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Sergio Natali · 11-26-2014, 05:11 AM

What you called red plastic grips really was "CANEVASIT" some sort of extremely fragile vulcanized red rubber with the same hardness of bakelite used for early Mod 06/29 for grips and magazines bottoms.

Real "Bakelite" came only a few yars after (1938/1939) with the new brown grips, and around 1942 for black grips.

So those W+F BERN 06/29 Red Grips lugers in practice were only a big mistake made by W+F Bern in 1933, and nowadays we collectors are dribbling after these beautiful "wrong" Lugers.
C'est la vie.

Sergio

11-26-2014, 05:11 AM	#7
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	What you called red plastic grips really was "CANEVASIT" some sort of extremely fragile vulcanized red rubber with the same hardness of bakelite used for early Mod 06/29 for grips and magazines bottoms. Real "Bakelite" came only a few yars after (1938/1939) with the new brown grips, and around 1942 for black grips. So those W+F BERN 06/29 Red Grips lugers in practice were only a big mistake made by W+F Bern in 1933, and nowadays we collectors are dribbling after these beautiful "wrong" Lugers. C'est la vie. Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.