A while back I bought a Ruger Blackhawk bisley flat top in .44 Spl. It's my first single action and I've really enjoyed loading for and shooting it. Just a fun gun and fun guns are...well, fun. I didn't get the whole nerding out on single actions thing at first, but those stock Ruger grips were just kind of homely. Someone on a forum mentioned "Chig" making their grips. ??? I googled him and got sucked in, lost all sense of time and space looking at pictures and drooling over woods. Anyway, he turned this hunk of wood in to these grips for me, fitted to my grip frame that I sent him. Beautiful work and at very reasonable prices. Great communication and a nice dude. The wood is stabilized spalted maple.