 New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 12:52 PM
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 1:03 PM
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Absolutly beautiful......
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 1:05 PM
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Son of a gun! They're gorgeous! That could be a second income.
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Re: New grips for my FA
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 2:23 PM
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Absolutely beautiful. Great job!
If it were supposed to be easy, they'd have sent my little sister to do it.
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 3:07 PM
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 3:43 PM
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 5:36 PM
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 6:03 PM
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Beautiul wood and great craftsmanship....kral
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/01/2008 11:16 PM
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SWEET!!!!
Curly maple is cool looking.
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 1:51 AM
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Yeah what they said!!!! Very nice work.
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 2:52 AM
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Mark that really is very nice work.
I don't see too many guns with light colored stocks that I think look good with a stainless gun but that's nice. I may have to re-think the stocks on my 10" FA.
Where did you get the wood?
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 3:05 AM
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Thanks everybody, I certainly appreciate all the compliments.
Gary, like you I normally prefer a darker grip but I was afraid to too dark on these cause I didnt want hide the curls. I got the wood from my brother who has a small custom woodworking shop, it was a left over from a project he did and was just big enough for these grips, no room for error.......he's got a real sweet looking piece of zebra wood he's bee trying to get me to make a set out of and I probablly will as soon as I decide which gun is going to get them.
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 3:27 AM
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That explains it — not to take away from your craftsmanship but good wood is hard to find. Having someone that knows wood goes a long way towards having a nice set of grips.
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 3:36 AM
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 10:29 AM
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 2:04 PM
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Very impressive! You shouldn't show those off too much though ... next thing you know, everyone will want a set! Then you wont have time to shoot!
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 5:10 PM
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Amazing how much better a gun looks with a nice set of grips. Congratulations, you did a great job. Beautiful work.
I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a handgun today.
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/02/2008 5:44 PM
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I'm amazed at how much the curly maple looks like the myrtle I used on my grips. I'm not a wood guy at all and it looks like you got a better fit on yours than I did on mine but hopefully with a little practice I'll get there. again GOOD JOB!
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/03/2008 3:15 PM
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I'm amazed at how much the curly maple looks like the myrtle I used on my grips. I hadn't noticed it before Rod but you're right, they do look an awfull alot alike. but hopefully with a little practice I'll get there. No doubt you will, just keep working at it. Thanks again. Mark
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Re: New grips for my FA
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08/04/2008 1:44 AM
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