About Us

     We are a moderate family business with ten artisans specialized on creating high quality full custom handmade pictol grips. Frankly the idea of handmadegrips.com came into my mind when I was having education in NJ at 2003. I had very good friends and time in States and will always remember as a pleasure to live and have my education there. I am the gentleman with black coat in the middle of below photo with our chief artisans. 

     We shape, cut, engrave and inlay your personal images&words one by one real custom only for you. Recently we began even more special services as gold plating and real photo grips. We are using Silver, Brass, Bronze, Gold, Mother of Pearl, Enamel etc. with 30 years experienced hand skills to create a hundred percent custom&unique grip that will be a source of pride for a lifetime.     

     Actually, the talent of creating magnificent grips is worldwide; however, We - The Artisans from Turkey - have a unique, ancient art of making handmade pistol grips dating back to the 15th century. Our Grips are the perpetuation of an ancient art coming from the Age of the Sultans turning each grip into a real piece of art. Our ancestors were using their skills on the swords of nobles and glorious warriors, now we put the same art with our heart for creating unique handmade grips since 80's.

    These top of the line grips are made of heat processed walnut wood with beautiful detailed handwork. The masters hands make thin cuts, with 30 micron thin metal fibers carefully hammered into those shaped channels, one by one to create charming figures.

     We also cut and engrave 70 micron thick metal sheets into desired shapes like initials, names, words, logos, pretty much any images you would like. Both fibers and sheets are inlaid to the walnut body can be made of bronze, silver even gold. We can also plate brass sheets by gold as a cost effective option than pure gold sheets like below. That way we also cover the logos with different background color enamel against abrasivity for long life span. We are also able to put the real photos under enamel in stead of engraving them as a new innovative technique to make your grips unforgettable.

     After all beautiful Mother of Pearls (Nacre) can be cut into desired shapes and inlaid to the body for completing the beautiful look. Then the final painting and polishing procedure is administered, the beautiful custom grip is ready to become the dazzling part of your pistol.

     For the last decade we also began to engrave on hard aluminium metal grips. In stead of classic UV techniques, we only engrave by hand traditionally. After we reach to the desired figures, the unique grip is plated by chrome or gold due to your choice.

     The new grips are durable, have a life of four to five years, and, if cared for, much longer.

     The prices of the grips vary due to the time spent by the artisan, sometimes three days just for one grip. We have no grips in stock, all of them made custom due to your desired designs. Please check our Grips Store and let us make your handgun real custom by using our easy online customizing service.

     Just tell us what your dream grips are and we will make it come true!

Cenk Gultekin
sales@handmadegrips.com
Handmade Grips
Istanbul, Turkey