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Post by magnumwheelman on Mar 22, 2021 13:56:06 GMT -5
seen snake skin grips before... just wondering if anyone has ever stretched / glued a split bull hide or??? on a set of 2 piece grips before???
thoughts???
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Post by potatojudge on Mar 22, 2021 14:08:37 GMT -5
Colt had Bijan do a Detective Special with leather wrapped grips   |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Mar 22, 2021 14:16:38 GMT -5
That looks nice...I was actually thinking the bull hide like I used on my Snubbie holster might make interesting grips...  |
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Post by bigbrowndog on Mar 22, 2021 14:32:49 GMT -5
I think Seyfreid glued chamois skin to a set once,....I’ve done it with Archery grips years ago, it does make them tactile.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Mar 22, 2021 15:04:01 GMT -5
maybe something like my Beltman gun belt...  |
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Post by x101airborne on Mar 22, 2021 16:46:59 GMT -5
Good ole suede glued down would be cool.
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Post by cas on Mar 22, 2021 17:17:41 GMT -5
You can do anything, but lay off of my glued sued grips.
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Post by leadhound on Mar 22, 2021 17:59:15 GMT -5
seen snake skin grips before... just wondering if anyone has ever stretched / glued a split bull hide or??? on a set of 2 piece grips before??? thoughts??? This is funny, I was just thinking about something similar. But more along the lines of is there leather thick enough to make a grip scale out of or maybe glue some up like a boot heal, a leather micarta? I know they have done stacked leather knife handles for a LONG LONG time. |
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Post by 45MAN on Mar 22, 2021 18:09:24 GMT -5
You can do anything, but lay off of my glued sued grips. 63 OR SO YEARS AGO I REMEMBER ROCK AND ROLLING IN MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES, XTRA COOL IN THOSE TIMES, AND YOU HAD BETTER NOT HAVE STEPPED ON MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES. |
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Post by jpglsg on Mar 22, 2021 18:14:50 GMT -5
"But more along the lines of is there leather thick enough to make a grip scale out of or maybe glue some up like a boot heal,"
That would be cool but wouldn't look like the ply-wood grips glued together as the taper was formed to the size of the grip showing the stacks. Don't ask me but that colt devil gun looks good along with Wheelman's bull hide Snubbie holster.
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Post by leadhound on Mar 22, 2021 18:56:04 GMT -5
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Post by magnumwheelman on Mar 22, 2021 19:32:52 GMT -5
I have beaver tail leather here, and worked with it before... definitely an interesting texture
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Post by jpglsg on Mar 22, 2021 19:38:30 GMT -5
I have beaver tail leather here, and worked with it before... definitely an interesting texture What could you make me out of beaver tail leather ?? |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Mar 22, 2021 19:47:01 GMT -5
Hmmm will see if I can find a picture of a holster I made for my lil S&W top break top break snubbie
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Post by lscg on Mar 22, 2021 21:28:33 GMT -5
I did rattlesnake skin grips when I first started. Don’t know about bull hide but stingray, ostrich and iguana are options. Whatever you use needs to be pretty thin. you also have to make thinner than usual grips as the base otherwise the finished product is gonna be thicker than you want it.
one could probably use a really thick piece of tooling leather and either stamp it or carve it for looks but there’s no telling how it will hold up to a lot of use. also without some kind of solid backer it’s going to be hard keeping them on the frame as the screw holes will probably wallow out pretty quick.
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