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!
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 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.
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. 😁
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.
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!
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
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!!
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.
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, 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.!
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.
absolutely breath taking pieces of art. i am truly stunned. on a side not i really must know where to find the music you used for this video. that beat with the whistle in it is addicting and i must have that for some background music at all time lol
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!
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!!
Absolutely amazing work. True hand built craftsmanship! I am torn between the island barrel and a sight block or sight block comp ‘d option on my next custom. What are your thoughts?
It really depends on your intended use of the gun. If it’s for competition, the division will dictate some of it. But if it’s not a competition gun, I prefer the sight tracker. I think it has a higher “cool factor”, as well as balanced feel.
*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!
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.
Stumbled in, Thats some amazing gunsmithing there!
You make it look easy and what a sexy gun.
Always appreciate a true craftsman.
The music is atrocious but the work is angelic
had a RIA done by Hayes Customs and by far the best pistol I own. Badass work,
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 would love to see a ton more ground up builds
Working on it 👍
Beautiful workmanship. Learned a great deal from this video.
This is like watching an award winning ballet!! Just beautiful!!
You said it perfectly...It's not the high end parts, it's the tuning. Beautiful work
nice work. greetings from a gunsmith from Serbia
*I second that guy, lose the music so I can understand the syllables. Thanks mate.*
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.
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. 😁
I'm so proud to have 2 Hayes custom pistols!!!
Ben is the man!
I like to see those shoot in slo-mo. That barrel and slide arrangement are interesting. Beautiful work.
watching you work on the slide-to-frame fit was so satisfying.
This is on of the most beautiful hand guns I've ever seen! 💯
Dude is as much artist as master craftsman! I bet those guns shoot every bit as nice as they look!
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.
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!
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
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!!
Man this guy has me believing I could do something like this 😅. Truly an incredible art.
I liked it better all silver but holy shit brother! She’s a beaut 🤩
This is the best built 2011 on TH-cam!!!
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.
Omg what a difference 😮 at the end... ❤👍👍👍
This was sick nice work
Amazing work Ben!!! Beautiful set of pistols.
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.
Work of art
Nicely done, thanks for sharing! Love the rose gold too! 👍🏻
Awesome video and beautiful work. Thanks!
I'm loving the background music. Could you tell me what it is?
Me 2
What a great video. Probably the best in category. Great job 👏 👏👏
Amazing video and excellent craftsmanship thanks for sharing!
A true masterpiece my good sir, bravo 🙌🏼
Most beautiful gun and gun work ive seen! WOW!
Stunning work. Man I regret not getting a double stack when I still lived in Free America (texas)
Gorgeous. Man, does this make me miss machining. Excellent work! I like that unique trigger shoe as well.
Thank you for showing the process! Amazing craftsmanship. You are a true gunsmith. Keep up the great work
Just amazing brotha 🔥👏🫡🙌🎩🔫🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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.
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.
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
Your work and skills are of the most high; what a wonderful job you have. I wish I could be there to learn.
Amazing build. Love it
Great video!
You made that rib cut look easy. I fully expect to bugger up a slide when I make my attempt.
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.
great journey ! love them both.
Awesome video , I really need to order one of your pistols soon .
Those are very nice
I like the video, but the background music is a little bit distracting so I would bring your microphone voice volume up a little
You have a new subscriber Sir. Thank you!
Those are beautiful!! They gotta be in the $10K range right?
A real class act
Love this type of content. Subbed
Stunning
Waaaw, what a craftsmanship skills and great final products, these are not any normal guns, these is pass down generations antiques 😮
The drooling that happened during the course of this video...
Beautiful
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.!
damn that looks insane
CANNOT WAIT TO GET MINE!!!
A master at work.
Absolutely beautiful...
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.
Ahhh he went to the Sonoran desert institute I bet!
Beautiful work new subscriber ty
I’m still waiting on y’all to trick out the RIA 10mm double stack. 😔 Beautiful pistols.
That rose gold one 😮💨
living the dream arent you!
Complimenti 💯
absolutely breath taking pieces of art. i am truly stunned.
on a side not i really must know where to find the music you used for this video. that beat with the whistle in it is addicting and i must have that for some background music at all time lol
Great video
Niceeeee just amasing
THIS. IS. AWESOME.
Wow!!! I want one :D
Instantly Subbed.
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
Extraordinary
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!
amazing video and skills
A trigger shoe with Hayes logo
Would it be possible to send in a tisas 1911 commander for work to you guys? Or do y'all only do RIA upgrades?
Damn I wanna work for you guys someday!
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. TH-cam does not like us to talk details. Contact us through our website or email us at info@hayescustomguns.com
I wish I was a gunsmith and wish I could get one lol
Can you use blueing to figure out where the friction areas are on the slide?
Nice looking gun. But what are the measurements of it once it’s built?
Thanks for the education. I also love that you have a loaded gun on your workbench!
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Absolutely amazing work. True hand built craftsmanship!
I am torn between the island barrel and a sight block or sight block comp ‘d option on my next custom.
What are your thoughts?
It really depends on your intended use of the gun. If it’s for competition, the division will dictate some of it.
But if it’s not a competition gun, I prefer the sight tracker. I think it has a higher “cool factor”, as well as balanced feel.
@@HayesCustomGuns , I need to spec one out for a build with you then. Do direct mill for optic or use a plate system ?