Ivory Grips
 

I know some of youse guyz have chrome or nickel Lugers, 45's, and even SSA Colts...Here's a site with real elephant ivory grips (and engraving, inletting, etc)...

http://nutmegsports.com/

I noticed that several members of the ColtForum.com had their Colt autos done with ivory grips...I gotta admit, they look nice. :thumbup:

http://www.nutmegsports.com/images/grips/delta1.jpg

Thats a scary business since the Endangered Species Act, a famous scrimshaw artist on Nantucket a few years back got sent away by the Feds for trying to aquire Ivory...Shame because stuff is beatiful on guns

Nutmeg Sports have a very good reputation for business and product. Their Ivory is legal, and beautiful on a deep blued 1911, or Browning Hi Power.

They look better on black, imo

--Dwight

I have a set of artificial ivory on a Ruger .22 standard. I have gotten more compliments on it

Now that is striking, to say the least. I would love to have a pair for my 6in bbl. Mauser Parabellum.

I was at the OGCA show this weekend and saw a really beautiful pair of ivory grips on a very old Luger. For some reason; for me anyway, ivory grips and Lugers are just a turn-off. Don't get me wrong, I am not critisizing, if you like ivory grips on your copy of Georg Luger's greatest; go for it!...........................

I don't much care for carved or checkered ivory grips. The smooth ones are really, really nice to shoot with. Much better than wood.

--Dwight

...Then here is your dream Luger, Dwight... :D

Love the grips. Hate the chrome. Don't care for baby Lugers much.

--Dwight

My gawd, that's beautiful!!!!

I'll get around to posting pics of mine in this forum, just picked it up last week. Depending on what you guys think it's worth, I may very well go for that exact look, it's gorgeous!

I'm not sure the gun is plated. It looks like it might be finished in-the-white a la John Martz (I don't think it is one of his guns though :))

Uh-oh, I recognize the seller from a year or so ago. He'd posted pics that were sexy, cameo shots but showed practically nothing of the condition. Well, except perhaps a big pit on the side plate (if anyone remembers my post about it from back then...). His description said no rust or pitting, but when I asked for a better pic of that area, all I got was a hard time. I think it may have been Michael Zelaney who outed the guy as a "flipper"--found one of his ridiculously priced guns for sale that had been listed earlier by someone else, for a slightly less ridiculous price. I had not noticed any further offerings by "mdarksereph" for about a year, now there's this one.

Nutmeg does fantastic work, they did this to my Colt SAA:
BEFORE:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...olt32wcf-L.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...olt32wcf-R.jpg
AFTER:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...t32wcf-L-1.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...t32wcf-R-1.jpg

Very, very nice, Hugh!!

The Lugers with ivory grips are quite striking but I am particularly taken with Hugh's Colt The before and after photos display just what can be done artisan-wise.

Hugh, did you have the revolver's finish restored before the engraving and may I ask who did the restoration and engraving? The ivory grips set off the piece perfectly

Best

Charlie

Really nice Colt, thanks for posting.

I sent it to Nutmeg Sports, they did the work; the engraver is Jerome Harper, contract Master Engraver for Colt, the finish is "antique nickel" applied after engraving. I supplied the Ivory grips.

Hugh, very, very nice !!