introducing myself & my work.

[Gentle Ben]

Hello Folks,

I do custom grip reductions, ergonomic shaping, and texturing on polymer-framed handguns, subguns, etc. My company info is in my sig, and I am partnered with Security Arms International (www.saiops.com) an FFL/SOT, as one of their in-house custom 'smiths.

Here's a few pics of work I've done.

Regards,

Ben

[Voodoochild]

Looks good I have been wanting to get my 19 worked on.

[Gentle Ben]

thanks Voodoo. a G19 is what got me started, and I think I've done more G19-sized Glocks than any other model. What happened is that I took a 2-day handgun course, and after the first day I had a blister on the knuckle of my middle finger where it fit under the trigger guard, and it was so hot and humid that the grip got slippery as hell. after the course I started looking at the gun to see how I could improve the ergonomics and texture, and after much trial and error (I'm amazed that as much as I experimented with that G19 it wasn't ruined), I ended up with pretty much what I'm doing now.

[Ray T]

Nice work Ben! Always cool to see other people's work.

[LOKNLOD]

Looks may not be everything (or even anything) but those are by far some the best looking texturing jobs I've seen. Almost looks like grip tape. Very nice.

[Gentle Ben]

Thanks Ray. Likewise for your work. We can certainly commiserate about how painstaking and time-consuming it is to do this...

[Gentle Ben]

Looks may not be everything (or even anything) but those are by far some the best looking texturing jobs I've seen. Almost looks like grip tape. Very nice.

Thanks LNL. No reason it can't look as good as it performs. Grip tape is nice, but if you get solvent on it, the adhesive weakens, the tape peels off, and you're left with a gummy mess on the grip. I've done a few grips where I reduced the grip, covered it with a rubberized coating, then textured the coating. Looks similar to the textured plastic, but is softer like a grip sleeve.

[Gentle Ben]

Here's a G29 I did with a rubberized grip. This one wasn't textured after rubberization. Does a nice job of taming the vibration/shock of the 10mm sub-compact. I also installed Tru-Glo TFOs and a Lasermax unit.

[Ray T]

Thanks Ray. Likewise for your work. We can certainly commiserate about how painstaking and time-consuming it is to do this...

Very true Ben! It's all worth it when the customers see their weapon after the job....all worth it!

[Gentle Ben]

Very true Ben! It's all worth it when the customers see their weapon after the job....all worth it!

Roger that, Ray. I also find it therapeutic...after my day job (completely unrelated to guns), I get to invest my energy into something I'm truly passionate about.