Herrett's "Osage" on 19-3

[gaijin]

These stocks may be an acquired taste.
A set of Herrett's "Osage" I picked up somewhere. They were poorly finished and sealed with urethane. I spent a bit of time finishing and sealing with umpteen coats of Tung oil.
They worked out well on this shooter grade 19-3.

 

[bronco45]

They look nice. Your time and effort paid off.

 

[snowman]

They look good to me! The grain and hue are a lot nicer than a lot of factory target grips I've seen and owned.

Andy

 

[smithnframe]

Very nice! I like different types of wooden grips.

 

[Chop]

They look good with the blue of the revolver contrast. Good job.

Chop

 

[Biginge]

Very nice set of well done grips on a very fine weapon.

Regards

Bill

 

[sarge1967]

I think they look great! Good job!

 

[JCS&W]

The time and effort you put into those stocks really paid off. Very nice indeed.

 

[vent rib]

Those are beautiful grips. Are they made of osage orange wood? Here in the midwest ,the tree is also called hedge apple and is very very dense.

 

[hivel37]

In some parts, that tree is referred to as "Beau D'arc".

Not only beautiful grips are made from it, but also fence posts that last practically forever!

 

[Maximumbob54]

Osage should be lighter with a lot more yellow than red. Unless you special ordered them I would think they are cocobolo wood. They seem to use that the most lately. But I agree they look great.

 

[fyimo]

Wow, I love the color and grain on those grips

 

[H Richard]

My, those are pretty! Unusual color and nice grain.

 

[Sealevel]

Absolutely beautiful coloring and figuring - well done on the refinishing! I, too, favor a tung oil finish.

I have a nickel 19-3 with similarly colored grips that came from Kim Ahrends. The Retro Combat grips made from Padauk wood and finished with tung oil have a red hue that looks great against the bright nickel frame.

 

[Beaver]

Osage

In my home town was an old boiler operator at the big GP paper mill, who was quite a woodworker. We would get free home-made wine, (really bad, but had alcohol in it), for helping him unload big slabs of Willamette valley black walnut, oak, etc. He had a fairly big shed full of big slabs. He'd make fish traps out of stainless for trade for some of this wood.

He had a secret stash of Osage and the first finished wood I saw from Ol' Ken's shop was unlike anything I'd ever seen. I have never forgotten the color or the honest grain. Quite a rare wood for Oregon.

Your grips reminded me of Ken and are simple, understated and outstanding. I would love to grace any of my Smiths with grips as nice as yours. Good job on the refinish.

 

[Derosa]

If you ever decide to part with the 19 and the grips, I am first in line with cash or check or money order or my mother's rosary. Well skip the rosary, but, the rest is true. Well done.

 

[moosedog]

Those look really nice. You did a good job on those.

 

[crsides]

This is a set of Kurac's Osage Orange on my mod 58 41 mag.

More golden color with less grain.

Charlie

 

[johnyakima]

Osage Orange is also used for knife handles. I have a folder with Osage Orange handles made by Wayne Goddard in Eugene, Oregon in the 1980's. The color and grain are about the same as gaijin's beautiful stocks.
In Illinois, my brother and I used to have fights using the orange-size fruit from these trees.

 

[28Shooter]

Nice job gaijin! I'm a big fan of Herretts and those are very nice.