Getting a Grasp on Bone Gun Grips

Getting a Grasp on Bone Gun Grips
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[@AZHighlandHomestead]

Rumor has it, Santee is still out there singing with sparkly sequences blinding those around him as he affectionately gazes at his bone grips on his single action.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes! I'm gettin' tired too!

[@AZHighlandHomestead]

@@ArizonaGhostriders 🤣

[@Hades8103]

Johnny Cash could probably make a song outta that

[@kevynhansyn2902]

I also heard that Little Alien joined him as well and they might be a Duo.

[@seymourwrasse3321]

You just haven't lived till you have worked with antler and breathed in that "special" aroma

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah...not in a rush to "live" it again! My garage smelled like it for 3 days!

[@robertbuckey6517]

I personally love the antler grips. That's awesome the production budget got to help restore the set further!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yup!

[@JakobElbaek]

A video revolving around this subject is always gripping, glad to see you could handle it.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA! Funny.

[@Tipi_Dan]

I own one of their hats, 4 of their shirts, and a pair of their grips. Great company. The best, actually.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Agreed!

[@FutureRailProductions]

I love River Junction! Getting to go on the inside of the building was awesome.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I so want to visit them. I'd never leave.

[@SmallCaliberArmsReview]

Those grips look fantastic on your shootin' iron Santee! Look good in that holster too! Another great video, can't wait to see the one on the hats!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks, Richard. Appreciate the holster you made. Looks great! Like the whole set is meant to be together.

[@mherod51]

Beautiful pair of grips! He did a great job 👏

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I certainly agree!

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Wow those look great! I need to get in contact with these people

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Please do! Tell 'em Santee sent you. Well....they may charge you double, then. Let's see how they like my video first. LOL.

[@Miltypooh2001]

It's fascinating to see that our fellow cowboys had style even in the 18th century

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes.

[@wazewhite7682]

19th

[@jjsadventures]

That Dan…he pulls a good one on you every time 😂 great video Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks 👍

[@peterott9162]

Awesome video Santee like always!! Absolutely love the shenanigans witn Dirty Dan!!!! Keep em coming.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks! Will do!

[@JEDiTV]

I don’t know which was fancier, those Bone Grips or Santee’s sparkly outfit. 🤩

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

My outfit AND the grips!

[@BeefyRider]

I love River Junction and they're my go-to for Western wear and equipment. I rock their wild bunch bandolier any time I'm trap shooting.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

YES!

[@cosmiccowboy9358]

The grips look Amazing!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes they do

[@donutpredator6881]

I've always wondered about that and for my 16th birthday I got a knife that had grips made out of deer horns

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

So cool!

[@seanmessick9330]

Antler handles are awesome!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@seanmessick9330 They are.

[@griff6985]

I love the look of those one-piece grips!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Right??

[@nancybarnett2832]

I live in Iowa and did not know about River Junction Trade Co. in McGregor, Iowa. Very cool.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Awesome!

[@jamieryall8341]

Wow, Santee, your grips look great. A little sweat from slapping leather & you've got the start of a nice patina to them. Arizona Ghostbusters just keeps getting better all the time. Thank you.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks 👍

[@ericruss4189]

Those grips looked fantastic! I am very happy for you my friend.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks 👍

[@JimBailey]

Beautiful grips Santee. I may just have to do this to mine. Thanks for the history lesson. :)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.

[@jerseyred9554]

Spot on episode Santee A dear friend sent me a pair of grips very similar to those you have, and I did size them to my Cattleman also

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

🥃

[@victorwaddell6530]

Thanks again Santee & Co.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Any time!

[@rhondaz356]

I love every episode, even when I know little to nothing about the topic, which was the case with grips. You and the rest of the team make everything interesting, informative, and totally entertaining, Santee. Those clips are just perfect. 🤠🌟👏 ...humerus / humorous 😆

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Means a lot. Thank you so much!

[@bchboy1206]

I am a grip guy too! My favorite so far are a pair of ram horn however I want a pair of jigged elk horns just like Marshall Matt Dillon’s and I think River Junction may be able to help me out!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

They can. They also have levels of "distress" if you want them to look older.

[@kevincollier4147]

Beautiful grips and kudos to those who made your new holster!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks 👍

[@BradSprinkle]

Agree bone work makes your shop smell like a dentist office. Congratulations on the movie 🤠👍 Looking forward to the next one.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks 👍

[@handlebarslim78]

That was a good one. I'm somewhat of a grip collector myself. I love showing up with different pair of grips every time I go to a cowboy fastdraw computation. My alias is handlebarslim.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Right on, Handlebar!

