I originally wanted to send my Glock 19 grip off to get a reduction and stippling.  After a week of researching I settled on cold bore customs as their work looked outstanding, almost looked liked
it came out the factory like that.  I than contacted him and found out he wasn't taking on any work until the end of January.  I couldn't find anyone that I wanted to send the grip out to so I
said screw it rolled the dice that I was competent enough not to totally mess it up.
Further research led me to use the candle method for the grip reduction.  Used a bench grinder to reduce the front finger bumps and than a file to finish it off.  
For the stippling I just use a soldering iron I picked up at Wally World.  The included tip was good enough to give an aggressive texture I was looking for.  Stippled 360 around the grip,
under the trigger guard and the side flats.
About 6 hours straight of non stop work, I am fairly happy of the results.  While not as good as a Cold Bore Customs professional job I'm happy considering I've never done this before.
Added a mag well extension, Warren comp sights and Vanek Classic drop in trigger as well.

That actually looks pretty nice. I would not have the guts to attemp it though.

Not too shabby at all........ Have seen way way worse than that. I don't have the guts to start mine, I get close then talk myself out. Looks like a good job done

was thinking the same thing when the frame was held over the candle but at that point there was no returning, it was all in from there.
I would also like to convert to a long slide sometime down the road using the Lone Wolf conversion.  Only problem I have with this is Lone Wolf's spotty QC.

You did good.  It's funny you never see anyone stippling thier gen 4 frames. That's the next glock I'm getting. I can live with my stock gen 3, but I'm really tempted to under cut the trigger guard. Too afraid for anything else

I came in here expecting to hate it.  I was pleasantly surprised. Good job.

Great work.


I hope to get a cold note job soon.   Ish.

At least you didn't get bored on a Monday...

Looks great!

The candle method is the way to do it. I learned about that method after I filled this one with epoxy and shaved it down. It still turned out just fine and exactly what I wanted but the candle method is faster and just easier all around.

Looks great. I've done a few and love the texture.

I've done my gen4 g19. I had previously done my gen 3 19 and decided I wanted them as consistent as possible. Even took it a step further and got rid of the thumb rests since I don't shoot weaver anyway.

Anyway, nice work OP looks great!