Come Into Bawanna's Famous Grip Emporium

[Tinman507]

wherein the hell did u come up with the big word tinman MONCHROMATIC

Vanna, I'd like to buy a vowel and a spacebar for Jocko please?

[jocko]

I think I might resembl3e that remark!! Ihave to think on it for awhile. she still tend sto get alittle flutter out of my putter

[Bawanna]

hey bawanna, i am looking for some grips for a ruger super blackhawk 357MAX. i inherited this from my father in law when he passed and think a set of white grips would suit it/his style better. i dont want synthetic grips and was actually considering having some carved from a piece of a birch tree from the yard of his cottage. is this in your ballpark? any ideas gripman?

That's probably doable. Birch works well on rifle stocks so it should be fine on a grip. You'd want to cut it and let it dry awhile to make sure it's done moving.
I have some Myrtle Wood which is pretty blonde. A special piece from his yard might be kind of cool though.

I think the Max is the same frame as the 357 and I have one of those.

I still got a set on the bench I'm playing with for Jimbar. They take a little effort to get them to fit right. I'm getting lazy I guess and when I get frustrated I set em aside and do something else. I get frustrated alot lately.

[joshh]

That's probably doable. Birch works well on rifle stocks so it should be fine on a grip. You'd want to cut it and let it dry awhile to make sure it's done moving.
I have some Myrtle Wood which is pretty blonde. A special piece from his yard might be kind of cool though.
I think the Max is the same frame as the 357 and I have one of those.
I still got a set on the bench I'm playing with for Jimbar. They take a little effort to get them to fit right. I'm getting lazy I guess and when I get frustrated I set em aside and do something else. I get frustrated alot lately.

nice, no rush, let me know. my wife & i own the cottage now and i trimmed the tree last fall and saved the wood. figure itll be nice to use it and even considered taking a try myself but havent had the time and whenever i look through this thread i admire your work. i could always send you the original ruger grips with the wood to make it easier too. like i said tho, no rush, let me know

[Bawanna]

Had to sort thru to page 15 of the General Discussion threads to find my emporium. I'm apparently slacking although it don't seem like it.

I whittle out some Sanchex Rosewood this weekend and inlaid a Navy Chiefs pin for an officer at work who is a Chief (who'd a thunk) and is going to retire from the Navy reserves later this year.

For your viewing pleasure.

[Bawanna]

Here's a few shots of some grips I've been dabbling with for awhile. If anything screams out that it wants to come home to you, let me know and we'll make arrangements for an adoption.

[Antriess]

Very nice! Do you make grips for the K9? I'm looking for wood grips for my K9 and only see the 2 options from Hogue offered. Sorry if this was covered already in the thread - 50 pages is a lot to read though.

[JFootin]

Had to sort thru to page 15 of the General Discussion threads to find my emporium. I'm apparently slacking although it don't seem like it.

Make it a sticky.

[Bawanna]

Make it a sticky.

I might check with the boss. Not sure it's sticky worthy.

Antriess, I've made them for the K9 and the MK's and my own K40. BUT, there seems to be some frame variations and I'm having a hard time figuring out what's what.

I have a set at Tinmans's as we speak and they didn't fit but they are very very close. I'm hoping to get a handle on it one of these days and be able to make them for folks.

[SpecK]

Bawanna, those are beautiful. You are a craftsman. Do you only do grips? and if so, will you try anything at least once?

[Bawanna]

Bawanna, those are beautiful. You are a craftsman. Do you only do grips? and if so, will you try anything at least once?

Well most anything long as its legal, moral and ethical or at least relatively close. Did you have something in mind?

[SpecK]

Well I did but the whole moral ethical thing kind of ruled that out...

Nah just kidding, but I do have a S&W 5906 that I really think would be a classy piece if it had wood, but all i can find is one by Hogue, or some crappy white polymer you have painted or hydro dipped or something. Interested?

[Bawanna]

Well I did but the whole moral ethical thing kind of ruled that out...

Nah just kidding, but I do have a S&W 5906 that I really think would be a classy piece if it had wood, but all i can find is one by Hogue, or some crappy white polymer you have painted or hydro dipped or something. Interested?

Let me research this Speck. I had a 59 but I can't remember what the heck the grip looked like. I know I did a 39 a couple years back.
Just drawing a blank on the 5906. I'll be back.


Ok, found some pics. They are doable, I think I'd need the Hogue grip adapter deal so the wood has something to attach too. They hook in the front like a Hi Power (I know I'm working on some now), which is a major pain.
I'd have to see if I can find somebody that has a 5906 to fit to.
Eagle or Hogue or none of them places have wood grips? Not brushing you off but I'd have a few hurdles to climb over to make you some.
If you can find some smooth but already fitted wood then we could work magic on them to make them your very own. Inlays, or checkering, whatever?

[SpecK]

EDIT: Okay, Ill do a bit more research, it sounds like you are quite busy just thought id check...the biggest reason I was intrested was just for a pattern in the wood or something a little more unique. thanks for checking!

[Bawanna]

EDIT: Okay, Ill do a bit more research, it sounds like you are quite busy just thought id check...the biggest reason I was intrested was just for a pattern in the wood or something a little more unique. thanks for checking!

Well it doesn't take much to keep me busy, thats for sure but I don't like a guy that wants nice looking wood to not have nice looking wood ya know.

I imagines the types of wood available would be limited with some of the big suppliers which is everyone besides me.
As thin as those grips are I'd probably try to find some stabilized wood of some sort, it's tougher, less prone to cracking etc.

Definitely something hard, Coco Bolo would work, Ebony except you sometimes don't get much grain pattern and it almost looks like the black plastic only a 1000 times better. I'll look around some too. This is becoming a personal challenge.