1911 grips, the Lucas way

**Chip W** · February 11th, 2010, 06:53 PM

Very nice work, they look great.

**CHEMICAL** · February 11th, 2010, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

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I guess I'll ask......OP, what's up with the pink grips?...

...oh and good job on the ones you made!

**Lucas** · February 11th, 2010, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Lucas

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A few days ago I lucked into a couple slabs of stabilized curly maple to make a set of grips for the blackhawk I recently purchased. That project got put on hold when the wife said that she would like to have wood grips on her 1911.
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Originally Posted by CHEMICAL

I guess I'll ask......OP, what's up with the pink grips?...

...oh and good job on the ones you made!

Wife's gun, see also http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/898...satisfied.html

**Has001** · February 13th, 2010, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by Lucas

Get to it. 1911s are easy, really. Hardest part is fitting the grip to the slide release/safety detent. 45 seconds with a dremel taking your time.

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

You got me inspired. I just might have to take advantage of the crappy weather and dust off my work bench.

**arobertson** · February 13th, 2010, 06:06 PM

great job! +rep

**Emptymag** · February 13th, 2010, 06:16 PM

Looks like it turned out pretty nice!

Thanks for posting the pics of the progression from chunk of wood to finished grip panels.

**Warpt762x39** · February 14th, 2010, 01:41 AM

Originally Posted by Emptymag

Thanks for posting the pics of the progression from chunk of wood to finished grip panels.

I was thinking the same thing. It's neat to see something that was custom made but to see the step by step process of them being made is even more impressive. It's kinda like watching How It's Made on the Discovery Channel. It's amazing to see what kind of work goes into pretty much anything.

I wouldn't mind giving custom grip making a try. I just need a gun that uses grap panels instead of my polymer XDM lol.