Thai Grips

[Sharps '74]

A set of Thai grips for a S&W M19 .357 snub that I ordered off ebay arrived today.

The fit and finish is perfect, better than a set of Ahrens grips I have on a similar gun, at a much lower price.

The odd thing is that they came via Germany! The wonderful world of e-commerce.

I've got two sets of Hogue grips coming and I'm wondering how they will compare with the Thai grips.

 

[Ghost Snake]

Pictures? What material are they made of? ie; rosewood, mahogany, endangered sea turtle, etc.

 

[plinker 777]

Pictures? What material are they made of? ie; rosewood, mahogany, endangered sea turtle, etc.

Occipital plates, scavanged from the corpes' of communist political prisoners...or rosewood. Kinda looks the same.

 

[sam burton]

I am quite impressed by the ones I got for my model 19

 

[Ghost Snake]

Wow, are those from Thailand? The mother-of-pearl inlay is a nice touch. Really nicely defined grain to the wood, too.

 

[Sharps '74]

If I knew how to post pics .....

Mine are for a M19 RB with finger grooves. The wood has a nice figure and I rubbed in a coat of oil. I suspect some SE Asian hardwood. Works for me.

 

[diananike]

I had some for a model 10 they were fabulous and cheap

 

[sam burton]

It's not mother of pearl, just a shiny S&W type metal inlay.
For what I paid I am very impressed with the quality though, and the fit was bang on.

 

[Paul_T]

If I knew how to post pics .....

How about the link to the eBay seller then?

 

[dogzilla]

I got some buffalo horn 1911 grips (look like aged ivory) for my wild bunch 1911. From Vietnam. Vietnamese guy at work says most stuff from there will come by boat, and may stop at just about every port in the world on it's way here. Mine literally took 2 months to get here.

 

[TypicalCricket]

I got some for my Beretta 92F. I was less impressed with them.

 

[Ganderite]

I bought several sets. One style has checkering only one side of the pair of grips. They look and feel great.

Cheap, too. I love ebay for gun parts.

 

[sailor723]

I've yet to buy a set but I know some of the people posting on the S&W forums speak well of them.

 

[Paul_T]

I've yet to buy a set but I know some of the people posting on the S&W forums speak well of them.

Well I'm taking a chance for my 686 grips - was going to get wood Hogues but for 80 bucks including shipping this seller looks OK:

http://www.ebay.ca/usr/th-witaya?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754

Will see in a month.....