Background story [Long]: So I joined the CZ forum after I bought my 75b. As I spent more and more time on there, I saw and heard more talk about this guy named Hakan, who lived in a tiny cabin in the boonies of Norway. I thought, 'wow that would be awesome to get a pair of wooden grips', but didn't have the money then for a pair of them. Fast forward some time and I ended up sending an email to Hakan in January. I told him that I didn't want something everyone else had, and I wanted grips that weren't for sale either. So I came up with my own custom design, and after quite a few weeks of going back and forth on design (his english isn't that great so it was a bit difficult describing what I wanted and what he understood me to want), he finally gave me the, "well, I will start making them and let you know when they're done." Ok great, sounds good!

 

So some weeks go by, then a month and he emails me to tell me that he has to go on a business trip for a couple weeks. Damnit, I thought, but whatever...nothing I can do about it. I've heard he takes a month or two to make them so no biggie.

 

Weeks later, I finally receive an email from him that they're finished! I was so anxious opening up the email, mostly because I wasn't sure if he made the grips exactly how I wanted them. I looked at the pictures he sent me, one picture of the grips on their own and one picture of them on one of his own 75b's, and instantly I knew they were exactly how I described them. Even with all the emails back and forth, and the months that went by, he made them EXACTLY how I wanted them. He said he even had to make another set because he accidentally messed up on the original ones, but that was no problem because the finished product is absolutely perfect and it was well worth the time it took from the original email I sent him to today (close to 3 months).

 

Background story [short]: I've been wanting custom grips for my 75b, so I contacted the infamous Hakan Pek (master custom grip maker) and basically said to him, "I want this, that type of wood, and this here and there there...can you make it?" He said yeah, and after going back and forth for some weeks on the actual design, he made them and they just arrived today...and they are absolutely perfect.

 

The wood itself is called Flame Amboynas. I believe he stained it as well to give it the shiny appearance. The outside is checkered of course, with my own design.

 

Those are really NICE!!!

 

How much did it cost you?

Here is a picture of the original design I made on the computer (yeah, it's friggin terrible, I know), and next to it is the finished product:

 

That means, if he can do such a good job with such a crappy picture, he can pretty much do anything I did make some better pictures (no, seriously!), but it took a lot of going back and forth to really get down what I wanted and him to understand what I wanted. He was really patient with me!

 

Here are a couple more pics:

 

 

I have to say a HUGE thank you to Hakan for making me exactly what I wanted. He was very patient with me and took lots of time in wanting to make sure he made exactly what I described. He never made me pay a dime until he showed me the finished product, making sure it was exactly how my crappy pictures made it out to be. My smile has been from ear to ear today, I am very, very happy with them

Although it took a little long (with the added time of re-making them), it was worth the wait. I have been so busy lately so it really didn't feel like 3 months. Depending on the grips, he said on average it usually takes him about about 6-8 weeks to make a pair. You can select over about 10 different types of wood, stippling, checkering, blackout, stenciling, engraving - you name it, he can make it. He also doesn't just make grips for CZ's, he specializes in CZ's but he also makes them for other pistols.

 

Here is his website:

http://www.imageseek.com/hakan/

 

If you have been looking for something like this, I highly suggest you send him a message.

Those are really NICE!!!

 

How much did it cost you?

 

Thanks man.

 

They cost me a bit over $100. For them being handmade, with the choice of wood/design and everything else, they are well worth it.

That is some awesome wood working! Hard to find a good craftsman these days.

Those are beautiful.

Thanks for the compliments guys.

 

I got the chance to take them out for a nice test run during the IDPA match last sunday. I smoked a couple of the stages, and I think the grips just made my 75b THAT much more comfortable. Even though I never thought it could be more comfortable than it was stock!

 

I am very glad I got them. I am now planning on designing another set for my [hopeful] future 97b.

Very nice!I love good stories with happy endings.

Sweet grips, nice original design.

Love the grips! Haken is definitely a true craftsman and his grips always look amazing! There are a couple of really high quality custom grip makers in Europe that specialize in CZ designs (Haken Pek in Norway and Dennis Marschal in Hungary) and both of them take some time to create these grips. It took about 2.5 months to get my grips from Denis Marschal, but the results are usually amazing!

 

I was actually looking to get a new set of grips on my CZ 75B as well. Nill grips look sweet, but I may have to think about doing a custom design like you did with Haken!

 

Looks great!

Love the grips! Haken is definitely a true craftsman and his grips always look amazing! There are a couple of really high quality custom grip makers in Europe that specialize in CZ designs (Haken Pek in Norway and Dennis Marschal in Hungary) and both of them take some time to create these grips. It took about 2.5 months to get my grips from Denis Marschal, but the results are usually amazing!

 

I was actually looking to get a new set of grips on my CZ 75B as well. Nill grips look sweet, but I may have to think about doing a custom design like you did with Haken!

 

Looks great!

 

I think you should definitely make a design and have Hakan look over it. You know who he is, so you know you will be satisfied with them!

 

Post up some pictures of your Denis Marshal grips...I'd love to see them.

Very nice. They look like fine crafted leather.

Holy crap. Now every other 75B I look at is suddenly 85% less sexy.

Gorgeous! The wait was killer though, wow.

Well he did have to re-make another pair for me, he said that he felt the original pair he made were not 'right'. He's very nitpicky and wants to make sure everything is perfect, which looking at his final product, definitely is.

 

I was anxious waiting for them, but it really wasn't too bad. They were in the back of my mind and I knew he takes some time to make them, so it wasn't a big deal. But all in all, well worth the wait

I think you should definitely make a design and have Hakan look over it. You know who he is, so you know you will be satisfied with them!

 

Post up some pictures of your Denis Marshal grips...I'd love to see them.

 

Here are some pics when I had the Marshal grips on my CZ. It was wattle wood with a red schellac finish. I've since sold them on the CZ forum since I couldn't get used to the finger grooves, that was a shame to do :/

 

 

 

 

 

Now, the gun is wearing a more basic set of CZ Thin Cocobola grips and I like them pretty well, although they are nowhere near as good looking as your beautiful Hakan grips or as the Marschal grips were.

 

 

Thanks for posting up those pictures, njluger! The Marschal grips are looking fiiiine! The CZ checkered are nice as well. Sucks you couldn't get used to the finger swells, I think they would fit my hand positioning perfect.