rburg
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OK, I feel dirty. Like I got caught reading old girly magazines in my youth. I'm a pretty tough old guy and I don't get that feeling often. I even followed one link to some off brand things they call Colt. Then to make matters worse, someone even mentioned the bricks they call Rugers. Is their no shame?
The pictures in post #1 appear to be artistic. Made by a real engraver or woodworker who wasn't interested in making things that looked real. Many of the posts have pictures of things I might make out of slabs of firewood. I separate the grips between things I'd like to own and things I'd consider burning on a cold night. So back to the opening thread. They're well made. One thing I noticed about them were the medallions. They appear to be small silver medallions, like the kind used on K frame guns in the prewar. Or just as likely all the postwar guns.
Another point seems to be the depths of the checkering. Looks like they're below the level of the medallions. That alone could help result in the thin measurement commented by others. At first I considered they could be recheckered targets or even smooth grips that someone decided to checker. Regardless, they're well done. I'm not so sure I would claim that on the other grips we've been seeing here.
And just because I enjoy thread drift as much as anyone, let me throw this out. Years ago, like the last century, I was ambling along a gun show and saw about the nicest set of grips I've ever seen. Yes, they were for some nasty old Colt. The guy with them said they were for some obscure old Colt and he wanted $500 or more for them. Least I get infected, I stepped away and thanked him. In a lot of ways, they were dead ringers for the grips in post #1, except for what they fit. I haven't seen others since, ever.
Keith Brown makes very nice grips, and I'd offer the opinion he could produce something of this quality. Its not only the shape, but the checkering that is so nice. Hint, I really don't like uncheckered grips, particularly if they appear to be "Arts and crafts" work. Making real quality handles for revolvers had many facets. We tend to compliment nice workmanship. But some of the most famous makers, like Roper, just used the wood they could find. Maybe torn from an old pallet on somebody's shipping dock. Kearsarge used premium wood, and it shows. Putting all the effort on junk wood is an exercise in futility. It would be like Leonardo Davinci painting on an old brick.
We like to complement others here in our group, and not make their offspring feel bad. I should respect that, but they just aren't in the class of other artists we see occasionally. Just my opinion.
The pictures in post #1 appear to be artistic. Made by a real engraver or woodworker who wasn't interested in making things that looked real. Many of the posts have pictures of things I might make out of slabs of firewood. I separate the grips between things I'd like to own and things I'd consider burning on a cold night. So back to the opening thread. They're well made. One thing I noticed about them were the medallions. They appear to be small silver medallions, like the kind used on K frame guns in the prewar. Or just as likely all the postwar guns.
Another point seems to be the depths of the checkering. Looks like they're below the level of the medallions. That alone could help result in the thin measurement commented by others. At first I considered they could be recheckered targets or even smooth grips that someone decided to checker. Regardless, they're well done. I'm not so sure I would claim that on the other grips we've been seeing here.
And just because I enjoy thread drift as much as anyone, let me throw this out. Years ago, like the last century, I was ambling along a gun show and saw about the nicest set of grips I've ever seen. Yes, they were for some nasty old Colt. The guy with them said they were for some obscure old Colt and he wanted $500 or more for them. Least I get infected, I stepped away and thanked him. In a lot of ways, they were dead ringers for the grips in post #1, except for what they fit. I haven't seen others since, ever.
Keith Brown makes very nice grips, and I'd offer the opinion he could produce something of this quality. Its not only the shape, but the checkering that is so nice. Hint, I really don't like uncheckered grips, particularly if they appear to be "Arts and crafts" work. Making real quality handles for revolvers had many facets. We tend to compliment nice workmanship. But some of the most famous makers, like Roper, just used the wood they could find. Maybe torn from an old pallet on somebody's shipping dock. Kearsarge used premium wood, and it shows. Putting all the effort on junk wood is an exercise in futility. It would be like Leonardo Davinci painting on an old brick.
We like to complement others here in our group, and not make their offspring feel bad. I should respect that, but they just aren't in the class of other artists we see occasionally. Just my opinion.
