as a gunsmith who ownes 2 shops i have built a few custom.....still get nervous EVERY TIME ...lol.. you sir make it look like a walk in the park! excellent workmanship on your part !
I couldnt help but notice that on the bullet eject port where you filed it down at a 45, you get to see all the layers of Damascus. Those front ports would have looked really cool 45'd to show the same. Beautiful double stack! Making my Staccato and Nighthawk quiver!
About what is the turn around time on gun work and price per hour? I'm just now getting into 2011/1911 pistols. I had a Para ordinance regular ol stainless 45 5" model but traded it off and now last week I bought a Staccato P and I'm extremely happy with this thing but I know it doesn't hold a candle to these guys guns and work.
I have all those tools except the laser.... But I know for a fact I couldn't be that meticulous and precise with them to have a gun that comes out like that. That damascus slide is just something else. Beautiful Job. Beautiful gun.
Absolutely incredible craftsmanship. That rose gold/damascus is too damn sexy. Will definitely be going with a black/rose gold island ported barrel build next year at some point.
I'm so jealous you have 2 Hayes custom pistols!!! What talent, craftsmanship and skill you have imbued into those pistols Mr. Hayes. May the lucky owner have them for many decades to come. The brief discussion about the trigger action was interesting. What a lovely video and thanks for sharing.
Absolutely gorgeous guns. Love the custom trigger shoes! Terrific build video. Thanks! Once my gun money coffers fill again after an expensive 2023, I'll be ordering a Cobra. 😁
Amassing work. Really like the piece. Only piece of advice for growing your channel would to rethink the music. I don't know if it was the volume or just the track itself.. but it was a bit annoying at points but I couldn't mute because I wanted to hear your narration. Maybe an intro and outro, but the whole time is painful. I hope your channel keeps growing.
Absolutely phenomenal job! Those pistols are a gorgeous work of functional art! I think the only thing i would have added was some ports on the island barrel. I would love to have one of these 2011's!
This video is awesome! I’m leaving subscription and hoping that you will be making more vids like this. A lot of details and knowledge, great skills, experience. For people who love guns and like technical stuff it was epic. I often search and watch you tube through videos about handguns but this one was one of the most interesting I’ve ever seen. Best regards from Poland! 🙌🏻
I love my Hayes, one of the best. I have asked my mom (wife) if I can have another. The skill and talent is remarkable. Ya go too deep with Dynafile it's not like you can bondo it.
Those are awesome. I have a boatload of 2011’s in high-end ones. These look amazing and different. The only thing they need is an optic cut.😅 great video on showing us your craft. You are a true artist.
I would love to be able to do this kind of work someday. You made it look so effortless!! But I guess that just comes from a lot of time and mistakes lol beautiful guns!!
wow man i am such a fan of 2011 multi stack full dust cover frames and all the extra porting and so on awesome to see you doing all the work ,,wish i could one defiantly in 45 though big fan of your work sir keep it up, im from SA and to own a gun has become a nightmare i had to give up all my collection sad but true, wow awesome your work is well done
Amazing Guns ! Amazing Art ! I love seeing someone doing what they love and you can tell this guys really enjoys gun smithing/metal craft/machining. I hope Im lucky enough to own a pistol half this nice one day.
As a Damascus Knife maker, I am dying to know if a coffee blackening treatment would hold up to shooting and cleaning. Not even sure if the coffee etch would take as I don't work with Stainless Damascus (9Cr18Mov & 10Cr15CoMoV). Thanks, I want one now, lol. Gorgeous firearm, thank you for sharing your talents.
@@HayesCustomGuns I soak my knives over night 8-10 hours in a strong (half container) of instant coffee. Rinse and lightly hand rub just to remove the yellowing from the silver. Once dry, I lock it in with some Carnauba wax. It gives it a very nice contrast.
Thank you, i have followed your business for years. I can tell this comes second nature to you and your family. Now i am curious how many of my guns i need to sell to order one. Thanks for the video.
You are one amazing Smith. The quality of your work i would put up there with Sticatto and the other big boys. Beautiful Pistol you have made here. Wish i could afford yo have you build me a custom 2011 like this in 9mil or 357 sig. Again amazing work man and keep up the awesome work.!
Omg, I am such a metal snob! I build furniture and use the natural woods to make color. This gun screams to me amazing for its detail! What would the wait time and est. cost be? Such a beautiful piece!!
I have no doubts that this is in the neighborhood of a 4K gun, but the price matches the expertise, time and tooling required to produce it. I've done quite a few damascus projects but not on a firearm. The wheels are a turnin'... 👍
Ok so how much does one of these cost? I am not obsessed and keep finding more expensive 2011's to own. I thought my 2 year infinity wait would be the "last" one. But I am thinking I need a Hayes Custom now. I will be reaching our shortly, hoping you can do some type of comp build!
*We have uploaded this video again without the background music.* find the new upload on our channel.
Still hearing music
@@Jackhammer909 check our channel. It’s a new video we just posted.
Great job.