[@tomjackson4374]

My alias is Nobody. As in, "Who stole that horse?" Nobody stole it.

[@handlebarslim78]

@@tomjackson4374 what part of the country are you in? We have a nobody in our club

[@tomjackson4374]

@@handlebarslim78 I almost said I bet there a lot of nobodies at your club. Please forgive me. Actually I am from Nowhere.

[@handlebarslim78]

@@tomjackson4374 Lol not a problem my friend. Enjoy your Sunday.

[@CaliforniaFly]

So you got new grips for your six pew-ter! Nice!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah I did

[@LivingHistorysMysteries]

Good job Dan. Santee, glad you came to "grips" with the song and dance number...maybe now you'll learn to not brag as much about your time on Broadway. Glad to see Mescal gettin' used again. Great video...and real purty outfit there at the end. It was a nice "sequins" to throw in.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sequins! Good one.

[@LivingHistorysMysteries]

@@ArizonaGhostriders lol.

[@greghardy9476]

Quite a, ah, um, fetching outfit, Santee. The bone handles are beautiful!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@marcthomas2482]

Just got a new to me Blackhawk and I've already been thinking about stag grips. This video is just more fuel on the fire!🤣🤣🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

yeeehaw!

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

It’s Santeeday, so get ready for the rip-roarin’ puns from a happy six shooter and it’s favorite rapscallion! Congrats to the Ghostriders who received the movie parts. That’s pretty cool!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks. LOL!

[@RavenHawkCoins]

Those grips always look super nice but can be a little rough on the hands especially in larger calibers. With the antler ones. Great video brother! Pew Pew! That is so cool about the Mescal project! EPIC 🤓

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

No doubt! I've never shot stag grips in higher than .45 Thanks, man

[@RavenHawkCoins]

@@ArizonaGhostriders my pleasure brother! You're a smart man Santee!

[@jmmartin7766]

I really like those 'amber-colored' simulated ivory grips you showed off, Santee! All of my guns double as 'working guns,' so a 'lesser expensive yet snazzy' choice makes sense for me. Think I'll drink that half-bottle of bourbon in celebration of my just ordering grips like yours off the internet. Kind of the 'modern day equivalent' to shooting something, skinning it, scaring off feral cats, then carving the bones into grips to fit my SAA clone! lol! Just as a safety note, though: as your internet friend that you've never even seen, let alone met-- *please, please, PLEASE make sure Alec Baldwin is nowhere near the set when you guys are filming!* *smirk😏

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

He has been banned from the set, thanks.

[@joep4235]

I think Cheese looks quite sparkley too !!!! ha ha ha.... wow, do those grips look awesome !

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes they do! Thank You!

[@marcosaraiva9205]

Let's get to the bone of the grip of it! Any six shooter looks great with them ! Pretty neat 👌

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks.

[@marcosaraiva9205]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Don't mentioned just keep bringing up the stuff that we don't no about the old west amigo and you guys doing so well.

[@chrisjamesrivera]

Wonderful as always Santee. I have been buying from River Junction for a few years now. My favorite hat is from them. Wonderful folks. Oh and hey! I will be back out in Mescal Movie set mid October for the filming of a Documentary! Thanks for the video and those grips look great!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

That's super, Chris! Congrats.

[@EasternOutlaw09]

I have to say, Santee missed a good opportunity to name this video. “Getting a grip on bones grips”

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Well, it WAS that. However, I didn't like the word "grip" repeated enough to keep it.

[@nblankensh]

Loved the pun and the Michigan Frog impersonation. You're bone tibia wild! Also you learned me something about jigged grips. As always, thanks!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Paladin1873]

A late friend of mine made his own set of bone grips for one of his SAA revolvers. He did it all by hand, using eyeball measurements. They turned out beautifully.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very cool. The guy at River Junction does so as well, but he is also a woodworker, so he has the skills and extra tools to knock 'em out.

[@Paladin1873]

@@ArizonaGhostriders It's beyond my skill level. I had a deuce of time just trying to reshape and sand down an oversized set of wood grips so they would better fit my Bounty Hunter 44 Magnum.

[@thitsugaya1224]

Beautiful grips, nothing beats the real thing. Personally I like bone, ivory and horn, especially buffalo or cow horn. Thanks for the excellent video, as always I learned something new, and as always I'm looking forward to the next one.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for watching!

