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Title: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Bic on October 10, 2015, 09:34:03 AM: 'Andean elder' she says:

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff372/StuartCowley/P1010745_zps7j6lb7vh.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff372/StuartCowley/P1010743_zpscdtqef8w.jpg)
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Big Frank on October 10, 2015, 11:57:39 AM: Nice. They're unlike any I've seen before. They would probably look great on a blued gun too.
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 10, 2015, 01:07:30 PM: I thought "Andean Elder" was a senile Peruvian ?

Do look nice though.
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 10, 2015, 01:26:17 PM: Quote from: jumbofrank on October 10, 2015, 11:57:39 AM
Nice. They're unlike any I've seen before. They would probably look great on a blued gun too.

Exactly what I was thinking, JF.

Man those look good, Bic!!!

I've been a fan of light wood grips for years. The shade you have would look perfect as a set of panels for any of my Colt 1911s. :D
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Bic on October 10, 2015, 02:24:41 PM: Quote from: PegLeg45 on October 10, 2015, 01:26:17 PM
Exactly what I was thinking, JF.

Man those look good, Bic!!!

I've been a fan of light wood grips for years. The shade you have would look perfect as a set of panels for any of my Colt 1911s. :D

Cocobolo Dorado perhaps?
https://www.esmeralda.cc/1911_full_10.htm
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Bic on October 10, 2015, 02:25:50 PM: Thanks for all the positive comments guys, she is half Irish & half Peruvian Tom!
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Bic on October 10, 2015, 02:49:13 PM: Quote from: jumbofrank on October 10, 2015, 11:57:39 AM
Nice. They're unlike any I've seen before. They would probably look great on a blued gun too.

Yep, not bad...not bad:

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff372/StuartCowley/P1010750_zpsvf41pzc7.jpg)
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 10, 2015, 03:08:31 PM: I've seen pictures !
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: MikeBjerum on October 11, 2015, 09:31:33 AM: Is that spalted, or its natural grain?
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Bic on October 11, 2015, 11:48:44 AM: Quote from: m58 on October 11, 2015, 09:31:33 AM
Is that spalted, or its natural grain?

buggered if I know :-\ What's spalted & how do I tell?
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: MikeBjerum on October 11, 2015, 09:08:11 PM: Spalting (not sure I'm spelling it correctly and too lazy to do a simple web check) is a fungus that gets in the tree and leaves a pattern similar to what is in those grips. It is very common, desirable, and sought after in maple. Being a fungus and semi-rot, you stabilize it by filling with cyanoacrylate glue (Super Glue, Krazy Glue, Aron Alpha, etc.).
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Bic on October 11, 2015, 09:28:08 PM: I see.....they were described as 'soft' wood and I see they are now, after a site update, called 'Alder'
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: alfsauve on October 12, 2015, 07:53:20 AM: Cool looking
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: TAB on October 12, 2015, 09:32:12 AM: Spalting is zone line decay. Aka wrot.
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 12, 2015, 02:47:02 PM: Quote from: Bic on October 10, 2015, 02:24:41 PM
Cocobolo Dorado perhaps?
https://www.esmeralda.cc/1911_full_10.htm

I might have to send this link to Santa!!!!!! :D
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Bic on October 19, 2015, 08:33:46 PM: Quote from: PegLeg45 on October 12, 2015, 02:47:02 PM
I might have to send this link to Santa!!!!!! :D

Santa has these now too:

http://esmeralda.cc/products/andean-alder-aam57112

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Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Conagher 45 on October 30, 2015, 03:43:02 PM: Didn't see an option for Smith and Wesson K - L or N frames but those grips of yours are sharp.
I did a dumb thing a few years ago and left Butler Creek grips on a model 65 that I traded for a 586 6" and now you can't find them anywhere. Hoping Alf might have some knowledge of a pair for sale .
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Bic on October 30, 2015, 07:49:19 PM: Yeah, she's promising some new stuff following this site upgrade...maybe K/N frames to follow?
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Big Frank on October 30, 2015, 10:20:21 PM: Quote from: Conagher 45 on October 30, 2015, 03:43:02 PM
Didn't see an option for Smith and Wesson K - L or N frames but those grips of yours are sharp.
I did a dumb thing a few years ago and left Butler Creek grips on a model 65 that I traded for a 586 6" and now you can't find them anywhere. Hoping Alf might have some knowledge of a pair for sale .

Ebay has some Butler Creek grips for sale. They may have what you want. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=butler+creek+grips
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Conagher 45 on October 31, 2015, 06:42:52 PM: These are the grips I had in mind. It sucks that they are not made anymore. :(
Title: Re: Cute new grips from Esmeralda..
Post by: Conagher 45 on October 31, 2015, 06:45:22 PM: I know Packmayrs are close but they just don't feel the same or as good feel as good as the butler creek grip.