Some nice burled cocobolo would go great with the red color. It's a dense, reddish-brown tropical hardwood with a high specific gravity, often over 1.00...meaning it may not even float in water. It works well and can be finished to a very smooth finish, and the natural oils in the wood make it an excellent choice for a long lasting wood that won't absorb water.
Absolutely. The gun is already not the "correct" color so go all out. Blue and Teal mesh with orange or yellow very well. I suggest blues to go with camel/copper colors quite often and the customers think im crazy until i show em the right one. We used to have an electric blue dye for matching stains but rarely used it. Ebony with a lot of figure would be nice. Or buffalo horn! Desert Ironwood might be neat, depending on how it is finished out and its color. I have a couple blocks that are pretty orange. I have the gray wrangler with a polished stainless birdshead grip and mahogany grips. But not just any mahogany; its of the Cuban variety, pre-1940s embargo. Used to be bleachers in a gymnasium in northern MO. Another option could be purpleheart. I would need to see the copper and wood in person to make that decision though. Other options would include canvas micarta, guitar acrylic pickguard, or mastodon tooth.
I agree with the majority.....either stick with Black or go Vibrant Red. Birdseye or plain maple stained with Keda Red dye would be my first choice..
After laying out a couple of options and showing some other grips I had made, my friend chose the unique grain of bubinga (African Rosewood). Here it is.
I don't remember what I voted for, but I'd change my vote to those that you made for him. I got rid of the Wrangler I picked up, but I'd get another one if I had access to grips like that. Beautiful work.
Excellent choice! When you said copper wrangler, i thought you were talking about one of the distributor runs made in an actual bright copper color, not the bronze one.
good distinction. I was told it was the copper by the owner (I failed to check on terms), but bronze it is. Thanks. The color with bronze is growing on me. But I definitely love the grain of bubinga.
Very kind. Thanks. I haven’t shot the wrangler, but holding it I can’t say I’d buy one. If I didn’t have a single six and the price was right, I’d get one. But going from single six to wrangle…not so much.
Yes it has beautiful figure! Especially when not stained dark. I wanted the bronze wrangler but settled for the gray one. Im planing on duracoating it at some point to a color that contrasts more with the polished stainless grip.
