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Post by boxhead on Mar 25, 2023 18:55:34 GMT -5
I have Alan Harton confirmed to make a "set" of one piece grips for my Standard Manufacturing 45 Colt. I need to source the wood. I am looking for really nice walnut. Any ideas?
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Post by kings6 on Mar 25, 2023 19:03:42 GMT -5
Look on Cooks Woods website. They are in southern Oregon. And I bought the museum quality piece of snakewood from them. I sent some nicely figured black walnut crotch type wood to Ryan Ross a couple weeks ago so j can see if I have any left if you want or I have a really nice piece of figured rosewood I bought along with the koa wood a few months ago.
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Mar 25, 2023 20:13:25 GMT -5
+1 on Cook's Woods...I picked up a sweet piece of marble cake Bastogne Walnut... Consider using K&G Stabilizing... Pretty quick turnaround.
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Post by cmillard on Mar 26, 2023 15:55:59 GMT -5
Greenberg woods is great too
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Post by potatojudge on Mar 26, 2023 19:43:40 GMT -5
I've had good luck on eBay and given some patience you can usually find any kind of figure you're looking for. Just make sure it's the right dimensions and dry.
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Post by bushog on Mar 26, 2023 20:02:45 GMT -5
Ditto on the eBay. There are some exotic wood dealers there.
I bought some dynamite snakewood that wasn’t cheap but it’s nice and you don’t need a ton for grips.
Somebody here has a source for ironwood that’s remarkable but I can’t recall who….
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Post by singleaction on Mar 31, 2023 18:35:22 GMT -5
Another plug for eBay. I have found some nice stuff there.
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Post by pleadthe2nd on Mar 31, 2023 19:47:19 GMT -5
Cook woods, but only if you like premium, professionally produced woods, I have seen some amazing English walnut go through their mills, I have a beauty of a specimen set back in my little shop now.
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