I believe those grips are “spalted” maple friend..... Very nice shy of what appears to be some sand in the finish. Smooth grips are desirable for me...
Don’t witness when carried concealed aka shirt creep.
The wood is local to you.
Us old farts are sensitive to recoil and IMO smooth grips reduce felt recoil.
I like em and would like to suggest ya keep em for reasons stated above.
Whose signature is on the inside ? I can’t make it out.
Very very nice rig shy of what appears to be stippled while wet finish on those beautiful grips.
Thanks for the pictures....... Stay safe !
"Spalted maple", eh? I took a wild guess at some sort of maple, but the only kinds I'm remotely familiar with are birdseye and fiddleback.
It looks like the grips have a tactical half-stippling on them, but it's hard to tell under a gallon of clear plastic. But they are serialized to the gun, so I'll be keeping them, if not using them.
I want a similar style of grips, but finding them in a thin wooden style is a bit tough right now. I may have to settle for a standard-width in a "tactical checkering" on more conventional hardwoods while I keep looking.
I'm staying away from the anodized aluminum grips in all those colors and bad-ass graphics on them. I'm not building a barbeque gun. However, if I could get Whyle E. Coyote grips, I might give it a second thought. :)