Custom 1911 Grips. Let’s See Em.

[Modified]

1911 Grip Panels are great because there are so many options.

This first one is a favorite of mine, the things this 1911 must have seen...





The frame is a 1918 Remington, slide is of course Ithaca, High standard barrel. The grips were made in the Philippines and nicely date themselves. My understanding is that they were sold to GIs on their way to/from Korea.

Considering the gun is over 100 years old, and probably served in at least 3 of our major wars...and looks like it. I don't know about anyone else, but to me I would rather have a gun that just screams it's character at me, then a new and unused gun.


My favorite set of 1911 grips would have to be the pair of Ropers that I lucked into. The ebay auction indicated that they were plastic. They are in fact walnut. I ended up buying the pile of plastic grips on the auction, and selling the rest of them off for $20 more then I paid for the whole pile. So I got this set for negative 20 bucks.

The outrageous thing about them is that they are almost perfect to my hands, which is a miracle considering they were all made custom, to order, based on the tracing of someone's hand.












I made a video a while back to try to show what these are, also to try to explain Ropers to people.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Thought about getting the palm swell grips that Hogue makes, but ultimately decided to just get a regular set of cocobolo slabs.

This is why I love the 1911. Beautiful. Classic. Simple yet elegant.

 

[Dvus]

My Wicho Customs Stingrays. They serve two functions, they are gorgeous and they provide excellent grip when dry and even better wet.

 

[crazyphil]

Herrett's cocobolo double diamond stocks. Still trying to get the color on
the Ultimate m1911 knife to match.

 

[SG-688]

-db- and I like the trapezoidal "Combat" grips made by Jean St. Henri some 40 years ago.

The zebras are a recent find.

I bought the walnut pair back then. Refinished twice and modified to clear the MS housing pin.

 

[LPD256]

I like the VZ's for working guns and this pair of Culina Birdseye Maple on my Wesson Pointman.

 

[-db-]

How about some custom rubber you've never seen before?

SG-688 pointed me to these recently and I was lucky enough to win the auction. Made by Panther Grips of Riverside, CA (there's nothing on the internet about this outfit ever existing) and modeled after the aforementioned St. Henri trapezoid grips featuring skip check panels and a nicely checkered front strap.

Some more good St. Henri stuff:

 

[linde]

Craig Spegel makes some fantastic custom grips . . . and cocobolo is my favorite wood

Russ

 

[walter o]

elk 1911

ivory with 2peso gold coininleted

 

[walkin jack]

1. Ruger SR-1911 w/custom eagle wing grips
2. Sig 1911-22 w/custom wood grips can't remember what kind of wood but I like the way it looks on this pistol.

Ooops! edit to ad:
nearly for got about the wheel guns.
1. Ruger SP-101 w/Hogue rubber grips. Not pretty but soften of the feel of those magnum loads.
2. S&W 24-3 Lew Horton .44spl. Of all the guns I've ever sold this is the one I'd most like to have back.

 

[Mexican Kerry]

These are a little on the thick side but I do like em. On one of my older Springfields:

And some I made a few years ago for a refinished mixmaster Colt/Rand:

 

[Chubbo]

http://smith-wessonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=427612&stc=1&d=1578065839 Here is a set of grips by Old Sarge. He made made them for me of fiddleback maple wood, from trees planted 60+ years ago in our back yard by my Mom, and my Wife. The emblems are unusual, as they are recessed into the grips, and filled in level with the surface with clear acrylic material.

Chubbo

 

[Chubbo]

Case

http://smith-wessonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=427615&stc=1&d=1578068042 Here is a picture of the grips that I showed in post #33, showed on the intended pistol, a 1963 Colt Gold Cup NM, shown in a home brewed case that I made, along with a Colt .22 conversion unit, Colt butterfly knife, and many other accoutrements.

Chubbo

 

[saemetric]

Hogue Cocobolo on Enhanced 38 Super

 

[kscharlie]

Here are a few 1911 grips that I have made. I have posted some of these previously, but since you asked...

 

[CptCurl]

I put a nice set of rough-bark stag on mine:

Curl

 

[Peakes]

Here they are on!

 

[03hemi]

"Boone Trading" African Elephant Ivories.
The Altamont custom made "E" series grips they produce for S&W.
Crimson Trace laser grips on the Sig C-3 .45.
VZ Gatorbacks on Sig TacOps .45,
Altamont Marine grips on a pair of Sig .45's I customized for my sons graduation presents from Marine boot camp, they're both Sergeants now.

 

[D Brown]

Another Set

I found these to go along with the set listed in Post# 10.

Again, these are Amboyna and Green Pearl. The difference is at the base. These are made for a 1911 without a mag funnel. I think they look great on my Kimber Rimfire Target.

Here are both sets together. Les Baer Premier II .45 on top and Kimber Rimfire Target .22 LR on the bottom.

 

[Goblin]

Scrimshaw handwork by Pyro Grafix, but not genuine ivory.