Stocks ID Please

[Pizza Bob]

These were on a 15-3 that a friend traded into. I'm prone to jump to conclusions, only to be disappointed down the road, so rather than give him any false hope/information, I thought I'd see what the collective S&W mind thinks...

Just one note - in the last photo, of the inletting, it appears that there is a great disparity in the color of the two stock halves. Such is not the case on the exterior as they are well matched for color and close to being book-matched for grain.

Thanks for any input.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

 

[paplinker]

I am getting a Cloyce vibe but some of Herritts early work is quite unique. The angled cut out in the back has me scratching my head wondering.

With I see that long checking I normally collate that with being older.

Would help to see a picture of the screw. Some makers have telltale hardware like Sanderson does.

 

[Kansasgunner]

Handsome stocks for sure. No opinion as to the maker tho.

 

[gdogs]

These are definitely Cloyce grips - the CLOSED BACK TROOPER WITH FINGER GROOVES model.

Cloyce Cascade grip catalog - show yours - add history

 

[Modified]

Clearly Cloyce, I'll back up Gdogs here all day.

Very nice set.

His work isn't the most valuable of custom grips, but in my personal ranking if Kearsarge/Roper/Brown are tier 1 grips, Cloyce is firmly tier 2 with makers like Sanderson/Guy Hogue/Spegel.

After my decade or so of complete grip geekery the only grip makes that I actively pursue are Kearsarge, Roper, Brown, Cloyce, Guy Hogue, and Spegel. Each of the makers behind these combine the artistry with technical knowledge and skill that result in attractive, yet working, grips.

So what I am trying to say in this wordy "haven't finished my first cup of coffee way" is that I love Cloyce's work. I've always felt that he combined talent with the seemingly rare understanding that how a gun behaves under recoil is what matters, not how the grip looks or how it feels when you are just holding it. I'm firmly convinced that he took his grip making cue from Walter Roper, who was clearly inspired by Casimir Weber.

Cloyce stocks are a treasure.

 

[paplinker]

Clearly Cloyce, I'll back up Gdogs here all day.

Very nice set.

His work isn't the most valuable of custom grips, but in my personal ranking if Kearsarge/Roper/Brown are tier 1 grips, Cloyce is firmly tier 2 with makers like Sanderson/Guy Hogue/Spegel.

After my decade or so of complete grip geekery the only grip makes that I actively pursue are Kearsarge, Roper, Brown, Cloyce, Guy Hogue, and Spegel. Each of the makers behind these combine the artistry with technical knowledge and skill that result in attractive, yet working, grips.

So what I am trying to say in this wordy "haven't finished my first cup of coffee way" is that I love Cloyce's work. I've always felt that he combined talent with the seemingly rare understanding that how a gun behaves under recoil is what matters, not how the grip looks or how it feels when you are just holding it. I'm firmly convinced that he took his grip making cue from Walter Roper, who was clearly inspired by Casimir Weber.

Cloyce stocks are a treasure.

The outside quickly had me thinking Cloyce, Not ever owning a pair I ask if all his grips have that angle cut on the inside?

Also do any of his grips have a router or cutting marks on the inside at all?

Lastly did he use S&W hardware?
Would like to be able to confirm IDs from looking underneath.

 

[Modified]

I haven't ever spent a lot of time looking inside them. His work was so distinctive and unique that basically you can see from the outside that a pair is either his or are Herretts from when he worked there. And no one copied him.

 

[SG-688]

Many pictures of Cloyce stocks show the hole at the center of the "doll's head" inletting cut to fit the S&W frame. I thought that might be a tell for Cloyce v Herrett until I saw some Herrett marked grips with the hole.

These are definitely Cloyce grips - the CLOSED BACK TROOPER WITH FINGER GROOVES model.

Cloyce Cascade grip catalog - show yours - add history

With emphasis -- h/t to Linde for that catalog.