Doc - I just read your post and laughed for 2 minutes. You crack me up. I don't know what we would do for entertainment without you around to stir the barrel once in a while.
Also love your pile of old leather grips.
Several years ago, I had a pile probably 5 times that size... but none of them were original, they were all my own grips that I made and screwed up so ripped them off and started over again and again and again...
Never claimed to be a fast learner.