[@dennisatkins9837]

The grips look great Santee, and your outfit looked. . The grips looked great!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@TimKoehn44]

Excellent episode Santee. The grips look great. Good to hear about Mescal. Y'all have a great weekend!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@kevynhansyn2902]

You know Santee you seem to forget that when you or your wife goes "Pew Pew", it actually means that us Veterans just testiculary relieved ourselves. Yeah it never gets old.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Oh, I see!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

A great video I laughed a lot had to rewatch. The bone grips look great.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks 👍

[@cleondubois1270]

Looks like "Captain America had a real handle on this one at the end.....Quite a six-gun collection !

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL! Thank You!

[@imyourhuckleberry2648]

Neat, just plain neat Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@joshuatichota5046]

When I finally get my 6 shooter/smoke wagon (from what Wyatt Earp calls it in Tombstone ha ha), those are the style of grips I want to get. Thank you for putting the link on there.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sure!

[@kylewood8327]

I bought a set of imitation Stag grips from Altamont for my Ruger New Vaquero, love them. Solid and very stag looking.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very nice!

[@scenicdriveways6708]

LOL, Great episode Santee. Love the grips, I may have to buy a set or two. JT

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

How far are ya from McGregor, Iowa? Go see them fellers in person.

[@sambarnard9628]

I wish your videos were longer...like maybe an hour or two. Love the video, Santee!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks.

[@littlebear1520]

I've known Jim for close to 25 years and it used to be a lot of fun going down to his cowboy fest or whatever you want to call it back in the old days but yes a lot of people did use bone and I've seen it on originals quite a bit

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I think they are the neatest grips next to my stag.

[@trynsurviven2440]

Grips turned out great.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yup!

[@vikingshaman3079]

The new grips look great and so did this episode, any more musical numbers coming up in the future? 😉

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Oh yeah. Bill is in talks with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. They're whipping something up...

[@vikingshaman3079]

Haha, LOL!!!

[@rossmarkle1713]

It's just not you , and your ghost buddy will have fun with that.🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

We both will.

[@snappers_antique_firearms]

I have always thought about getting bone grips.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I love my antler ones, and now these bone feel terrific.

[@DanteD84]

the ending😂 quite sparkly indeed. Though I do wonder how someone could make themselves stand out back in the time of the frontier

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sequins help.

[@AIRRAID2]

Hahaha "hello my.." Spaceballs !

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

🤠

[@RodCornholio]

Now I know what type of handle was on my toy cap gun when I was a kid.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Good!

[@tomjackson4374]

That holster is amazing and will pair up with your shootin iron real good. Glad to see you grew up with the same cartoons I did. The singing frog is a classic.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

He is!

[@robertthompson6958]

Santee sir you are crazy. I pretty much always get a chuckle.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes, I am.

[@michaelpage4199]

No bones about it….you really had a grip on this one. Nice six shooter 👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL! Appreciate it.

[@RaasAlHayya]

Very nice grips, and congrats on the casting!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@Bucklerbjorn]

Now thats some beautiful grips you got there Santee :) :)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Drool drool! Right?

[@Thomas-ei1yk]

Thanks for the G2 on your outfitter. Your grips are dope dude!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

They are, thanks!

[@richardkluesek4301]

General Patton sported ivory grips on his Colt .45 SAA. The Jay Scott company offered imitation stag horn and ivory grips occasionally seen on the revolvers of the cops in NYC and surrounding communities prior to the 1990s, but only if they were high ranking bosses or members of elite units like the motorcycle division or horse mounted units.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Interesting info on the NYC cops. In the 90s I was a membr of an NYC gun range and they had a box of old police-used SW .38s for sale at $250 a piece. I shoulda bought one then....dang.

[@richardkluesek4301]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Yeah, probably Model 10 s ? Used to hang out in the Bronx. I have of box of 18 .38 Special cartridges 158 grain semi wadcutter solid flat nosed bullets. I believe these are Winchester, Was advised this packaging was for NYPD. Back in the old days many NYC cops were colorful characters who would not be tolerated on that job today. But if your dearest family member were in distress, those were the guys you hoped would be responding.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@richardkluesek4301 So I understand. It was interesting to see the beat-up shape of those guns. Those guys were/are tough

[@richardkluesek4301]

@@ArizonaGhostriders God Bless and Keep our Officers 'n Deputies.

[@justinsane7128]

That's a dandy part, for a dandy. I've kept my wooden grips on mine, at my age it's the only wood I get my hand around anymore.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAAHA!

[@phillstricklin79]

You have a firm grip on this 'un, Santee. Most enjoyable.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA!

