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gcp
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by gcp » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:28 am
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
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The grips turned out a little fatter but they seem to fit my right hand better...
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Zed
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by Zed » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:14 pm
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
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by jjfunk » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:02 pm
Very pretty. Nicely done, and now you have something that is definitaly diff. Good job.
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by Bullseye » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:52 pm
Nice job, those maple grips look good with that nickel finish.
R,
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gcp
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by gcp » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:10 am
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....
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by jjfunk » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:37 am
If the wife likes darker grips better, I would say get another Vaquero.
Everyone wins.
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by Bullseye » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:36 pm
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,
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by Blindpig » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:21 pm
[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
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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.
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by toyfj40 » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:13 pm
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.
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gcp
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by gcp » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:41 pm
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"!
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by Blindpig » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:21 am
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.