Thank you
Where is it? Don't see it in your channel
I have a completely new appreciation for the skill and craftsmanship that goes into these custom builds.
I could never afford this level of quality... but I can appreciate it.
Get a RIA 1911 and send it to them. They can make it amazing for like a grand or so
Why say never? Things change. I was dirt poor before I came to America legally. And now I’m blessed….. never say never. Wishing you the best!
as a gunsmith who ownes 2 shops i have built a few custom.....still get nervous EVERY TIME ...lol.. you sir make it look like a walk in the park! excellent workmanship on your part !
I couldnt help but notice that on the bullet eject port where you filed it down at a 45, you get to see all the layers of Damascus. Those front ports would have looked really cool 45'd to show the same. Beautiful double stack! Making my Staccato and Nighthawk quiver!
We may try to incorporate a cut to show that part of the layered steel. That sounds cool.
had a RIA done by Hayes Customs and by far the best pistol I own. Badass work,
Beautiful workmanship. Learned a great deal from this video.
You said it perfectly...It's not the high end parts, it's the tuning. Beautiful work
Stumbled in, Thats some amazing gunsmithing there!
You make it look easy and what a sexy gun.
Always appreciate a true craftsman.
no one is going to argue about the gold and damascus, but the rose color with the damascus is pure sexy.
I'm so proud to have 2 Hayes custom pistols!!!
Ben is the man!
About what is the turn around time on gun work and price per hour? I'm just now getting into 2011/1911 pistols. I had a Para ordinance regular ol stainless 45 5" model but traded it off and now last week I bought a Staccato P and I'm extremely happy with this thing but I know it doesn't hold a candle to these guys guns and work.
This is like watching an award winning ballet!! Just beautiful!!
I have all those tools except the laser.... But I know for a fact I couldn't be that meticulous and precise with them to have a gun that comes out like that. That damascus slide is just something else. Beautiful Job. Beautiful gun.
AMAZING!!! You seriously need to do more videos !!
That was enjoyable to watch. Incredible craftsmanship.
Absolutely incredible craftsmanship. That rose gold/damascus is too damn sexy. Will definitely be going with a black/rose gold island ported barrel build next year at some point.
I'm so jealous you have 2 Hayes custom pistols!!! What talent, craftsmanship and skill you have imbued into those pistols Mr. Hayes. May the lucky owner have them for many decades to come. The brief discussion about the trigger action was interesting. What a lovely video and thanks for sharing.
I would absolutely love to do something like this as I have a little ocd problem that works to my advantage most of the time. Great job.
Absolutely gorgeous guns. Love the custom trigger shoes! Terrific build video. Thanks! Once my gun money coffers fill again after an expensive 2023, I'll be ordering a Cobra. 😁
I would love to see a ton more ground up builds
Working on it 👍
This is on of the most beautiful hand guns I've ever seen! 💯
Amassing work. Really like the piece.
Only piece of advice for growing your channel would to rethink the music. I don't know if it was the volume or just the track itself.. but it was a bit annoying at points but I couldn't mute because I wanted to hear your narration. Maybe an intro and outro, but the whole time is painful. I hope your channel keeps growing.
I like the beat, when you do this kind of work a good transic zone helps
Absolutely phenomenal job! Those pistols are a gorgeous work of functional art! I think the only thing i would have added was some ports on the island barrel. I would love to have one of these 2011's!
Extremely beautiful pistols
watching you work on the slide-to-frame fit was so satisfying.
nice work. greetings from a gunsmith from Serbia
This video is awesome! I’m leaving subscription and hoping that you will be making more vids like this. A lot of details and knowledge, great skills, experience. For people who love guns and like technical stuff it was epic. I often search and watch you tube through videos about handguns but this one was one of the most interesting I’ve ever seen. Best regards from Poland! 🙌🏻
I can only dream of having your skill. Just wow! Thank you for the video! I now want my own shop and want to do this.
I love my Hayes, one of the best. I have asked my mom (wife) if I can have another.
The skill and talent is remarkable. Ya go too deep with Dynafile it's not like you can bondo it.
I'm loving the background music. Could you tell me what it is?
Me 2
I have a custom build w a Damascus slide, the tolerances and visual appeal to it are unbelievable. If you can score one, you def should.
Amazing work Ben!!! Beautiful set of pistols.
This is the best built 2011 on UA-cam!!!
I like to see those shoot in slo-mo. That barrel and slide arrangement are interesting. Beautiful work.
Dude is as much artist as master craftsman! I bet those guns shoot every bit as nice as they look!
Those are awesome. I have a boatload of 2011’s in high-end ones. These look amazing and different. The only thing they need is an optic cut.😅 great video on showing us your craft. You are a true artist.
Thank you for showing the process! Amazing craftsmanship. You are a true gunsmith. Keep up the great work
What a great video. Probably the best in category. Great job 👏 👏👏
Man this guy has me believing I could do something like this 😅. Truly an incredible art.
