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Stabilized Raspberry Wine Maple Burl on Damascus… Beautiful!

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 07:56:28 +0000

This set of chef’s knives was a special order from Knifemaker Randy Haas of HHH Custom Knives This set features stabilized wood handles in our raspberry wine maple burl and VG10 damascus blades.

KTSA Knife and Gun Show, Kamloops BC – April 24 & 25

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:48:55 +0000

Look for our display at the Kamloops Target and Sports Association 27th annual Gun and Antique Show. We’ll be showing off some of our fanciest stabilized wood knife scales, knife handle blocks and pistol grips. We hope to see you there.

Where: McArthur Island Sports Centre – 12th. Street South – Kamloops, B.C.
When: Saturday, April 24th – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm & Sunday, April 25 – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Free Parking – ATM on Site

Custom Knife with Blue Maple Burl Knife Scales

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:16:50 +0000

We recently ordered a custom knife from Randy Haas of HHH Knives using our stabilized wood for the handle. We chose a beautiful set of blue dyed maple burl scales and are thrilled with the result. The blue burl and polished steel really compliment each other.

The knife is a full tang 440c high carbon stainless steel. Over all length is 8 inches long with a 3 1/2 inch mirror polished hollow ground blade. Blue stabilized maple burl handle, securely attached by stainless and brass star mosaic pins, with stainless lanyard tube. The spine and handle have been file-worked with a vine pattern. “Classy and sexy!”

Make your pistol one of a kind with custom grips!

admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:34:59 +0000

Although factory grips may be suitable for most people, having custom grips can change the look and feel of your pistol and take it from being a standard factory hand gun to a one of a kind treasure. While this may not be very important to someone who is worried about how the gun shoots, it is a very important feature for those that are gun collectors.

One of the most important reasons for making your own custom grips is it will allow you to customize the fit of your grip. If you have larger hands, you’ll need a larger grip, or for smaller hands you can reduce the size of the grip by scaling it down.

There are many different options available for custom grips, with wood being one of the most affordable and esthetically pleasing to look at. Using stabilized wood for your grips will offer both durability, resistance to cracks, warping and moisture, as well as numerous other benefits.

Making your own custom pistol grips can be challenging and take patience, but the end result is very rewarding and will give you a great sense of accomplishment.

Curly Maple 1911 Grip picture courtesy of Sarge’s Grips

Colt 1911 stabilized pistol grips

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:44:10 +0000

If you’re looking at dressing up your Colt 1911 with some fancy new grips, you may want to consider using stabilized wood. Some of the benefits of using acrylic stabilized wood are:

Protection from moisture
Wood will not shrink or warp
Protection from humidity changes
UV Light Protection
Machines well, no tearout
Does not require a finish
Scratches polish/buff out
Finish will not wear off

Pictures courtesy of Sarge’s Grips

Another benefit of using stabilized wood is you can choose just about any wood you want. Some of the most beautiful woods for pistol grips are spalted, which are most often too soft to use…unless they are stabilized. Burl woods can also be a little finicky to work with and stabilizing makes them easier to machine and finish.