Dan Wesson Razorback with new Spalted Maple panels

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   The hosting program always makes the pictures blurry  The Pearce finger-grooves take away from the luster too but function trumps total eye appeal.

    Anyway... extremely happy with the fit and finish on these panels. Nice little Mom and Pop shop out of Virginia and at 1/2:1/3 the cost of other places I have seen them advertised. The nice lady even phoned me up before shipping and we talked for a while. If you are looking for these, Burl or another exotic they can do them!




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[d762nato]

They look nice congrats, I wish I could have kept my DW Razorback they are very well made 1911's.

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I wanted some exotic wood based off a picture I saw long ago but couldn't find it. I think these are them though!

[The_Shadow]

That's a very nice DW RazorBack! 

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Still on the fence whether to put a full-length guide rod or flat bottom firing pin block.

[475/480]

Very nice lookin wood . The finger grooves not so much.

Sean

[DenStinett]

Very nice
Lovin' those Slabs

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Love the wood, but do agree the finger grooves throw off what could be a much better look.  One of my favorite attributes held by the RZ-10 is the normally extra-clean overall look.  The finger grooves definitely detract from that look.  But, like you said, function trumps eye appeal.  Then again, in this specific case I'm not so sure.  Guess it all boils down to the individual weighing out the pros and cons to their own liking.

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 The Razorback doesn't have any checkering on the front side of the grip. The finger grooves make it like a glove but they are an ugly black color. It's a 9 instead of 10 with them on 

[d762nato]

I would imagine the rubber is pretty grippy but not so pretty. I can see the purpose they serve though and like you mentioned there isn't any checkering on the frontstrap. You would think DW would have checkered the frontstrap on the 10's being they do have more recoil than a 9 or 45.

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   You know I had plans for the Pearce piece before even buying the DW so smooth was perfect. If I weren't using it I think I would have sent mine for checkering. Maybe the full-length guide rod would make it a little more front heavy where you could get a better feel shooting the hot stuff.

[d762nato]

   You know I had plans for the Pearce piece before even buying the DW so smooth was perfect. If I weren't using it I think I would have sent mine for checkering. Maybe the full-length guide rod would make it a little more front heavy where you could get a better feel shooting the hot stuff.

Both of my 1911's just have a GI setup but I've noticed Wilson and Fusion and several other manufactures of 10's have the full length guide rods on their 10's.
I really have no experience with them other than a Colt DE I used to have that had one. I really didn't care for the take down method myself but they maybe do have some advantage.
I'm not sure though other than adding weight.

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http://pattoncustomshop.com/?page_id=82

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Hate to say it, but the more I look back at the black finger groove addition to that RZ-10, the more I think my G20 has pretty good aesthetics.

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Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty.

and Glock in the same paragraph