Come Into Bawanna's Famous Grip Emporium

[Bawanna]

Man, Bawanna I sure do wish I'd have bought a model you could make me some grips. Your grips are gorgeous. Hey, I just had a bunch of timber cut and the stumps pushed up. A lot were maple , wild cherry, and some ash. Well and lot of pine but I don't reckon those are worth anything. Would the stumps have any cool looking grains in them or is it just burls I should look for. Gonna have to do it soon I've got to burn the brush piles to plant grass.

I really can't say for sure. I know there are several varieties of Maple and some can be pretty cool and others not so much, don't know about Cherry.

I suspect it would be a lot of work to get pieces of it out, if it was burl or we knew it had some nice figure in it, it would definitely be worth the effort, they charge a ton for good wood.

I remember burning stumps and clearing trees. My whole place was solid woods. Did it mostly by hand until the end when I had a back hoe for a bit. Then I got hurt and the neighbor who runs a dump truck called in the cavalry and cleared a huge stump pile that I'd been working on for a couple years. Cleared, graded and ready for grass.

You find something that takes wood grips, I'll fix ya up. Gotta be something I got or can borrow. I can usually find most stuff.

[DeaconKC]

Cherry can have some beautiful grain, split them before you burn them!

[GunSlingR]

Thanks for the info gents. I'll have to keep my eyes open maybe I will find some gems. I do have a P90 my Dad left me I don't think he would mind if I altered it. In fact we used to restore antique furniture together the more I think about it I think he'd be proud. How do you think it would look with some nice wood grain?

[Bawanna]

Everything looks good with nice wood. I've not looked at a P90 very close so I don't know what the grip is actually like.

Seems like they are pretty thin? If they are too thin sometimes wood doesn't always work.

[GunSlingR]

Not sure I'll have to take them off and break out the micrometer. Hey I almost forgot I also have an AMT Backup .380. haven't carried it in awhile. Also just thought ever done them for a Super BlackHawk have one of those in Stainless 44Mag too, she was actually the first handgun I bought. She'd be awful pretty with wood grips. I'm gonna have to look around the brush piles next day I get to feelin good.

[Bawanna]

We must live in different universes, I don't have any of those 3 guns. You'd think I'd have at least 1 out of 3 but NOOOOOOO.

I'll have to network a bit and see if anybody around me has a Red Hawk or a AMT Backup.

Most of your brush pile wood would need a long drying time or time in a kiln before it would be suitable for a grip. It does funny stuff as it dries.

I got some wood, if we come up with a candidate match we can figure something out.

[recoilguy]

I keep coming to this thread just to look at the great work done by Bawanna......It truly amazes me. Those are some of the finest hand made hand gun accesories I have seen.

I just keep looking here.

RCG

Just signed in for the first time in a year and a half and was glad to see this thread still kicking around. Some great work do you make them for CZ 75's yet?

RCG

[Bawanna]

I still don't have a CZ75 but it is one of the ones on my want list. I don't know of anyone locally that has one to borrow either.

If I had a positive number bank account I'd go buy one right now and get to whittlin.

[JohnR]

Colonel, I'm looking into some retro USAAF grips for my Citadel Officer, using the Hap Arnold star instead of the modern USAF emblem commercially available. Is this doable, cut into the wood?

[Bawanna]

You want it carved into the wood? I don't have much carving talent sadly. Is there a lapel pin or anything like that, that we could inlay into the grip.
I might try playing a bit and see what I can do. Not sure how well it would show up.

[WMD]

Bawanna did some grips for me as well. He does AWESOME work! Nice job on those grips Bawanna. You missed your calling! Everyone should visit Bawanna's Grip Emporioum ;-)

[JohnR]

You want it carved into the wood? I don't have much carving talent sadly. Is there a lapel pin or anything like that, that we could inlay into the grip.
I might try playing a bit and see what I can do. Not sure how well it would show up.

I hand't considered inlaying an enamel pin, or even just a cast metal pin, that might look pretty sweet. I did consider getting smooth grips, applying a decal if I can find one, and clearcoating it.

It looks like Alumagrip will laser etch a design for a hundred bucks. http://www.alumagrips.com/

[Bawanna]

Grips out of aluminum!? Is that even legal? Blasphemy!

I did look at the site and the first thing I noticed was those blasphemous grips for double stack Para's. That might be nice. Those are the ones that started it all for me.

Nobody would make em for my LDA P14 Para, so I made my own. They have to be wicked thin though. Aluminum might be nice being that thin.

[jocko]

Bawanna did some grips for me as well. He does AWESOME work! Nice job on those grips Bawanna. You missed your calling! Everyone should visit Bawanna's Grip Emporioum ;-)

what color were ur grips??? Just sayin./ I know he is very fond of PINK.

[DeaconKC]

You bet he can inlay a pin! He's done the last two sets of grips for the Surplus Rifle Forum auctions, and they were gorgeous!