Custom front strap checkering for 1911

[FLAWLS1]

I saw a pic on one of the forums I frequent of a custom front strap checkering on a 1911. The 1911 was stainless steel and the front checkering was frag hand grenade. I searched all over this site and the other sites I'm a member on, but I can't find it at all (I knew I should've saved the pic). Anyone know what I'm talking about?

[Q619]

I saw a pic on one of the forums I frequent of a custom front strap checkering on a 1911. The 1911 was stainless steel and the front checkering was frag hand grenade. I searched all over this site and the other sites I'm a member on, but I can't find it at all (I knew I should've saved the pic). Anyone know what I'm talking about?

The only time I've seen a picture of that particular treatment was on the VZ Grips website....they showed a pic of their frag textured grips on a 1911 with matching front strap checkering. Check out the site and ask em where it was done....

[Cyc Wid It]

It's Ned Christiansen's FRAG styled checkering. He designed those particular grips, but I don't think he's taking work right now, even on full customs.

http://www.m-guns.com/

He's also known for his conamyds.

[FLAWLS1]

It's Ned Christiansen's FRAG styled checkering. He designed those particular grips, but I don't think he's taking work right now, even on full customs.

http://www.m-guns.com/

Thanks for the reply, but that's not the one I was referring to. Here's the one I was talking about.

[ojisan]

^ Looks like standard 30LPI checkering with a few rows removed.
Looks nice, too!

[chiselchst]

The higher the LPI, the "smother" the feel. I'd say check out a gun with 30 LPI MSH checkering at a local shop (if possible), and have that done if it's comfortable.

I have a 1911 with 20 LPI FS & MSH checkering, and I like it. And my hands are far from the manly-cement-textured-calloused-gaterback-looking type of hands

[FLAWLS1]

The higher the LPI, the "smother" the feel. I'd say check out a gun with 30 LPI MSH checkering at a local shop (if possible), and have that done if it's comfortable.

I have a 1911 with 20 LPI FS & MSH checkering, and I like it. And my hands are far from the manly-cement-textured-calloused-gaterback-looking type of hands

Do you have pics? All this LPI & MSH are just a whole other language to me.

[BamBam-31]

LPI = lines per inch (I think). 30 LPI has more lines per inch, so it's a finer (smoother) checkering. The 20 LPI has bigger, rougher checkering (my preference as well). MSH = main spring housing.

And while all the fancy types of checkering pictured here sounded neat in theory, after seeing the pics, I'm kinda about it. Give me cleanly done standard 20 or 30 LPI, please.

[FLAWLS1]

LPI = lines per inch (I think). 30 LPI has more lines per inch, so it's a finer (smoother) checkering. The 20 LPI has bigger, rougher checkering (my preference as well). MSH = main spring housing.

And while all the fancy types of checkering pictured here sounded neat in theory, after seeing the pics, I'm kinda about it. Give me cleanly done standard 20 or 30 LPI, please.

Thanks for that info. What is the LPI on the pic I posted?

[Cyc Wid It]

30 lpi with some lines omitted for the design.

LPI = lines per inch (I think). 30 LPI has more lines per inch, so it's a finer (smoother) checkering. The 20 LPI has bigger, rougher checkering (my preference as well). MSH = main spring housing.

And while all the fancy types of checkering pictured here sounded neat in theory, after seeing the pics, I'm kinda about it. Give me cleanly done standard 20 or 30 LPI, please.

If I had my pick, I'd like CT Brian's

[FLAWLS1]

Who does good work on front/rear strap checkering?

[Kruzr]

Thanks for the reply, but that's not the one I was referring to. Here's the one I was talking about.

This gun belongs to a poster on the 1911 forum named AZDave. The gun is a Clackamas marked Kimber. The work was done by a smith named Marc Krebs. He now only works on military rifles but has a website as Krebs Custom.

[FLAWLS1]

This gun belongs to a poster on the 1911 forum named AZDave. The gun is a Clackamas marked Kimber. The work was done by a smith named Marc Krebs. He now only works on military rifles but has a website as Krebs Custom.

What is a Clackamas?

[BamBam-31]

It's a place in Oregon (as in Kimber of Oregon). Early Kimbers were marked "Clackamas" instead of the later "Yonkers, NY" and are sought after because they are supposedly made with greater care than current production Kimbers.

[Kruzr]

The first 6000 or so Kimbers made in 1996 were rollmarked from Clackamas Oregon. That was the home of Kimber rifles which was bought out to form the current company. Kimber bought a manufacturing facility in Yonkers, NY and made the 1911's there. They didn't yet have the manufacturing FFL transferred to NY so they marked them from Oregon, even though they were made in Yonkers.

The only reason they are sought after is there were so few made compared to the number of Kimbers around today.