This is a larger version of the 5/8-inch skull and bones
medallion, which is suitable for larger flat areas (not good
for steeply curved surfaces, since the medallion can only be
flush with the surface in either the vertical or the
horizontal part of the curve, not both at once). Smaller
diameter medallions are easier to "fit" to the surface curves
on a contoured or rounded surface than are larger ones. But
such grips as the 1911 Colt, or the top area of most of the
larger single action grips, have a wide and fairly flat
surface area that will accommodate the 3/4-inch diameter
medallion and still allow the edges to be more or less
flush with the grip surface all around.
Here's a little trick for mounting your own medallions: if
the curve of the grip simply won't allow flush mounting
all around, set the depth so that no part of the medallion
is higher than the surface. This will mean at least one
plane will be sunk below the surface and will leave the
hole with an edge or drop-off to the medallion. But blend
this edge from the grip surface to the medallion edge by
gently sanding and smoothing the sharp edge before you
permanently mount the medallion. This will look and feel
better than leaving the hole with an edge higher than the
medallion, and if done right, it may even appear that the
medallion is part of the same curvature as the grip (even
though it is flat).
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