Mini Grip Porn Thread

[pietro]

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Let's see 'em, folks !   

Self-made Jade






NAA aged stags

[tinhorn]

JADE grips?! Those are awesome!

Nothing too fancy at my house. Either wood or black plastic, with a couple pearl sets on stainless revolvers. Kinda fascinated by those silver (pewter maybe?) grips I saw on Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

[bill_deshivs]

I make these.

[Uncle_Lee]

That is a very beautiful pair of little ones.
Thanks for sharing.

Sip, sip, aaaaaaah

[pietro]

JADE grips?! Those are awesome!

Thank you !   

After shaping/polishing, I actually epoxied the panels to the grip frames ! !   

If they ever need access to the insides, a little heat will melt the epoxy w/o effecting either the jade (stone) or the gunmetal.

(BTW, I sold the cased set to a fellow forum member several years ago - off to a good home, as it were )

Bill - Those grip panels rock !  Nice work.

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[Rick_Jorgenson]

I make these.

Those are beautiful Bill! 

[RogueTS1]

I make these.

Those are beautiful Bill! 

Yes, to the above. Simply wonderful looking Bill.

[bearcatter]

Banjos and guitars back in the day had what was officially "Pearloid" trim, a poor celluloid imitation mother-of-pearl. It came in different tints. Banjos especially were sometimes practically covered with it. The colloquial name was "mother of toilet seat" as Pearloid seats were popular then. I've wondered if old "pearl" gun grips are the same material.

This is a 30's Gibson with inlaid Pearloid resonator and fingerboard.

[Canoeal]

Mine have stayed the same for some tiime...

[bill_deshivs]

Pistol grips were made of real mother of pearl (some still are.)
They are also made of imitation pearl.

[bill_deshivs]

Here's some more. Cow horn, stag, and abalone.

[pietro]

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Spectacular, Bill !   

[Rick_Jorgenson]

Bill.... Your work in absolutely incredible!

Thank you for posting!

[tinhorn]

Man, those are some gorgeous grips. I feel like such a slacker.