Did I ever mention I have a thing about Blued Steel and Walnut

[Qc Pistolero]

Keith,those handgun grips are sooooo beautiful;my wife just saw me looking at them and she is now jealous!
They are just beautiful.Congrats!

 

[Bill Bates]

Me too.

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[bc1023]

 

[bananaman]

I agree! NICE! Do you think that you are the only 1? Bob

 

[Valmet]

Some truly stunning guns in this thread. My bank account has also fallen victim to steel and wood a time or four...

 

[Walter Rego]

Blue steel and walnut. It's just right. Polymer and steel, eh, not so much.

 

[Sixgun100]

I'll play. My modest collection of S&W fixed sight service revolvers in each frame size.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I left out these from the OP

 

[Nedroe]

The usual suspects......

Nothin' finer than blued steel & good wood.










Enjoy

Ned

 

[Jaymo]

Beautiful examples of high craftsmanship in blue steel and walnut.

I also like beech when it's done by the likes of CZ (rifles) and Weihrauch (air rifles).
Beech can be absolutely gorgeous. It doesn't HAVE to be plain and boring as is so often seen.

But, there's something truly special about a nice chunk of walnut.

 

[Tom K]

About as nice as wood gets.

I feel a little short of breath....

 

[mauser9]

Just my type of thread! The beauties pictured here cannot be beat. Real character. The polymer stocks and flat matte finishes of today will never be as enjoyable to cherish down the road.

 

[kobsw]

Absolutely stunning!

Regards,

Kobsw

 

[kobsw]

About as nice as wood gets.

Very, very nice.

Regards,

Kobsw

 

[bushmaster1313]

Just my type of thread! The beauties pictured here cannot be beat. Real character. The polymer stocks and flat matte finishes of today will never be as enjoyable to cherish down the road.

OP back again.
I Want the forum to know that almost all of the many guns I posted here were, at the time, "just guns" made from walnut and steel. To me that makes them even more beautiful.

For example, the following is on a Savage 99G from 1927:

This is on Ithaca's lowest grade NID from 1927:

And this is on Winchester's lowest grade Model 21 from the early 1930's

 

[bmcgilvray]

Blue steel and walnut gets in one's blood and then he finds himself "afflicted" for ever more.













The only thing that accents blue steel and walnut in an appropriate manner is vintage leather.

 

[sheepdawg]

Here's some European walnut and blued steel from 1912 on a Carl Gustafs FSR m/96 Swedish Mauser.

 

[keithherrington]

Oh, I have just the one!

An M1 Tanker Garand by Charlie Maloney in 308, and a Model 1917 by Miltech in the original 30'06

 

[03hemi]

What the hell, a Belgium shotgun from the late 1800's I inherited with 24K gold inlay. It has a lot more inlay, but this is the limit without opening another panel.

 

[Narragansett]

An M1 Tanker Garand by Charlie Maloney in 308, and a Model 1917 by Miltech in the original 30'06

Really a fan of the 1917 Enfield. I just finished posting pics of mine on "Other Brands Forum" 100 YO, this year