They are made from very
fine Cocobolo wood.
Custom quality fit with
high sheen fusion baked finish.
NO SCREWS or
BUSHINGS ARE INCLUDED!!!
They say that “The
beauty is in the eye of the beholder” The artistic found in most of our
grips PRICELESS, so WHAT’S in your wallet???
We know that IF you
could find our grips in a retail outlet or gun store you would pay 3 X the
price we sell them for here.
All
are book-end matched sets!!
Hand
– Crafted
Each set of grips is
artfully & meticulously handcrafted from the finest wood stocks availed
they also are hand finished a tedious job that requires a lot of patients.
Hand
Crafted: The artisan uses electrical assistance.
Hand
Made: The artisan uses only his hands & NO Electricity is used.
"THE
FINISH”
Over
a period of several years we have developed the uniquely durable and
beautiful finish used on most of the products we market throughout Costa
Rica. It is 100% natural and comes from the oil of the Tagua nut (which is
as hard as cement) and requires a special technique for removing the oil.
When this finish is applied it requires temperatures of around 400deg
Fahrenheit. This process preservers the natural beauty of the wood 5 to 10
times better than a lacquer finish. The process involves 9 painstaking,
precision steps thus providing the finest, longest-lasting finish possible:
An
email from Rick:
Hi Jerry, Just wanted
you to know I received the referenced grips today 10/03/2011. They are
truly beautiful! I have numerous Colt 1911 grips, original factory, after
market cocobolo checkered cut on original Colt factory machines with
medallions from Colt not cheap Asian copies, and a set of true elephant
ivory obtained from Novack the 1911 sight expert company. There were 2 sets
available, Steven Segal (the actor and Marshall Art’s expert) bought one
set and I bought the other. Of all the Colts (and I only buy Colts) that I
and buy for modification upgrades, I only buy parts from Novak, Wilson
Combat, Ed Brown and Karl Lippard (the best of the best). I consider the
cocobolo heartwood grips I bought from you to be only second in quality,
value and beauty to the original elephant ivory grips I own (the ivory ones
were very expensive!) I will show your grips with pride and tell all I
encounter where they may find you to obtain such a high quality and
beautiful set of grips.
Best
regards, Rick Hune (texasexpat)
"The Micro Fine Fusion Baked Finish"
I think you have a
winning finish here! It feels durable to me, it looks FABULOUS and, for the
few guys who would prefer a dull finish, they could easily kill the gloss
with fine paper (or even a "green pad") and
polish with coarse rubbing compound for a nice, satin gloss. I think your
process of heat-fusing the surface finishes is a great idea. It should give
you an edge over other manufacturers. Definitely worth bragging about in
your listings. LEO
Here in Costa Rica we
have over 2,000 varieties of Cocobolo wood and it ranges from very red
straight grain to BURLED & MARBLED with browns purples blacks reds and
all the colors in between so if this set is not your FLAVOR PLEASE keep
watching I’m sure we have a flavor for everyone~!~!
They
say that“beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, what we sell is very high
quality wood all has been air dried to less than 6% moisture content.
SURLY TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOODEN GRIPS @
ANY GUN SHOW!!!
Laser Monograming is available & can
be done natural or in gold, natural or black $3.00 per letter.
We
can do any font here are some samples you must message me your choice
Samples
of fonts
See
sample pictures
LUCIDA
CALLIGRAPHY-- FRENCH SCRIPT MT—SCRIPT MT BOLD OR BRUSH SCRIPT MT.
If you elect to have your name or
initials applied to the grips please send me a message on ebay!!
If
you would like a symbol or other items placed on the grips Please message
me for a price quote.
We suggest
having a licensed gunsmith when modifying firearms!!
NOTE to EBAY
this is not a FIREARM!!
Costaricatreasurehouse is a registered Trade mark corporation of
Costa Rica.
Due to changes in EBAY’s listing
format now we have to use the 5 day handling option,
We do go to the post office every day that it
is open,
if you have purchased an item from us in the
last 24 hrs. it will be shipped the next business day so you can
disregard the 5 day handling time.
ALL items are shipped CERTIFIED mail.
What Will This Auction Cost Including Shipping?
The cost of
this auction is fixed No options, No adjustment, No Surprises.
SHIPPING: TO THE U.S. IS WHAT IT IS $10.00 For
standard shipping we use 11 to 23 business days from the dropdown
menu to ship from Costa Rica to the U.S. However, shipping usually takes
10-12 business days!!! If you have not received your item after
20 business days we suggest you contact your local post office.
International
shipping is $12.00 Certified mail.
For
international shipping we use 16 to 27 business days from the
dropdown menu when listing
If you have not
received your item after 25 business days we suggest you contact your local
post office.
All items are shipped
from Costa
Rica
TERMS.
1. Payment is expected within 7 days, and item
may be re-listed after 10 days.
3. I will only ship to an address copied from EBAY Checkout or buyer email
THE WOOD
Magical
Properties of Cocobolo
Cocobolo –Rosewood (Dalgerbia Restusa.)
1. Gender Association: Very Strong Masculine.
2. Planetary Association: Mercury, Jupiter.
3. Elemental Association: Fire.
Cocobolo is the wood of passion. Within it courses the energy of the
FLAME, burning hot with DESIRE, sexuality, ambition, adventure, even rage.
A purely masculine energy radiates from the wood.
This wood’s energy would be a good tool for goal – oriented people.
It will encourage ambition and achievement, and a thirst for knowledge and
understanding in whatever the matter is at hand.
Cocobolo boosts intuitive luck, but can lead to rash or hasty
decisions. Its energy is adventurous, and may lead a person into danger or
travel far from their level of usual comfort. This is NOT always a bad
thing.
THE WOOD
(THE HEART WOOD) Cocobolo heartwood has a very fine grain. There is
NO uniformity in the swirls of the grain; This along with the various
colors of variegated streaks of dark browns, blacks, purples, rich reds,
and oranges is what gives it its extreme astounding beauty. The STRIKING
colors of this wood make it arguably one of the LOVELIEST woods in the
world. Once dried it is a very stable wood with low tendency to crack or
chip.
(THE SAP
WOOD) Cocobolo sapwood is from the outer ring of the tree. As the tree
grows, the sapwood gradually becomes heartwood. When the tree is mature and
harvested, the bark is then stripped away to reveal the golden wood or
sapwood. In some cases this wood has a depth of more than 2”. It has a much
more uniform grain than the heart wood. The sapwood exhibits colors ranging
from gold’s, yellows, reds, oranges, grays and black. The striking contrast
of the heartwood and sapwood of cocobolo is what gives this bowl its
unparalleled majestic beauty. This wood, the most beautiful of all the
Rosewoods, comes from the Pacific regions of Central America, extending
from Panama to southwestern Mexico. The medium-sized tree grows to 60 feet
tall with trunk diameters of up to 2 feet and while rare, the tree is not
yet considered endangered. The hard, heavy wood is rare and very expensive
and has a natural oiliness that is also antibacterial and is an excellent
choice for making serving dishes, utensils etc.
Because of its hardness and natural oils, COCOBOLO takes a superb
polish and is the favored wood for the cutlery trade such as the making of
knife handles. Other uses include inlay work, brush backs, musical and
scientific instruments, jewelry boxes and other specialty items
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