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Who has both and which do you prefer?
Culina vs Badger revolver grips
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Badgers are OK for the price, but I prefer Culina.
Culina grips are my favorite...
I own several sets of Culina combat grips for my S&W 3" N frame revolvers...the quality is superb...the wood is impeccable...
However I DO own one set of Badger grips...these are the original grips that came on my S&W 629 3" Avenger...
I own several sets of Culina combat grips for my S&W 3" N frame revolvers...the quality is superb...the wood is impeccable...
However I DO own one set of Badger grips...these are the original grips that came on my S&W 629 3" Avenger...
A bit of apples and oranges. Both are nice. John Culina makes custom grips and are outstanding. Badger are production grips and are nice.
Owned both over the years. Still have culinas no badgers anymore. I’ve got lew horton combats as well and prefer the culinas over them as well too. Culinas are hard to beat quality wise and feel. Beautiful wood and finish. I always get the tru oil instead of tung oil. Very glossy but not slick at the range.
I have both and the best way to compare them is Badgers are clunky laminates (they do offer some specialty woods) while Culinas are sleek top line woods. "Never" found the Badgers to fit my hand like Culinas, usually too much "wood" in the wrong places on the Badgers. Just my $.02.
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Having both, I would now go with Badger for one simple reason. I am at close to 15th months waiting for my Culina grips to be delivered. Latest email states they "may" be milling them in late March.....I have had a similar email 3 months after order, and again 9 months after order, and then the last email about possible March delivery.
Interesting, I would have thought the tru oil would be slicker to handle based on its appearance.
Culinas! I don't think anything beats them other than maybe the almighty Keith Brown- but at the price point and wait time (if you can even get a set of KBs) Culinas
I do have some Badgers, back when they were much cheaper, their work is still good! But Culinas are the way to go..and show, great little company.
I do have some badgers on some compact pieces and I do like them, they seem to be smaller and more pronounced on the finger grooves.
Culinas are just all around awesome, you can custom order and I prefer them over the factory grips especially now since the factory combats are fetching such high dollar.
I don't think you can go wrong with them, call them up and order whatever you what and sit back and wait for a piece of art to be delivered.
I have a few sets of Culinas sitting in boxes because they're too nice to put on any of my guns!
I do have some Badgers, back when they were much cheaper, their work is still good! But Culinas are the way to go..and show, great little company.
I do have some badgers on some compact pieces and I do like them, they seem to be smaller and more pronounced on the finger grooves.
Culinas are just all around awesome, you can custom order and I prefer them over the factory grips especially now since the factory combats are fetching such high dollar.
I don't think you can go wrong with them, call them up and order whatever you what and sit back and wait for a piece of art to be delivered.
I have a few sets of Culinas sitting in boxes because they're too nice to put on any of my guns!
The pictures below are Culina grips. You will not get this from Badger if that is what you are looking for. I have had Badger grips in my hand at a gun show in SC. It depends on what you are looking for.
I do have one set of KB's and one set of Spegal's. Both very nice. I also have a set of Eagle Heritage cokes that I found on EBAY. They are nice, but getting salty in price.
To answer your question, I would go with Culina grips
I do have one set of KB's and one set of Spegal's. Both very nice. I also have a set of Eagle Heritage cokes that I found on EBAY. They are nice, but getting salty in price.
To answer your question, I would go with Culina grips
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What wood are these?
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Gorgeous, what woods?
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Culinas! Badgers are uniquely nice looking, but the finger grooves don't fit my med/lrg hands. May work for sasquatch and folks with baseball gloves for hands.
I think you made a good call! John's work is superior to most. His grips are distinctive enough that you can tell his work at a glance, much like Keith Brown's grips. To top that off, John and Jennifer are really great folks, and wonderful to deal with.
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Wow, those are beautiful!
Those are gorgeous!