[@scotto9591]

🤣. I love the pew-pews 🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

🤣🤣

[@Devin_Stromgren]

I was once passing near McGreggor Iowa and tried to stop at River Junction's physical store. Unfortunately it was a Sunday and they weren't open.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Now I think they require appointments, but you could check with them.

[@Devin_Stromgren]

@@ArizonaGhostriders This was quite a few years ago. At the time their website listed regular hours for their store.

[@bearflagmercantile8113]

Nice grips on that shootin Iron Santee! Switch to a top hat and Cain for your number in the movie 🎬

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Good idea!!

[@davidmussack4529]

Those are nice looking grips. I looked up River Junction Trade Co, maybe I’ll get a set for my 1873 Cattleman.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice....have 'em fitted, or prepare to do it yourself.

[@kaffemachine102]

Nice video like always santee! wish i could get a HOLD on this information earlier

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@oregonoutback7779]

A truly gripping episode.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@ricoramirez4678]

Good morning Santee, That was an excellent video… Another great job and I have learned something of the old West that I did not know… So keep up the great work and I look forward to another awesome video next week… Thank you!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mrchiefbs]

What a gorgeous revolver!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

It likes its grips.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Nice video, and thanks for the info!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome, TUCO!

[@englishcowboy9155]

hey Santee, got my self a schofield to my collection, ok its a BB, but boy it packs a wollop, love it to bits.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Those look pretty close to the real deal, don't they?

[@skipwilliams7288]

Another great episode Santee. Keep 'em coming and "see 'ya down the trail"!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@greghardy9476]

I was into Buckskinning many years ago and have wanted to get into CAS, but have also wanted to act. You are living my dream, way to go!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@phillipallen3259]

Great job Santee and Ghostriders! Im having a grip issue with my SAA right now so thanks for this!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Any time!

[@alan_whoneedstiedye]

Thanks. I'm going to check out River Junction.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Please do!

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Looking sharp Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@squiblift2019]

Sparkly

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes!

[@Ulquiorra4163]

I just recently stumbled onto this hidden gem of a channel. As both a Old West buff AND a life-long paleontology buff, I LOVE your T-Rex gag to death, don't ever ditch it. If I may make a suggestion for next year, why not a April Fool's video on The Valley of Gwangi? You could go the way of a joke factual video with the movie events being 'real' or just a video if this cult classic of a dino/cowboy film...............sorry, a GOOD dino/cowboy film. Just a suggestion, be well! :)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hey thanks and that's a fun suggestion. It has been requested to do an episode on digging up fossils in the era, so I will do that one too.

[@Ulquiorra4163]

@@ArizonaGhostriders You're quite welcome! That'd be a good one too as there's crazy story behind those days with violence actually occurring enough to call them the Bone Wars, lots of sabotage as well that cost unknown amounts priceless fossils

[@keithmaxwell2169]

Those Bone Grips Made that Ol SmokeWagon Snazzy Have a good one

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Oh yeah

[@cosmiccowboy9358]

Would love to see you cover Gypsies of the old west and also ghost stories from the old west

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

OK!

[@jumpingbean69]

River Junction Trading Co is in Iowa? Hell yeah time for a road trip!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Tell them I said "hi"

[@jumpingbean69]

@@ArizonaGhostriders "Santee sent me!" proceeds to be thrown bodily out the store Jazzy Jeff style.

[@ryancawdor8083]

@@jumpingbean69 LOL

[@chelseadanico877]

Very interesting and informative video, I really liked and enjoyed it. I learned a lot about bone gun grips from the old west. I’m definitely going to be adding bone gun grips to my old West inspired analog horror series Mysteriarch Mythos I’m writing.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Great!

[@chelseadanico877]

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks 👍🏼😎🌟

[@IRONDAWG63]

LOVE THE OUTFIT AND GRIPS SANTEE

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@TCAustin1881]

Lookin pretty snazzy in that song and dance get up Amigo ! Great video as always !

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!

[@fordenginebuildersv8power184]

Hahahaha!!! Great ending! Great info!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PathinAZ]

Awesome news! Congrats!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@bchboy1206]

Oh and another great episode!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks!

[@ralphperez4862]

Way cool grips. I've pimped out several of revolvers and pistols with new grips

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Awesome, Ralph! "Pimped out"....I love that.

[@randomthings4815]

Santee should be in a musical.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I already did that career, but thanks!

[@Thrillr]

Ayyy you always have fun, informative & unique videos 😂a

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I appreciate that!

[@richardpearson6375]

brilliant thank you love your videos

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You are very welcome

[@jasonarringotn2501]

Those look amazing !!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!