This is my custom grip in progress..

davasmith · Post by **davasmith** » Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:53:37

I received an email showing me pictures of my custom grip for my Dan Wesson. It's being made out of black and silver dymonwood and will have silver abalone shamrocks and a silver metal 1/4" ban at the bottom. The finish will be extremely high gloss. The first picture is of the new grip. The second picture shows a comparison of the original grip and the new one. I wanted finger grooves and no checkering. This man definetly knows what he's doing. I already have three other projects for him when this one's complete. I will show final product pics, when I receive them.

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:20:17

Post pics when they are done, I'm sure they will look awesome. Did you ever tell us who was building those grips?

davasmith · Post by **davasmith** » Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:23:40

I will post the pics as soon as I get them. The man who's making them is
Christian Bond out of Mt. Enterprise, Tx. This man makes custom voilins for top dollar, and he's doing this for me at a very good price. He's a nice guy and his last name is Bond, how cool is that.

Post by **OakRidgeStars** » Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:50:58

Do you have any contact information for him?. I struck out on Google.

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:01:38

Nice! I made some revolver grips of my uncle's H&R .22 the original plastic ones cracked. I think I did OK for my first attempt. I only have video.

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:27:19

Not bad at all. It's good to know how to build things yourself.

davasmith · Post by **davasmith** » Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:46:14

yes Jay, his email is: bondviolins@hotmail.com
He is very gifted at wood working and is quick. Tell him I referred you, it doesn't cut me a deal but its good for him to know I'm telling people about him.

davasmith · Post by **davasmith** » Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:45:15

Jake, how did you cut the red oak for those grips? You did a good job, especially for a first attempt. The stain looks well grained. Do you have any sunlight pictures of it yet? Josh

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:52:28

davasmith wrote:Jake, how did you cut the red oak for those grips? You did a good job, especially for a first attempt. The stain looks well grained. Do you have any sunlight pictures of it yet? Josh

Thanks, they aren't perfect but I'm proud of them! I cut them out by using the broken grips as a template. Then I turned down some metal pins to fit into the to holes in the handle and the frame. I shaped in with a belt sander and I think I used "Mahogany" stain on the oak. After that a little polyurethane and I was good to go. I'll see if I can shoot some good pics today(pun intended). It's my uncle's but I'm going over his house today.

davasmith · Post by **davasmith** » Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:24:23

Nice, good job.

Jakeiscrazy · Post by **Jakeiscrazy** » Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:26:43

davasmith wrote:Nice, good job.

Thanks, I forgot to take the pictures before I lost all light

I'll get to it eventually.

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