Wrangler one-off custom grips
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Are you sure it's walnut? Looks like maple. Here's my Burnt Bronze Wrangler with maple grips ...
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Congratulations on the win. Now, decisions decisions decisions. Keep us posted.
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Well the Amazon listing said walnut....
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Haven't shot it yet but I have shot my son's. Fun plinker.
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I agree. Just want to add a little "personalization."
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Ok ... just seems a little light in color, I mean if Amazon says walnut whom am I to doubt them ... 🤣🤣🤣
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I couple of nice looking Wranglers you guys have. I'd like to see the walnut grips when you get finished.
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Wrangler is Ruger's low budget SA entry. I'd make real sure that it shot /functioned properly and didn't need Ruger's CS before sinking time/$. You'll be engraving through cerakote unless stripped. If this is going to be an heirloom, I'd choose a nice Single Six. Right after that, time spent with your son on a project automatically makes it an heirloom. Good luck and post pics!
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I like the color as well ... I'm a sucker for blondes, only when it comes to grips though ... 😝🤣😝
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The laser engraving will only be on the grips. He is currently making custom drink coasters in slate and wood and bookmarks in wood. We're not sure how the grips will turn out.
This is a coaster he did for me.
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That's pretty cool ... can't wait to see the pictures
It will be a darker color after you oil it, or varnish, it. I remember that from woodworking class in 7th grade. Can you see schools teaching kids that young something where you had access to table saws and planers? I didn't know how dangerous it was then. Shop teacher missing a finger on right hand was not a clue.
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Yes it will darken, yes I learned that from my jr and sr high school days. That's the sad part of our educational system, no shop classes not even home ec.
Our Education system recognized that the US Economy was no longer growing in Manufacturing and that Agriculture was going from small farms to large industrial operations. Emphasis was put on learning 3 more years of Math and 3 more years of Science. Computer Science was added because there is a lot more need for workers in Tech than in Manufacturing.
You can blame teachers that kids today don't know how to ride a horse, dress a chicken, or make their own soap. Those are obsolete skills that many people enjoy as a hobby.
We also know that Shop class became a dumping ground for students that the system did not deem worthy of the effort to reach. There is absolutely no doubt about this fact.
The hobby things that we enjoy became much less important for a young person to advance in a changing society so they were dropped in favor of skills that society needs more.
Now, a kid today will know how to run the computer to make a laser etcher/engraver work and surf the internet to find classic hand grip cherkerings.
I suggest finding a classic checkering design and etching that on the grip, then tracing that etching with a single line 90 degree checkering tool to make something really classy.
They still teach Art for the very important reason that even though anyone CAN laser engrave, the task of knowing WHAT to laser engrave and why the hand tooling of a craftsman is essential for a classy appearance is the real trick of the whole thing.
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