One of the great pleasures in life is meeting people with outstanding skills and ability...

I have been fortunate to call John Farner (Toomanytools) a friend for the last several years, and one of the Best all around gunsmiths I have ever seen.

He just finished this Bobtail SS Commander that would put many a 1911 specialist to shame.
I had to post some pics....

Well done my friend!

Danged nice.

SWEET TREAT !. Very nicely done as his skills proceed his reputation .

My regret is that I didn't contact him prior to my Elk hunt , I would have liked to have stopped by and said howdy . We Drove right through his town .Next year I hope to do just that .

...Read the signs on his door...lol

Use the side door, dont knock, and WRITE the directions down the first time....inside joke

That's probably the nicest 1911 that I have ever seen.

Thanks for the kind words. I don't build many 1911s but I do enjoy building them; this one was built for my Son.

I already knew John was good and he is a pleasure to work with.
Butch

Even timed the grip screws exactly the same as each other AND on both sides. Thats attention to detail.

Great work.

Just great.

for those of us who don't own 1911s, what did he do to this one?

Built it from scratch. He didnt mine the metal or forge the steel, mind you, but created this gun from raw parts.