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Those are some awesome grips, nice grain and contrast. Very nice blanks. I really just wanted to wish everyone here a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Also to say thanks for all the kind words and plugs that have been given. If I can ever be of assistance to anyone, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Hey Oldmagics, where have you been. I keep checking the forum for new stuff and haven't heard a thing from you, have you retired? LOL

Who makes the best looking grips...not who's the best looking grip maker She does make nice ones too. While good to look at, she does in fact make some awesome grips. This is one of my latest. I don't usually do Cowboy grips, but this lefty would not take no for an answer. He wanted the stippling on the left grip only. They are made of Rock Maple and have a little fancy here and there. I used Tru-Oil for a finish after much sanding. All comments are welcome. Enjoy!

Here is a set of Desert Ironwood with a little inlay work. Let me know what you think. All comments welcome. Thanks for looking and Enjoy!

Clay, I really like what you have done with the grips. Like you said, it's not for everyone but certainly nice. Would you share the technique? I can't tell from looking exactly how they are done. Keep posting, these are some really awesome grips.

Man I love that Maple. I love working with figured Maple, it always comes out so beautiful. I have just finished stippling a set of laminated Wine Wood grips with the Kimber SIS design, turned out fairly nice. I like this design very much and plan on using it a lot more in the future. Give me your thoughts on them. All comments are welcome, good or bad. Thanks for looking, Enjoy the beauty of wood.

Hi everyone Got an email from Oldemagics the other day and he showed me some really awesome Corian grips. I am trying to get him to post a picture on this forum for all to see. They are really nice. I have never used Corian, but after seeing his I think I might have to try some of it. later

Jeremy: If you can locate the material, I will be glad to give you a quote, after I can see the material. I am not familiar with stingray skin. Hope I can help. Carl

Thanks Oldemagics for posting that order. I thought those grips were gorgeous. Always post your work, it is a pleasure to look at. Many Thank's to AMV for the great write up on my grips. They did turn out quite nice, and really enhances his gun. I am working on some more Ivory at the present time. I have the grips made but I am waiting on the inlays to come in. I won't say what the inlays are at this time, I'll leave that for a little tease. They will be quite unique. I will be sure to post them as I want to know what everyone thinks about them. All ya'll that make grips, post them and let us see your handy work. I always enjoy seeing what other people come up with. Later. Carl

Just finished another set of Ivory, seems like there is a good demand for them. I just ordered some more of the blank Ivory and have already sold 3 pair and have 2 others interested. Maybe this is what a lot of folks are looking for. Again the pictures do not do them justice. These are Ambi cut, slotted for MSP, and have a beveled bottom. Thanks for looking and enjoy!

Not to sure on your description of the grips since I am not familiar with the 2011. If you could be a bit more descriptive, I am sure I could hook you up. Maybe you could PM me and we could chat. Carl

oldemagics: Are those medallions not bendable? I always bend mine to the circumference of the grip before I inlay, therefore no filing. Maybe I am missing something here in the thread, but looks like your are not bending the medallion. If you are not, I can tell you an easy way to do it. If I can help, just let me know, maybe we could talk on the phone, I have no problem with that.

Very beautiful work! I love to see good carvings on stocks. I shoot USPSA almost exclusively but my 1st gun loves are bolt action rifles with nice wood stocks. jasmap jasmap: Thanks for the remarks on the carving. I built a lot of custom rifles back in the 70's. Almost all of them were the 98 Mauser. I would take a military Mauser and have a new barrel put on then I would do the rest, buy adding a low swung bolt knob, new trigger guard and trigger assy, and sights if the customer wanted. Then after that I would build the stock from scratch and it would usually have carving on it or some type of fancy checkering. I did all the bluing myself. I always floated the barrel in fiberglass and tested the accuracy of the gun before delivery. I loved the work but had to stop building them in order to make a living. I was from a rural area in Tennessee and the demand for the guns ran out and I didn't have enough work to keep me busy. If it were in this day and age, (computer) I think I could have made a go of it. But it is too late in life for me to get all the tools I would need and start over. Then after saying that, I could not compete with the laser and copy machines, since I do all my work the old fashioned way, by hand. But I DO HAVE A PASSION FOR CUSTOM RIFLES. Carl.

OLDEMAGICS, I have been out of touch for a few days now, just now found the time to post. Thanks for the comments, always like to hear positive thoughts. I sure wish I had more pictures of me early work, I can remember some awesome stuff, if I do say so myself. But that was way before the use of the computer. Gotta go for now. Will post more later on this week, or week end. Congrats on the order for 3 more sets of the Bonnie grips. Carl

Here a couple of snapshots that I found of my early carvings, I scanned them into the computer so I don't know how to enhance them to show more detail, sure wish I knew how to do that. I can do it with digital but not from a scanner. If any one could give me some pointers on this, I would greatly appreciate it. This is a dog and bird scene carved on a Spanish Double Barrel 12 ga. I may run upon some more of the older pictures is there is interest in seeing them. The second picture is of the pistol grip on a custom rifle stock that I built back in the early seveties. Oak leaves and acorns design. Thanks for looking and Enjoy!