Fancy aftermarket grips.. let’s see em

I like smooth elk (American Ivory) magnas paired up with a grip adapter.

Kevin

StrawHat said:

View attachment 927937 I like smooth elk (American Ivory) magnas paired up with a grip adapter.

Kevin

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What's the one on the top left? She's mighty purdy!!!

Kim Ahrends Tactical Revolver Stocks Cocobolo wood

These are just the cheap Thai ones you can get on ebay, but I like them. (I gave my FiL a set for his CZ75, too, which he really appreciated.)




These Altamonts aren't on revolvers, but they are purty.

Tallball said:

These are just cheap Thai ones, but I like them.

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They appear to have a brighter red color. Thay would really pop on my stainless Blackhawk!! Details please!

shoebox1.1 said:

Now THATs good lookin’!!

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Thanks bought used from other forum. Contacted MR Ahrends to help I.D. a pair of grips he was really nice to reply, not his so be careful buying from Ebay

Bonded ivory with custom laser inscription.

Altamont

Altamont (iirc) bonded ivory with Masonic Past Master inscription.

Factory ruger grips with the custom laser work, and toasted with a torch.

Sneakshot92 said:

What's the one on the top left? She's mighty purdy!!!

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Top left (and also top right) revolvers are both S&W Models 22-4, 4” tapered barrel, square grip frame, fixed sights, reinforced ejector, 45 ACP. The top left gets carried every day and the finish is beginning to show it.



Kevin

The 66-4 is wearing Spegel Boot Grips...




The 2 686-4s, center and bottom, have Ahrends reshaped and smoothed for comfort

I like how you were willing to reshape the grips. I have done that with the S&W Target stocks to better fit my hand.


Kevin

These are my favorites from Chig's grips.

These are my first two attempts at making grips. Wood taken from my hunting property.

Howdy

I'm not one for fancy grips, I usually like to leave the original grips on a revolver.

However, this Franken-Bisley Colt has some interesting after market grips on it. I have no idea where they came from, but they were on it when I bought it a bunch of years ago.

I call it a Franken-Bisley because at some point somebody replaced the original barrel and cylinder with a 2nd Gen barrel and cylinder. Bisleys were never chambered for 44 Special.






The original barrel should have said (Bisley Model) followed by the chambering. Like this:






If you want to talk about interesting grips, I have always gotten a kick out of the fake stag grips on this S&W K-38. They are so ridiculous that I have left them on. I actually like them quite a lot.






They are injection molded plastic. Made by an outfit called S.W. Cut & Mfg, out of Montebello California. The specific model is Pointer Pup. They look a lot like Franzite grips, but those were made in Chicago. I suspect these are a cheap knock off of Franzite grips.

I found a pair of Fitz wooden grips for a square butt K Frame Smith and Wesson. Looks like walnut to me. The plastic Fitz grips show up more often than the wooden ones on the usual internet sites. Some research shows the Fitz company started in 1924, probably went through changes in ownership, and continued selling grips in the second half of the century. I actually know very little about the company or their products, except that this set feels good in my bent old fingers. Can't say they are fancy, but perhaps unusual enough for the thread. Shown on my 17-3 .22 LR with an 8 3/8" barrel.

I've got a couple sets from Altamont.


Battleurs for my S&W 63-5


And their Combat ones for the 66 Combat Magnum. (Although this is for sale and they may be going onto a model 617 4" 22lr.)

I don't know that mine are particularly fancy, but they are nice grips.

These are Altamont's photos. I don't have mine available at the moment.

Just bought these a couple of months ago for the wife's Beretta 81.


These are on my SP101


And the same on my GP101


I've never been a fan of rosewood grips, but the ones Altamont makes look good to me.

Quite pleased with them.

As fancy as I go ... Ahrends, of course.

J.Culina's Marble Cake Walnut and Goncalo Alves