New grips for Ol' Slabsides.

[Trooper224]

I recently acquired this Army issue 1911, manufactured in 1917. With the original grips being rather fragile, I removed them for safe keeping. I've tried several replacements, a few from my stash, as well as a new pair from Wood Caliber. None of them had the correct look. Wrong color, incorrect design elements, or just too new and nice.

I then noticed Tisas sells grips individually and ordered a set of dark walnut. I figured, for $20 I couldn't go wrong, and wouldn't it be just the thing for the cheapies to work out. Well, after they arrived I applied some stain, to mimic the reddish tint that old vintage US military wood always has (since Tisas kindly chose not to finish them) and bam, perfect.

 

[StrawHat]

Very nice! Not really a 1911 fan but those grips really shine!

Kevin

 

[shawn mccarver]

Get 1911 grips from Herrett's.

 

[Trooper224]

Get 1911 grips from Herrett's.

Herritts are nice, but they don't look right on a 106 year old pistol.

 

[.357magger]

Nice grip choice.

Thanks for sharing them.

I had the same conundrum in that I didn't want to possibly damage the original grips on my 1918 Colt Black Army.

I went with VZ Grips in the traditional double diamond in "Black Cherry" to mimic the darkening many 1911 grips get over time.