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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.

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!

no one is going to argue about the gold and damascus, but the rose color with the damascus is pure sexy.

had a RIA done by Hayes Customs and by far the best pistol I own. Badass work,

You said it perfectly...It's not the high end parts, it's the tuning. Beautiful work

Extremely beautiful pistols

Beautiful workmanship. Learned a great deal from this video.

Stumbled in, Thats some amazing gunsmithing there! You make it look easy and what a sexy gun. Always appreciate a true craftsman.

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.

This is like watching an award winning ballet!! Just beautiful!!

I'm so proud to have 2 Hayes custom pistols!!! Ben is the man!

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. 😁

Amazing work Ben!!! Beautiful set of pistols.

AMAZING!!! You seriously need to do more videos !!

This is on of the most beautiful hand guns I've ever seen! 💯

I would love to see a ton more ground up builds

nice work. greetings from a gunsmith from Serbia

Thank you for showing the process! Amazing craftsmanship. You are a true gunsmith. Keep up the great work

Nicely done, thanks for sharing! Love the rose gold too! 👍🏻

watching you work on the slide-to-frame fit was so satisfying.

Awesome video and beautiful work. Thanks!

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.

What a great video. Probably the best in category. Great job 👏 👏👏

Amazing video and excellent craftsmanship thanks for sharing!

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! 🙌🏻

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.

This is the best built 2011 on KZfaq!!!

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.

A true masterpiece my good sir, bravo 🙌🏼

Amazing build. Love 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!

Gorgeous. Man, does this make me miss machining. Excellent work! I like that unique trigger shoe as well.

Man this guy has me believing I could do something like this 😅. Truly an incredible art.

Most beautiful gun and gun work ive seen! WOW!

great journey ! love them both.

This was sick nice work

Great video!

Stunning

Dude is as much artist as master craftsman! I bet those guns shoot every bit as nice as they look!

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.

CANNOT WAIT TO GET MINE!!!

I like to see those shoot in slo-mo. That barrel and slide arrangement are interesting. Beautiful work.

Awesome video , I really need to order one of your pistols soon .

Work of art

Great video

A master at work.

You made that rib cut look easy. I fully expect to bugger up a slide when I make my attempt.

Love this type of content. Subbed

Your work and skills are of the most high; what a wonderful job you have. I wish I could be there to learn.

Beautiful

THIS. IS. AWESOME.

damn that looks insane

You have a new subscriber Sir. Thank you!

Absolutely beautiful...

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.

Instantly Subbed.

I liked it better all silver but holy shit brother! She’s a beaut 🤩

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

VERY Nice! I am not so much into the colored barrels, but you really did a GREAT Job!

Beautiful work new subscriber ty

Rose is always going to be my favorite

Those are very nice

Complimenti 💯

That rose gold one 😮‍💨

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!!

A real class act

Omg what a difference 😮 at the end... ❤👍👍👍

Wow!!! I want one :D

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.

Amazing work thank you sir for sharing!

Ahhh he went to the Sonoran desert institute I bet!

I'm loving the background music. Could you tell me what it is?

living the dream arent you!

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.!

Extraordinary

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.

Niceeeee just amasing

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

I like the video, but the background music is a little bit distracting so I would bring your microphone voice volume up a little

Waaaw, what a craftsmanship skills and great final products, these are not any normal guns, these is pass down generations antiques 😮

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

amazing video and skills

The music is atrocious but the work is angelic

I’m still waiting on y’all to trick out the RIA 10mm double stack. 😔 Beautiful pistols.

Those are beautiful!! They gotta be in the $10K range right?

Thanks for the education. I also love that you have a loaded gun on your workbench!

Just amazing brotha 🔥👏🫡🙌🎩🔫🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

A trigger shoe with Hayes logo

The drooling that happened during the course of this video...

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.

Damn I wanna work for you guys someday!

Love to do something together eventually.

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 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'... 👍

I'm sorry that I only have one up vote to give you.

Would it be possible to send in a tisas 1911 commander for work to you guys? Or do y'all only do RIA upgrades?