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What do you guys think?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:28 am
by gcp
I made these grips yesterday. Not my best wood work, plus it took me about 3 hours so it proved deceptively more difficult to complete them. But I had this chunk of flamed maple I felt compelled to do something with, and what better Saturday evening exercise than to dress up my new Vaquero (guess I'm dating my self
).
The grips turned out a little fatter but they seem to fit my right hand better...
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:14 pm
by Zed
Pretty doggone good for a Saturday night special, gcp. And, ah.. don't worry about dating yourself by your Saturday night activities... I was in bed by 9 (to sleep!).
Steve
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:02 pm
by jjfunk
Very pretty. Nicely done, and now you have something that is definitaly diff. Good job.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:52 pm
by Bullseye
Nice job, those maple grips look good with that nickel finish.
R,
Bullseye
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:10 am
by gcp
Bullseye, that's SS not nickel
Non-the-less I thank you all for the compliments.
BTW my wife likes the darker grips better so, maybe I'll make a cocobolo set next, or even leopardwood....
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:37 am
by jjfunk
If the wife likes darker grips better, I would say get another Vaquero.
Everyone wins.
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:36 pm
by Bullseye
gcp wrote:Bullseye, that's SS not nickel
Non-the-less I thank you all for the compliments.
BTW my wife likes the darker grips better so, maybe I'll make a cocobolo set next, or even leopardwood....
That is a very shiny finish for stainless. Had me fooled, looked like nickel plate.
R,
Bullseye
Re: What do you guys think?
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:21 pm
by Blindpig
[quote="gcp"]I made these grips yesterday. Not my best wood work, plus it took me about 3 hours so it proved deceptively more difficult to complete them. But I had this chunk of flamed maple I felt compelled to do something with, and what better Saturday evening exercise than to dress up my new Vaquero (guess I'm dating my self
).
Looks like a mighty fine job to me! And by the way, I always found that I liked dating women better but then, whatever floats your boat.
Re: What do you guys think?
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:13 pm
by toyfj40
gcp wrote:(guess I'm dating my self).
Blindpig wrote:I always found that I liked dating women better but then, whatever floats your boat.
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:41 pm
by gcp
Yea, I thought exactly that when I wrote it, and chuckled...to myself
But I thought "I can get away with saying that, I am married"!
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:21 am
by Blindpig
gcp wrote:Yea, I thought exactly that when I wrote it, and chuckled...to myself
But I thought "I can get away with saying that, I am married"!
Just havin' a little fun with ya there, gcp. Don't ever take anything I post too seriously; sometimes I forget to take my medication.
