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Stan Grace Registered: March 2005 Location: Helena, Montana Posts: 337	Long winter, and little supervision creates grips that now need blanks. 3 half wells or westerns, 1 full wells, 1 cigar, 1 reverse full wells (or fenwick) from left to right
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Mark Fisher

Registered: March 2005
Location: Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia
Posts: 1,715

Sun March 9, 2008 3:15pm

Hi Stan, from what I've seen lately on the weather report you are better off staying inside and building handles! We have just had a week of 38-40 degree C temperatures and its Autumn here.Nice work.

Stan Grace

Registered: March 2005
Location: Helena, Montana
Posts: 337

Sun March 9, 2008 4:55pm

Thanks Mark. It's up to 10 degrees C here today and we are sure taht spring has sprung. Tis the season to move from cabin fever to spring fever.

Mike Barkley

Registered: March 2005
Location: Southgate, Michigan
Posts: 1,121

Sun March 9, 2008 5:21pm

Very nice work, as usual!!!!

MaryLou VandeRiet

Registered: January 2006
Location: Weatherford,Texas USA
Posts: 111

Sun March 9, 2008 7:25pm

Very nice Stan....what wood is the light colored handle ??

Stan Grace

Registered: March 2005
Location: Helena, Montana
Posts: 337

Sun March 9, 2008 7:54pm

MaryLou
The wood for these grips all came from the same tree. Just a difference in location. The light one was from a piece close to the top. These grips are probably darker throughout than most I use.

mark blabaum

Registered: June 2006
Location: Southwest - Wisconsin
Posts: 1,282

Sun March 9, 2008 9:17pm

Very nice work Stan. Rocky Mountain Juniper is one of my favorite woods for grips.

Russ Miller

Registered: April 2005
Location: Southern California
Posts: 85

Tue March 11, 2008 1:01am

Hi Stan,

Great work on all of the handles, I really like the cigar handle, can't wait to see that one on a rod!

Stan Grace

Registered: March 2005
Location: Helena, Montana
Posts: 337

Tue March 11, 2008 9:47am

Russ, that shape is very comfortable and practical for me. My next personal fly rod will have that one or the reverse half wells. I'm still in trying to decide.

Steve Rushing

Registered: April 2005
Location: Atlanta (Decatur) GA
Posts: 118

Tue March 11, 2008 11:13am

As always very impressive. One of the things I admire in your work with Juniper is each piece has its own distinct look.

Stan Grace

Registered: March 2005
Location: Helena, Montana
Posts: 337

Tue March 11, 2008 1:37pm

That is a unique feature of wooden grips and especially so with the Juniper. I have them displayed here with the more contrasting features up. Turn them over and they are still distinct but more subtle.