I would love to be able to do this kind of work someday. You made it look so effortless!! But I guess that just comes from a lot of time and mistakes lol beautiful guns!!
wow man i am such a fan of 2011 multi stack full dust cover frames and all the extra porting and so on awesome to see you doing all the work ,,wish i could one defiantly in 45 though big fan of your work sir keep it up, im from SA and to own a gun has become a nightmare i had to give up all my collection sad but true, wow awesome your work is well done
Omg what a difference 😮 at the end... ❤👍👍👍
Amazing Guns ! Amazing Art ! I love seeing someone doing what they love and you can tell this guys really enjoys gun smithing/metal craft/machining. I hope Im lucky enough to own a pistol half this nice one day.
Nicely done, thanks for sharing! Love the rose gold too! 👍🏻
This was sick nice work
As a Damascus Knife maker, I am dying to know if a coffee blackening treatment would hold up to shooting and cleaning. Not even sure if the coffee etch would take as I don't work with Stainless Damascus (9Cr18Mov & 10Cr15CoMoV). Thanks, I want one now, lol. Gorgeous firearm, thank you for sharing your talents.
We may have to try the coffee next time.
@@HayesCustomGuns I soak my knives over night 8-10 hours in a strong (half container) of instant coffee. Rinse and lightly hand rub just to remove the yellowing from the silver. Once dry, I lock it in with some Carnauba wax. It gives it a very nice contrast.
Most beautiful gun and gun work ive seen! WOW!
A true masterpiece my good sir, bravo 🙌🏼
Thank you, i have followed your business for years. I can tell this comes second nature to you and your family.
Now i am curious how many of my guns i need to sell to order one. Thanks for the video.
Stunning
Just amazing brotha 🔥👏🫡🙌🎩🔫🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
I liked it better all silver but holy shit brother! She’s a beaut 🤩
Gorgeous. Man, does this make me miss machining. Excellent work! I like that unique trigger shoe as well.
Beautiful
Great video!
A real class act
You made that rib cut look easy. I fully expect to bugger up a slide when I make my attempt.
Love the gun making - HATE the music - too loud and just awful choices
VERY Nice! I am not so much into the colored barrels, but you really did a GREAT Job!
Rose is always going to be my favorite
Those are beautiful!! They gotta be in the $10K range right?
The background music is very distracting
Your work and skills are of the most high; what a wonderful job you have. I wish I could be there to learn.
Work of art
Those are very nice
Amazing video and excellent craftsmanship thanks for sharing!
Awesome video and beautiful work. Thanks!
You have a new subscriber Sir. Thank you!
Amazing build. Love it
great journey ! love them both.
Waaaw, what a craftsmanship skills and great final products, these are not any normal guns, these is pass down generations antiques 😮
I’m still waiting on y’all to trick out the RIA 10mm double stack. 😔 Beautiful pistols.
kinda reminds of what The First Curse and The Last Word from the game Destiny would look like if they were made as a 1911 :D
Complimenti 💯
Ahhh he went to the Sonoran desert institute I bet!
You are one amazing Smith. The quality of your work i would put up there with Sticatto and the other big boys. Beautiful Pistol you have made here. Wish i could afford yo have you build me a custom 2011 like this in 9mil or 357 sig. Again amazing work man and keep up the awesome work.!
A trigger shoe with Hayes logo
CANNOT WAIT TO GET MINE!!!
Stunning work. Man I regret not getting a double stack when I still lived in Free America (texas)
Omg, I am such a metal snob! I build furniture and use the natural woods to make color. This gun screams to me amazing for its detail! What would the wait time and est. cost be? Such a beautiful piece!!
Thank you. UA-cam does not like us to talk details. Contact us through our website or email us at info@hayescustomguns.com
That rose gold one 😮💨
Niceeeee just amasing
The music is atrocious but the work is angelic
I like the beat, when you do this kind of work a good transic zone helps
Love this type of content. Subbed
love the content, feels so odd hearing someone say like "751, so its 10 thousandths of an inch.." when microns are so much simpler
I like the video, but the background music is a little bit distracting so I would bring your microphone voice volume up a little
living the dream arent you!
Beautiful work new subscriber ty
Wow!!! I want one :D
I have no doubts that this is in the neighborhood of a 4K gun, but the price matches the expertise, time and tooling required to produce it. I've done quite a few damascus projects but not on a firearm. The wheels are a turnin'... 👍
$4000 would not get a gun that nice ….
Check their site, the cobra with the sight tracker barrel is over $6k, my guess is this one is $8-10k😢
THIS. IS. AWESOME.
Instantly Subbed.
Awesome video , I really need to order one of your pistols soon .
A master at work.
Ok so how much does one of these cost? I am not obsessed and keep finding more expensive 2011's to own. I thought my 2 year infinity wait would be the "last" one. But I am thinking I need a Hayes Custom now. I will be reaching our shortly, hoping you can do some type of comp build!
I'm sorry that I only have one up vote to give you.
damn that looks insane
The drooling that happened during the course of this video...
Absolutely beautiful...
Thanks for the education. I also love that you have a loaded gun on your workbench!
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