Come Into Bawanna's Famous Grip Emporium

[GLOCKROCKER]

My new Bawanna Custom Grips made it home today. Can't quit looking at them! Here's some pics with my Kimber sporting them. Thanks Colonel!
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[Bawanna]

Your most welcome sir. They look really good.

[DeaconKC]

As always, they turn a gun into gunporn!

[Cokeman]

Those look good.

[Bawanna]

Here's a set fresh off the bench. Made from the second set of slabs that Glockrocker sent me.

Fella I made em for wanted them a little thicker than standard, people usually want them thinner but oh well.

I lost the little tag but I think it's box elder burl, pretty stuff.

[Bawanna]

Been sidetracked of late but whittle out another set of 1911 grips. Stabilized Birdseye Maple. For not doing any for awhile they went well, pretty much done in one day. A good day.

[Alfonse]

Those are beautiful. They look great on that Ruger too...

[ScottM]

Wow, you really do have a talent at woodworking! Very, very nice work.

[gb6491]

Those are beautiful. They look great on that Ruger too...

I agree...on both counts

[OldLincoln]

Not bad, not bad at all! I still like the ones you made for me better. Don't need another gun but wish I had one just to get another set of beautiful hand carved grips of yours. Wonder if you could carve wood colored Kydex that could be laminated to those poly frames? Now that would be something!

[Bawanna]

Not bad, not bad at all! I still like the ones you made for me better. Don't need another gun but wish I had one just to get another set of beautiful hand carved grips of yours. Wonder if you could carve wood colored Kydex that could be laminated to those poly frames? Now that would be something!

I've been thinking of late that you need a new set for dad's Colt, those are getting vintage and the grips that started this whole emporium thing.

I might have to see if I still have the soft wood models you sent up so I can make another set. I know I got it somewhere, I see it all the time.

I've often though it I could come up with a way to put wood grips on a Glock without making it even fatter than it is I'd die a very rich man, or at least a very busy man, me and rich don't seem to be getting any closer as time goes by.

[leftysixty]

While I don't much care for Bird's Eye Maple, once again you have made a fantastic set of grips!

Well done!

[OldLincoln]

I've been thinking of late that you need a new set for dad's Colt, those are getting vintage and the grips that started this whole emporium thing.

I might have to see if I still have the soft wood models you sent up so I can make another set. I know I got it somewhere, I see it all the time.

I've often though it I could come up with a way to put wood grips on a Glock without making it even fatter than it is I'd die a very rich man, or at least a very busy man, me and rich don't seem to be getting any closer as time goes by.

I haven't taken dad's Colt out of the safe for a long time, probably aught too just to look at it. I don't need new grips but if you were to make new ones I'd want a little more slope on the outside of the release barrier, maybe with a little bit of thumb ridge. All that's just for looks as it shoots fine. I think you just want the first set back for the Bawanna Grip Museum. I look at those pics now and then and zoom in on the hand cuts. They look like diamonds and I'm still very impressed.

[Bawanna]

After careful deliberation, I threw caution to the wind and did a bobtail job on my beloved Remington R1 last night.
It was an off day, I was tired, I knew the timing was totally wrong but me and patience plus the fact that the wife forgot to bring home fishing lures to assemble gave me the night in the man cave.
It was with bobtail or Dancing With the Stars and those dance outfits on the ladies just drive me nuts ya know.

Some would say I've ruined the gun for resale but it's mine and I don't ever figure in resale. I'm a buyer not a seller ya know.

Anyhow, all I got at the moment is a cell phone pic. New phone I'm too stupid to know how to work but I think I got it done. Technology and me don't belong in the same sentence.
Anyhow, here she be.



I believe I sweated more doing this one than I did on the first one. Bluing turned out semi ok, I still have a little reshaping to do to make it 100 percent but the scary part is done. I spent more time putting the gun back together than I did on the hack saw.
For some reason the 3 fingered spring on this thing is just a pig to put in. Took me at least 6 attempts and over an hour to get it right. No problem with the others, I get it eventually. Last time I thought I had it figured out but alas it was not the case.

Old Lincoln, kind of give me a better description of this thumb safety your talking about.
Just on top or not as pronounced or what?

[BEARDOG]

Awesome job Col. B. That looks great! You increased the value in my book.