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Post by pacecars on Jul 14, 2022 16:29:32 GMT -5
Shoutout to Chig’s Grips for some more great Desert Ironwood! ![](https://i.postimg.cc/TYssHg1q/61106-AE4-B627-4964-917-B-DEDDDDB4408-B.jpg) ![](https://i.postimg.cc/X7qh8QjY/743-AFD03-48-AB-442-C-9-DFD-8-C6-B86-E50-FA4.jpg)
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Post by Encore64 on Jul 14, 2022 16:30:59 GMT -5
Yep, those are pretty...
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Post by jeffh on Jul 14, 2022 16:39:40 GMT -5
I'd want to know a bit about the FINISH on those, and just how "weatherproof" they are, because I'd be drooling all over them every time I looked at that gun.
I don't get too cranked up about pretty grips, but those are exceptional.
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Post by pleadthe2nd on Jul 14, 2022 17:28:01 GMT -5
Ironwood is extremely weather resistant, even without a finish, it will polish to a high luster, all I do is use a finishing wax, it will not accept any type of oil finish
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Post by Lee Martin on Jul 14, 2022 17:48:39 GMT -5
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Post by crazyhorse on Jul 14, 2022 18:00:46 GMT -5
I love that wood.
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Post by drycreek on Jul 14, 2022 20:47:07 GMT -5
That is very pretty wood !
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Post by leftysixgun on Jul 14, 2022 21:09:54 GMT -5
Those look great! Thats one of my favorite woods!
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Post by jban on Jul 15, 2022 6:22:03 GMT -5
very nice looking
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Post by pacecars on Jul 15, 2022 6:40:12 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I think Desert Ironwood has become my favorite now
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Post by inspectorcallahan on Jul 15, 2022 15:59:31 GMT -5
Chad does an outstanding job on these grips and the wood is phenomenal!!!!! ![](https://i.imgur.com/A3jZS9bl.jpg)
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Post by bushog on Jul 15, 2022 16:21:00 GMT -5
Chad does an outstanding job on these grips and the wood is phenomenal!!!!! ![](https://i.imgur.com/A3jZS9bl.jpg) Did you send him your grip frame?
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Post by longoval on Jul 15, 2022 20:18:51 GMT -5
No reason not to send the grip frame. He turns it around very quickly and doesn't charge extra to fit if I recall correctly.
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Post by pacecars on Jul 15, 2022 20:23:26 GMT -5
I have sent him a Freedom Arms frame and the Ruger and got them back quick and perfectly fitted
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Post by jeffh on Jul 15, 2022 20:53:40 GMT -5
Ironwood is extremely weather resistant, even without a finish, it will polish to a high luster, all I do is use a finishing wax, it will not accept any type of oil finish A dear friend/accomplished knife-maker gave me a knife he made several years ago with desert ironwood scales.
It's an incredible knife, functionally and is very special because it was a gift, but those scales are the best looking and best feeling I've ever had on a knife. The scales have darkened with age and use, but in the right light, you still see the grain once in a while and it's still beautiful wood. I'd love to haft my favorite SA with that wood.
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