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01-05-2013, 09:30 AM | #1 |
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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.
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01-05-2013, 09:37 AM | #2 |
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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
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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.
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They look better on black, imo
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I have a set of artificial ivory on a Ruger .22 standard. I have gotten more compliments on it
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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!...........................
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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.
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01-14-2013, 10:50 AM | #9 |
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...Then here is your dream Luger, Dwight...
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Love the grips. Hate the chrome. Don't care for baby Lugers much.
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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 )
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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.
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Very, very nice, Hugh!!
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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 |
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Really nice Colt, thanks for posting.
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Hugh, very, very nice !!
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