Any thoughts out there about the desirability of solid sterling silver grips on a gun?
I am a fine metal caster by trade, and daily I use the “lost wax†method of casting to cast silver and gold into beautiful jewelry for the average consumer. Recently I have been looking at my little hideaway backup gun (a .25acp Colt Junior) and thought “now that would look really nice with a set of solid silver grips.†So began my task.
First I was going to just make a rubber mold of the thin colt grips (for injecting wax into to make as many grips as needed...) and cast a pair of silver duplicates, but then decided to try my hand at something a little more customized, so I used the grips as a template and carved out a nice set of my own design which fit my hand quite nicely. I made a rubber mold of these, made a few sets of wax grips, and cast two pairs in solid sterling silver.
Now they are currently being polished to a mirror finish and being prepped to be put on the gun.
So I ask myself, is this something other people are interested in having?
I have seen a few posts here and there online about silver grips on NAA mini revolvers and the Guardian, but I wanted to find out what the demand is for this type of thing.
I’ll post some pics when the grips are done.
Beantown
I am a fine metal caster by trade, and daily I use the “lost wax†method of casting to cast silver and gold into beautiful jewelry for the average consumer. Recently I have been looking at my little hideaway backup gun (a .25acp Colt Junior) and thought “now that would look really nice with a set of solid silver grips.†So began my task.
First I was going to just make a rubber mold of the thin colt grips (for injecting wax into to make as many grips as needed...) and cast a pair of silver duplicates, but then decided to try my hand at something a little more customized, so I used the grips as a template and carved out a nice set of my own design which fit my hand quite nicely. I made a rubber mold of these, made a few sets of wax grips, and cast two pairs in solid sterling silver.
Now they are currently being polished to a mirror finish and being prepped to be put on the gun.
So I ask myself, is this something other people are interested in having?
I have seen a few posts here and there online about silver grips on NAA mini revolvers and the Guardian, but I wanted to find out what the demand is for this type of thing.
I’ll post some pics when the grips are done.
Beantown