas around Panama (lower Cental and upper South America). Most is found in Surinam, which I believe used to be one of the Guyanas (my geography is a little rusty). The wood comes from small scrub trees and is quite hard to find and expensive. That's why I used some old stock that I had left over.
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VERY nice.
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Below is another set of grips John Culina made for me. They are made from Lignum Vitae (along with Snakewood, the heaviest wood known). They are not as eye-catching as the Snakewood, but since I am a wood freak I enjoy unusual grips on my guns when I display them. I keep the original grips, however.
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