Hi:
First of all, the original military P-08 had no grip safety to fool with.
The original grips were shaped and angled so that there was a perfectly natural transition between metal and grip to the feeling in your hand. They were well tapered and rounded where necessary to facilitate this natural feeling. You would really have to hold an original to feel the perfection of fit I am trying to describe. As my Dad use to say,... "the pistol just falls into your hand".
On the Mauser Parabellums, the engineers "lost the art" of making the pistol fit in your hand. They "squared" the grips near their edges and also used much coarser checkering.
When you have a chance, get hold of an original P-08, if just for a minute, and you will definitely feel a great difference between the old and new approaches.
Sieger
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