Grip wood!

[Bob F.]

Like a good little boy I did a search on wood grips. Pages of results. So now the lazy way. I have Badger Boot grips on a Ruger Speed-six. Excellent! Except I like an oil finish. I seem to recall reading that cocobolo has enough natural oil that they don't need a finish and actually absorb hand oil over the years. Badger has a Rosewood boot grip I'd like on SWMBO's SP-101. Excellent speed of service from Jim Badger, BTW!

Who else makes a similar grip? Any feedback? Available unfinished?

Stay safe.
Bob

 

[Kurac]

Try Craig Spegel, I think he started the boot grip thing.

 

[MCgunner]

I don't know if Ajax would have 'em or not, but they've got a LOT of stuff on their site. http://www.ajaxgrips.com

 

[Bob F.]

Spegel doesn't list any for Ruger on his site. Nice stuff though! Ajax, too. Thanks anyway.

Bob

 

[bean357]

Ahrends will send you unfinished grips. I bought two sets of K/L round w/fingergrooves (unfinished) from them recently, they turned out great! Gorgeous grain too, IMO.

 

[Troy 66]

About a year ago I bought some Cocobolo wood and made a set of grips for my Ruger Mark1 and single six. Will say that wood is very hard and when sanding is very oily. But didn't leave them natural I used Tung oil to finish but still came out very nice

 

[rWt]

Rosewood isn't finished either-just sanded-because it's naturally oily, which made it the wood of choice for carpentry handles (screw drivers, planes, etc) for centuries.

 

[Texas Colt]

Bob, Eagle Grips offers their rosewood grips with no finish. They have many different styles, including boot grips, which they call "secret service" grips.