Hello all, I have a kimber custom tactical II, can anyone please recommend custom grips, I know vgrips has a ton of them, what do you guys think would look the best on it?

http://www.thefinergrain.com/

 

I strongly recommend 'Sarge' at the finer grain if you are looking for excellent custom wood. I have a set of snake wood grips on my Dan Wesson CCO and they are great looking. I have only placed one order with him, but the service and quality were top notch.

 

 

http://www.thefinergrain.com/

 

I strongly recommend 'Sarge' at the finer grain if you are looking for excellent custom wood. I have a set of snake wood grips on my Dan Wesson CCO and they are great looking. I have only placed one order with him, but the service and quality were top notch.

The Crusher, thanks

 

Custom grips are custom so that they can express your taste, not a collective of the board's opinion. Determine what it is you want from the grips - functionality? Beauty? Maybe a combination of both? How is the gun to be used? A BBQ gun that will see very little actual use and primarily be a showpiece, or a functional tool - maybe hard-used in competition? Is concealed carry part of the gun's mission? All considerations in your choice of what grips you choose and what they say about the person that chose them.

 

I value function, but I also value the aesthetics of the gun. On 3 of my 4 1911's I use G-10 grips for the beauty and functionality. Two of the guns wear VZ Aliens and the third wears a pair of Larry Davidson slim sunburst design grips. I like the choices I've made - how you feel about them really isn't that important to me - just as your choice should be yours alone. If you have some grips in mind, nothing wrong with soliciting opinions from the board, but that should only factor in as a minor part of your decision-making process.

 

Good luck with whatever you choose.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

Lecky,

 

As Pizza Bob said, there are many factors in such a decision. I know I was in your shoes last year and my biggest problem was knowing where to even look for custom grips. While I only have the single resource point for you I'm sure there are others on this forum with more suggestions as to custom shops which also may be a bit small and hard to find with a simple wen search. Plus it is always good to hear pros and cons with regards to small outfits.

 

Take your time and find just what you are looking for.

 

Things I learned I needed to consider included:

Thin vs reg grip thickness

Gloss vs Mat finish

Textured fully, partially, or not at all

Material; different woods, synthetics, or exotics like snake skin (anaconda looks bad ass)

 

I personally went with thin, glossy, and no texturing. This also meant that I had to buy new, shorter grip screws and screw posts for the thinner wood.

 

Just a few considerations if you, like me, had not thought bout them all.

 

Nice to have a thread with such a good problem to solve in light of all of the more painful considerations of late.

 

 

I've been using high quality cardboard cut outs and 3m duct tape, works good so far...

 

Honestly I've been checking out this http://customkillergrips.com/

Such great advice thanks a bunch to everyone