1911 Grip Update

[bananaman]

Always looking for some good looking grips. Picked up these sets up about a week apart. 1 set is wood with a bone insert. {Sig} The other is Elk Antler. {Gold Cup}
Who has interesting 1911 grips??? Bob

 

[arjay]

Grips by Esmeralda

 

[LEO918]

I have Ivory on my Commanders.

 

[Jebus35745]

Bought a set here in the classified, spalted maple. Waited 3 days for someone to buy them so I wouldn't. Then I bought a gun for them. Holster by Bamabiker. Larry

 

[arjay]

Buffalo bone on some Colts

Top to bottom
Early series 70 repro
Original series 70
Mid 60s GM

 

[sceva]

I like smooth grips These are Culina Curly Myrtle wood which has chatoyancy. "The term 'chatoyancy', deriving from the French for 'shining like a cat's eye', denotes the effect that occurs when a bright light is shone onto a rounded, reflective surface and causes light to be reflected back in narrow line perpendicular to the observer's line of sight "



I tried to capture this with a series of photos taken straight on and at angles. I hope you like them.

 

[ZGrand]

Curly Koa and Desert Ironwood.

 

[Narragansett]

All pics very nice. Not to hijack a thread here, but I have 3 Model 1911's that I want to put grips on, and I am still looking for a good maker. American holly, buffalo horn/bone, elk or maybe wood. Have some suggestions? I would very much appreciate a PM. Thanks

 

[Mule Packer]

Nothing real fancy here. Elk on my 1911 Springfield 9mm.

Stag on my 1917 Colt model 1911 in .45 acp.

And elk on my Springfield 1911 in .45 acp

 

[Baxter6551]

1947 Colt Commercial with Eagle Sambar Stag that I found used at LGS for $100 last year

 

[colt_saa]

I have Ivory on my Commanders.

It is hard not to LOVE Ivory on blue steel

Esmerelda scrimshawed these for my 10MM Auto long slide that I built about a decade ago. It is named THOR

Since it is getting harder to find Ivory, I purchased these Wolly Mammoth grips for my current project

 

[AJ]

I inset these USMC emblems in these grips over 30 years ago. To a set of Ranger Grips and dremeled out the emblem that was there. I got the Eagle. Globe & Anchors off some USMC Sharpshooters badges. I used a two part epoxy to hold them in place. May not be super pretty as some grips shown here, but mean a lot to me. Yes, I had them on a couple of my active duty M1911A1's. This pistol is an original Series 700 Gold Cup National Match.

 

[walter o]

set of scrimshawed ivory

plain ivory
Jigged bone

 

[walter o]

LWcommander /ivory with 24k gold peso coin inletted

 

[31FordA]

My go to for 1911 grips was Ahrends, until they unfortunately closed in early 2020. I have many sets of rosewood and a couple of ebony. The last of my spare sets of Ahrends went on a blued .38 Super in 2021. My new source for 1911 grips is Wood Caliber. I've got a nice set of rosewood on my Gunsite Pistol, and ebony on my stainless Competition .38 Super. Several of my 1911's also have NOS 70 Series Colt grips from Nutmeg Sports.

 

[bamabiker]

Desert Ironwood

Elk

 

[Mike in Reedley]

Cool looking stocks.

 

[45Smashemflat]

Always thought these were neat. Ivory and 1911 Barber Dimes…

 

[AJ]

Always thought these were neat. Ivory and 1911 Barber Dimes…

Like you Barber Dime. Here is mine, it belonged to my Grandfather. He carried it in his wallet as it was the year he was born.

 

[Retired W4]

Here are a set of Ivories hand carved in Vietnam. New in box LW Commander 38 super with the original funky colt plastic and stylish replacements.,

 

[sceva]

It is hard not to LOVE Ivory on blue steel

I do like the look of Ivory although I have mixed feelings about killing an elephant for his teeth. Mammoth Ivory on the other hand can also be very nice and I like the creamier solid Mammoth over the mottled bark look. I also prefer solid over the stuff with cracks and stabilization. I just can't afford Ivory

 

[AJ]

Nothing fancy here. Found these in a gun shop in Pa. hanging on the wall. The packaging had KIMBER GRIPS on it. Only thing Kimber I own. The Colt frame started life in 1958 as a .38 Super.

 

[bananaman]

Bought a set here in the classified, spalted maple. Waited 3 days for someone to buy them so I wouldn't. Then I bought a gun for them. Holster by Bamabiker. Larry

It sures looks classy!!! Bob

 

[AJ]

Bought a set here in the classified, spalted maple. Waited 3 days for someone to buy them so I wouldn't. Then I bought a gun for them. Holster by Bamabiker. Larry

You were right to buy the pistol after the grips. Those grips probably would not look right on the Mid Range!

 

[vrichard]

nib 1967 Colt with Sid Bell pewter grip &
a set of WW2 sweet hart grips.
Dlck

 

[JohnHL]

Tisas 1911A1 with grips made by Forum member, walter o:

John

 

[AJ]

nib 1967 Colt with Sid Bell pewter grip &
a set of WW2 sweet hart grips.
Dlck

How are those pewter grips on your hand under recoil?

 

[Krogen]

I do like the look of Ivory although I have mixed feelings about killing an elephant for his teeth. Mammoth Ivory on the other hand can also be very nice and I like the creamier solid Mammoth over the mottled bark look. I also prefer solid over the stuff with cracks and stabilization. I just can't afford Ivory

I'm extremely pleased with the American Ivory grips I bought from Boone Trading: 1911 Pistol Grips They have a lesser item called Simulated Ivory, but to my eyes, the American Ivory looks closer to real elephant ivory.

Here are a couple pics of the American Ivory grips on a Gold Cup:

 

[arjay]

These came with this 60s era colt I bought awhile ago. Swapped out the target sights and the trigger,but I liked the look of em

 

[vrichard]

I had this 1911 for app.55 years & never shot it,I`m sure
some one could find a better set of grips to shoot it. Dick