I examined this gun and grips last weekend at Louisville. Bob let me remove the grips to look at the backs. The grips appear to made from the same material that Black Widow grips are made from, i.e. hairy black bakelite material with proper threaded holes. Bob said that Kenyon saw another set of grips like this years ago and had tests run on the grip material and it was the same material as real grips. Bob said Kenyon didn't own the gun or grips on the test piece so I don't know how he obtained material for sampling. The grip material appears period correct at least as best you can tell by eyeball inspection. I guess the grips could have been made by the company that made BW grips but I can't accept that they were issued on the gun and that was the opinion, for what it's worth, that I expressed to Bob. Even if they were made by the grip company during the WWII period, I don't know what would justify the asking price. I guess you can ask anything you want; doesn't mean anyone will buy. Then again you know what old P.T. said.
Tom
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