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Absolutely gorgeous.. I'd be afraid to touch it.

Spectacular. She is a beauty!

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Thank you all for your kind comments. I'm fortunate to get to do this work and play a role in giving the owner what he perceives his idea of his perfect 1911 to be. That's a real reward at day's end.

The owner requested that this pistol have an extended slide stop. I gave him all the reasons for not doing it and then we agreed to do it and make it work into the grand scheme of things. It started life as a Wilson part and I trimmed away quite a bit of the extended length, reshaped the pad some and serrated the underside for better purchase in case of needing to lock back the slide to clear a double feed jam. In testing it's worked as it's supposed to with no premature slide locks.

The Nitre blue accents are the screws and pins in the pistol. They just don't show up distinctly in my photos. Neither does the outstanding grain in the ivory grips. My skills with the camera aren't up to speed for shooting accurate images when ivory on blued steel is the subject.

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I am bit late on this one as I was traveling, but I gotta chime in as I love ivory, bluing, and execution. 2000 grit!!!! Holy hannah!!

Great looking pistol that I am sure runs like a top.

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Scott

That's one barbecue I'd love to go to!

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Awesome work sir. Please indulge a question-How were you able to obtain such a beautiful finish while maintaining the integrity of the roll marks?

Impressive work!

Now you need a good "barbeque knife" to help carve them briskets!! Here's mine!



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Thanks for your most kind comments. The flats are polished by hand using flat sanding blocks and wet or dry abrasive paper. This pistol had pretty good roll mark depth except for the part of the pony. I had it cleaned up by an engraver and then polished it out starting at 600 grit and going to 2000. The two biggest concerns are to keep the blocks flat on the piece being polished and don't let the can of elbow grease run dry!

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You must buy it in quantity for a beautiful finish like that, John...

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that is really nice. I want it...

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Hooks

Holy smokes, John ... unbelievable! I see Ross' Series 70 returning to base for update. The 2000 grit polish and Charcoal blued -w- Nitre accents by Turnbull are fantastic. Hope you and Mel had fun in ORO ... sorry I missed it.

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