Come Into Bawanna's Famous Grip Emporium

[Bawanna]

Well today was a relatively productive day in the bawanna wood butcher and sawdust factory. Got a set start to finish ready for Ms Melissa. Stabilized wood that she sent me and Jocko is gonna be upset. I'm not really good with color but wife says lots of pink!!! And she loves them and wants a gun just so I can get some of this pink nice looking wood and make grips for her.
Along with that fine piece of wood Ms Melissa included a set of Buckeye Burls that she knew I was just drooling over to see about possible thinning. I of course failed miserable and rather than toss them in the wood stove I hung em on my Cbob with some modifications for the bobtail and small details to please my preferences. I like em ALOT.
Evidence photos-











I covered the plunger tube and bobbed the corner for the mainspring cover rather than the typical notch. Seems to be more comfy with less of a sharp edge and I see alot of others doing the same thing so I'm a gosh darn copy cat in that respect.
Well heck, two shots of the right side and no shots of the left. What kind of a slip shod operation are we running here any how. Back to the drawing board.

[Bawanna]

Ok, he said there shall be a left side and there was, and it was good.



I left these pretty thin but not ultra thin. I wanted to leave a little material for strength.
Per Melissa's instructions I left these smooth. If she feels the need later on we'll scratch some checkering on em.
For the record the Buckeyes went on my Cbob with her permission. I think they look absolutely marvelous.

Ok jimbar, your on the bench in the planning stages.

[melissa5]

Those look great, Bawanna! My Colt Defender will be girly now. The scales were advertised as red and black though...not pink.

I'm glad you liked the buckeye burls. They look awesome on your CBOB.

[Bawanna]

And here I thought no one would bust me for Colt medallions on a Dan Wesson. I thought about swapping them out. Not sure how thick they are an they are glued in rather than on a post an peened on the back. I'll have to measure but those you mention would sure look good huh?

[MikeyKahr]

Jealous!!

jocko's gonna be sooooooooooo jealous of you Melissa!! Sweet work, uncle B. They look fantastic once again. I wouldn't put the pink ones on my show weapon, but I'm happy for Melissa and glad that she likes what she sees!!! Now I just need to make sure my wife doesn't see this page because she's gonna want some for our next investment. Now, for the buckeye burl - yowza!! Me likey. Me likey lots. The flow from light to dark. The swirls. I'll take two. Probably would be helpful for you though knowing what kind of gun it would be for though, huh? Or do you just provide the weapon along with the grips?

[Bawanna]

Well we must think alike. I love Colts and I like the looks of these but they been bugging me all day. Just ain't right to have Colts on a DW. I like those you posted just fine but keep me posted on your research. I'll even put em in if youfind some you like.

[Bawanna]

Well another similarity,my Cbob came from the used gun market as well.
All the way from North Carolina.

Nephew tell the missus no worries. Just give me a few clues and the whittling will begin.

Ill have to check with Melissa to see where she got this stuff. Shes good at finding wood I can tell you that.

[melissa5]

Ill have to check with Melissa to see where she got this stuff. Shes good at finding wood I can tell you that.

Bad Dog's Burl Source http://www.burlsource.com/

[OldLincoln]

Wow, a veritable gold mine of wood! I look at everything they had and really liked the Amboyna Burl. Absolutely beautiful!

[jlottmc]

Now you done it. When my ole lady sees this, she's gonna want a gun to put grips on, and guess which kind she's gonna want.

[melissa5]

Bawanna, here's another option for the DW medallions. There are a few relatively cheap revolver grips with medallions on gunbroker.com. Maybe you could use the medallions from those. They would look great in the buckeye burls.

[Bawanna]

Yup that would be a good option. I like the Colt medallions but I fear ole Sam might curse me in my sleep for having them on a DW.
I'll look around some, not any big hurry.

[OldLincoln]

Hare ya go Pilgrim: Numrich Gun Parts

[OldLincoln]

Here's another: Tombstone

[Bawanna]

I like those alot. I don't think I've seen that style before, only the ones in the grips Melissa posted.

Whats everybody think? Are those the ones?

Tucson, you want me to order up two sets, looks like they have two available. Guess I better go measure and make sure they are big enough. Won't matter to you, we'll make em fit, I got to be the same or bigger than the Colt pins.

Those buckeyes look better and better to me everytime I look at em. I hope looking at em don't wear em out.

What a candy store that Bad Dog Burl place is too.