Custom grips. Maybe Guy Hogue

[GaryinOKC]

Picked these up recently. The general consensus from the aficionados I have shared pics with is they are Guy Hogue customs. One person thought John Hurst if not Guy Hogue. Anyone here have a guess?

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[410bore]

definitely Guy Hogue.

 

[OIF2]

Those look like very early Hogue grips. Probably made when he still worked the LAPD Academy, years ago. Very nice and collectible. A note to Hogue Grips will probably verify if they are.
Bob

 

[Vtgw938]

Hogue's I believe. These two examples were posted by Hoosier45 and attributed to Guy Hogue. There is a thread or two you should post these under for future reference.

 

[Toyman]

These are grips that I know for sure were crafted by Guy Hogue. These are for a Colt E/I frame revolver. Note the white chalk and the contour of the right grip, I believe the grips post above are Guy Hogue's work.

 

[GaryinOKC]

The profile of the bottom set in your post is very close to these. So far of the collectors I trust 99% of said early Guy Hogue.

Hogue's I believe. These two examples were posted by Hoosier45 and attributed to Guy Hogue. There is a thread or two you should post these under for future reference.

 

[Vtgw938]

I reached out to Patrick Hogue as he has been kind enough to advise me on several sets of grips. I was surprised that he could not confirm the OP's set. He did advise they if they were made by his father, they would be very early ones.

FYI for you Hogue fans, Patrick can/has made custom grips by his own hand and might be able to make a set with the old high shoulder style. They will be monogrips and any checkering will be done by the modern technique. I had a set made and they were very reasonably priced.

 

[CH4]

Yep, they're Houges

 

[Onomea]

Very nice set of grips.

... any checkering will be done by the modern technique. ..

I did not realize that checking/checkering technique had changed over the years. Could you or someone else explain the distinction?

 

[Vtgw938]

My understanding is the checkering is done by laser or some other machine method, not by hand.

 

[Onomea]

Thanks, Vtgw938. I know that on some rifle stocks factory checkering is done by pressing a die, if that's the right term, into the wood. The result is nowhere near as sharply pointed or as attractive.

I think there are a lot of craftsmen out there who still do the traditional cutting, fortunately.

 

[Vtgw938]

Thanks, Vtgw938. I know that on some rifle stocks factory checkering is done by pressing a die, if that's the right term, into the wood. The result is nowhere near as sharply pointed or as attractive.

I think there are a lot of craftsmen out there who still do the traditional cutting, fortunately.

This is the set Patrick made for me. I went smooth so I could re-shape them if needed. Lucky me, they were old blanks and were for a cut-frame grip. Which means there are vintage monogrips out there for cut-frame SW's.

 

[Fishinfool]

OP - They could be, and probably are older Hogue's. But, back in the day, there was what is referred to as the "LAPD" school of grip making, and there were a number of guys making custom grips in that general design, both before and after Hogue. Some only had very minor differences to help differentiate the maker.

Larry

 

[Toyman]

Link to earlier thread about Hogue grips.
GUY HOGUE GRIPS

 

[SG-688]

James Mason's book Combat Handgun Shooting (Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL 1976) is a museum of early Hogue grips.
A pair like the OP's grips is pictured.