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Offline PeterF.

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Leather grips?
« on: April 12, 2004, 05:01:16 AM »
Anybody ever seen (or made) leather grips for a cowboy-type pistol?  Not a wrapping, but actual 2-piece grip "plates".  I'd think it could be done, using a thick piece to start.  The feel/grip would be good, and it would sure be different.  Might need to add some kind of strengthening "shank" up the inside inside, partly to bolster in the screwwarea; but otherwise I'd think it was possible.  Just a thought.
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Offline Shorty

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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2004, 02:46:10 PM »
PeterF.
Without wrapping a top grain leather, such grips would look like the handle on a K-Bar knife!  Functional, perhaps, but UGLY! :wink: And what would sweat, oils, solvents, etc. do to it?
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Offline Roy Cobb

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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2004, 11:55:44 AM »
You could try using a wood filler and an upholstery leather covering glued on, would look OK but not too terribly durable or resistant to anything.....
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