That is very forgiving - i.e., the grader either grades low or high - you always want the guys who grade low. Those look great because they have a very distinct grain pattern that shows up really well - but some guy called them "plain Jane" because the grain is fairly straight and parallel. Apparently that only gets you a "standard" or "fancy" grade.

Kinda like being a meteorologist. What other profession can you be worng over 80% of the time and not get fired. Lots of subjectivity.

Good looking grips for sure.

Doug Mann

Zane Thompson made these for me from some Madrone that I had been saving for at least 15 years, maybe longer.

Somewhere I have a picture of them on my New Vaquero.44 Special, I will see if I can dig it out. I installed a Super Blackhawk hammer on it, and cut away most of the webbing inside the grip frame to shift the balance forward a smidge. I’ve got pictures of the frame in process, guess I need to drag those out as well.

Otony

Grips that are too figured look wrong on a working gun most of the time .