Model 59 grip recommendations

[rogerwnuss]

Just picked up a 59 yesterday. It has Pachmayr Presentation grips on it. They don't fit my hand. Too thick in the wrong place for my hands. Looking to replace them. I also am not fond of rubber and plastic grips. Looking for some wooden grips that are a thinner profile. I have seen the Hogue offerings and I'm leaning toward them. Anybody have any other ideas? Open to custom mades, stag or bonded ivory. I don't care if they're made in a factory or whittled by Tibetan monks using baby beavers as carving tools. This gun has one of the smoothest DA triggers I've ever felt on an auto pistol, but the grip shape is ruining the geometry for me. I think it will become one of my favorites, if I can get the grip right. TIA.

Are these the ones with the two grip panels connected by a section going across the frontstrap? If so, how about cutting off that front part? I've done that several times over the years with similar grips for the 1911. Done carefully with an xacto knife and you can't tell they didn't start out as regular grip panels.....

 

[lihpster]

Are these the ones with the two grip panels connected by a section going across the frontstrap? If so, how about cutting off that front part? I've done that several times over the years with similar grips for the 1911. Done carefully with an xacto knife and you can't tell they didn't start out as regular grip panels.....

Nope. Two separate panels.