Stringfellow
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Those Rogers Precision pics were THE pics that first piqued my interest in the 1911, eventually resulting in me getting a Colt 1991 2011 Anniversary Edition 
Speaking of beautiful 1911 work
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You went right back to the Bentley reference, I still don't see the correlation.. The cheapest new one is a little less than 200,000.00 so even with the desire it puts it out of reach of the vast majority of the population.
No, I do not own a full house custom built to my specs. There are several individual Smiths styles I really like that I would likely spend an eternity being indecisive.
Cemetery21
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Joe Chambers was mentioned earlier. He does some of the brightest bluing I've ever seen. No, I don't have one.
http://chamberscustom.com/chambers-custom-creations/
http://chamberscustom.com/chambers-custom-creations/
Skylerbone
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Speaking of Alchemy, Rob and Jim worked over this pair for me, nothing overly exciting cosmetically but both got new guts a few external bits, and a barrel swap for the S&W. My budget was modest and I could have easily purchased a nice 1911 for what I spent swapping parts on these 2, but I like the way they feel and shoot now.
Colt XSE 100 year Anniversary Model. Cylinder & Slide trigger, Kart bushing, Greider slide stop & thumb safety, Baer grip safety, Sarge’s stocks.
S&W E-Series. Cylinder & Slide trigger, Storm Lake barrel, Kart bushing, FLGR replaced with GI, Greider slide stop & thumb safety, 10-8 sights, EGW mag release.
Colt XSE 100 year Anniversary Model. Cylinder & Slide trigger, Kart bushing, Greider slide stop & thumb safety, Baer grip safety, Sarge’s stocks.
S&W E-Series. Cylinder & Slide trigger, Storm Lake barrel, Kart bushing, FLGR replaced with GI, Greider slide stop & thumb safety, 10-8 sights, EGW mag release.
My current favorite 1911 work is done by Stan Chen...on his own frames, slides, and mag well
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Joe does beautiful polishing and bluing. He did some work on this Baer Boss for me, including ball cuts, beveled the bottom edge of the slide, gold bead front sight, and the polish and bluing on the slide.
David Clevinger is a lesser known 'smith and engraver but he's an up'n'comer and does beautiful work. He built my Colt Wiley Clapp "Roadster"
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I will say the one I posted a picture of, my Prime, is likely one of the best values out there in the semi-custom world. They definitely hit it out of the park.
Oh my.
SwampWolf
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That pistol is one of the best-looking 1911s I've ever seen. Love it!
I can see why, that is sweet.
It is a pistol designed to be run hard...it isn't meant to be a Safe Queen
This is the other side which shows off the front strap and slide top treatment
If nothing else, I'd like to have one of his mag wells added
I'd also like a Bruce Gray Hardtail grip safety modification
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