Pictures, Show us yer clones

[D-Hansen]

Here is a 44-40 Uberti.



D-Hansen

[santee]

Purty.

[TwoWalks Baldridge]

D-Hanson those are some beautiful grips.  Could you give us some background such as type of wood and maker?

[D-Hansen]

TwoWalks Baldridge,  The photo of the Uberti Regulator 4 3/4" 44-40 is the way it came in the box.  I believe the revolver is from 1995 and I am smitten with the 44-40 bug.   I did hand rub them with tung oil, but the grain pattern was always the way you see it.  Here are some other photos of that one.


Now the grips in this next photo are lacewood, and I have not yet been able to determine who made them.  I did send photo to Outlaw Grips and received a very friendly reply and helpful information, but they did not make them either.   I did not post this earlier because the grips are not on a SAA clone, but on a Colt SAA in 44-40.








D-Hansen

[Bibbyman]

Please tell us more about lace wood.   Is it a specific tree species?  Or a grain pattern found in a common tree?  Where is it native?

[D-Hansen]

Lacewood is a hardwood from Brazil (South America)  Outlaw grips has Snakewood and Lacewood grips available.   Some grain patterns can be similar with quartersawed hardwoods or sycamore.  I'm not a woodworking craftsman nor do I make grips.  But I do like nice looking woodwork.

D-Hansen 

[Bibbyman]

Lacewood is a hardwood from Brazil (South America)  Outlaw grips has Snakewood and Lacewood grips available.   Some grain patterns can be similar with quartersawed hardwoods or sycamore.  I'm not a woodworking craftsman nor do I make grips.  But I do like nice looking woodwork.

D-Hansen 

I went to Outlaw Grips website.  Beautiful work! 

[Coal Creek Griff]

Well, I've enjoyed looking at all of the photos so much that I figured I'd better contribute.  Here is my Pietta Frontier revolver from Cimarron in 44WCF.  That's a Rick Bachman holster and belt from Old West Reproductions (http://www.oldwestreproductions.com/).  Rick appears here periodically as Buck Stinson.

CC Griff

[rbgfishboy]

Here's my .357 (4-3/4") and .45 Ubertis

[TwoWalks Baldridge]

TwoWalks Baldridge,  The photo of the Uberti Regulator 4 3/4" 44-40 is the way it came in the box.  I believe the revolver is from 1995 and I am smitten with the 44-40 bug.   I did hand rub them with tung oil, but the grain pattern was always the way you see it.  Here are some other photos of that one.
D-Hansen

You are a lucky feller for sure - almost every set of factory grips I get are plumb ugly.  the lace wood are handsome as well.

[StrawHat]

Here is one of mine.  Originally chambered in 45 long Colt, it is now fitted with an auxillary cylinder chambered for the 45 ACP cartridge. 



The grips are a pair I made from antler.  I removed the bark and applied a coat of wax.

[TwoWalks Baldridge]

The grips are a pair I made from antler.  I removed the bark and applied a coat of wax.

StrawHat, those turned out very nice++

[StrawHat]

StrawHat, those turned out very nice++

Thank you.  That pair is the densest antler I have found to date.  I have made several more but the antler was a lot more porous and I have not found a suitable filler.

[Trueno]

Well, I've enjoyed looking at all of the photos so much that I figured I'd better contribute.  Here is my Pietta Frontier revolver from Cimarron in 44WCF.  That's a Rick Bachman holster and belt from Old West Reproductions (http://www.oldwestreproductions.com/).  Rick appears here periodically as Buck Stinson.

CC Griff

Handsome rig, what camera setup did you use?

t

[D-Hansen]

StrawHat, That is cool you made the grips yourself.  They look great!  Neat Photo with the time piece and all.

D-Hansen

[Coal Creek Griff]

Handsome rig, what camera setup did you use?

t

Trueno:

I somehow missed that this question was directed at me.  Sorry.

That's just an inexpensive Panasonic camera under natural light (on a cloudy day).  I enjoy arranging those kind of pictures and many of them end up being wallpaper backgrounds on my various computers and phones.  My big issue, though, is that they run about 4-5 MB per photo and when I try to reduce the size for posting online, I get some wierd results.  Not only do I lose detail, but the colors seem to shift a bit and blotches appear in places.  The photos give a hint of what I want to show, but they aren't nearly as good looking as the originals.

Anyway, thanks for the comment.  That holster and belt are among the things I'd grab if the house was on fire.  I'm glad I could afford them--they are the best quality and most historically accurate of anything I've ever seen.

CC Griff

[Cholla Hill Tirador]

  Started life as a 44-40, then I fitted a .44 Special cylinder to it and since the finish was worn, tried my hand at "antiquing". That really wasn't necessary as I wear the pistol just about every time I'm outside and after riding for hours on the tractor, cutting firewood, moving hay, etc., it's taken on a personality of its own. But don't let those purty looks fool you, she's all business:







Cholla

[Virginia Gentleman]

Nice and the .44 Special is more than enough to get the job done...just ask that deer...well it ain't talk'n! LOL! 

[FiremanBrad]

Just got this yesterday!!

[Curley Cole]

Here is my old Dakota (from about 1890)
back then if ya paid an extra $50 you could get steel tg/bs.I got a set of real stag grips for it for about $20 the gun has a lotta miles on her

curley