Nice grips..but what kind of wood is it

[Carbon_15]

Saw this gun on the Uberti Website...is that a sweet little wall hanger or what. I just love the figureing of the grain in the grips. Anyone know what kind of wood it is. What are some darkish woods with non-linier, chunky grain like that?

Thanks

 

[C.R.Sam]

I can't bring up the grip grain but that is some fancy sixgun.

I have some burl rosewood with wild grain. Ironwood and mesquite also. Dark can easy be stain in the finish. Fiddleback walnut.....etc ?

Sam

 

[Thumper]

Looks like it might be Claro Walnut.

 

[Tom B]

The grips appear to be cocobolo wood and made by a firm in Kali (I can't remember the name) but I found them doing a search for Ruger grips one time.

 

[Fred]

The grips appear to be cocobolo wood and made by a firm in Kali (I can't remember the name) but I found them doing a search for Ruger grips one time.

Try this -- www.woodgrips.com

 

[Master Blaster]

As a longtime wood worker familiar with exotic woods:

It would appear to be claro walnut, and the part known as a crotch, or possibly a stump. Crotch is where a branch joins the main trunk, and results in some wild figure.

Stump is where the bottom of the stump meets the roots underground, this creates the eye figure you see.

It could also be a walnut Burl which would also have the lighter whorls and the eyes.

I would say though that it is walnut.

 

[Tom B]

Fred

Yep thats the outfit I was thinking of.

 

[hipwr40]

Wow, that is some pretty cocobolo at http://www.woodgrips.com/ ......glad my wallet is downstairs w/ my credit cards in it.

 

[Torpedo]

Having my credit cards downstairs in my wallet would'nt help me as I know the numbers by heart!

 

[Alex Johnson]

I don't think anyone that would do work like that on a Colt repro would use cocobolo, I would have to say it would be burl walnut since the vast majority of original colt revolvers were stocked in this wood including the original revolver that this one is styled after.