Ivory Grips

sheepherder · 01-05-2013, 10:30 AM

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.

Steve Lempitski · 01-05-2013, 10:37 AM

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

rhuff · 01-05-2013, 04:59 PM

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.

Dwight Gruber · 01-06-2013, 05:55 AM

They look better on black, imo

--Dwight

Steve Lempitski · 01-06-2013, 10:06 AM

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

rhuff · 01-06-2013, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

They look better on black, imo

--Dwight

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

RAY1946 · 01-07-2013, 09:45 AM

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!...........................

Dwight Gruber · 01-07-2013, 12:19 PM

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

sheepherder · 01-14-2013, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

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...

Dwight Gruber · 01-14-2013, 12:22 PM

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

--Dwight

peter2772000 · 01-14-2013, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by postino

...Then here is your dream Luger, 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!

Ron Wood · 01-14-2013, 06:12 PM

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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ithacaartist · 01-14-2013, 10:24 PM

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.

Hugh · 02-18-2013, 08:04 PM

Nutmeg does fantastic work, they did this to my Colt SAA:
BEFORE:

AFTER:

alanint · 02-18-2013, 08:42 PM

Very, very nice, Hugh!!

Ice · 02-19-2013, 07:13 AM

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

kzullick · 02-19-2013, 10:03 AM

Really nice Colt, thanks for posting.

Hugh · 02-20-2013, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ice

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

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.

Edward Tinker · 02-21-2013, 12:06 AM

Hugh, very, very nice !!

01-05-2013, 10:30 AM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	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. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

01-05-2013, 10:37 AM	#2
Steve Lempitski User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Old Cape Cod Posts: 238 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	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 __________________ SJL

01-06-2013, 10:06 AM	#5
Steve Lempitski User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Old Cape Cod Posts: 238 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	I have a set of artificial ivory on a Ruger .22 standard. I have gotten more compliments on it __________________ SJL

01-14-2013, 06:12 PM	#12
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,119 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	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 ) __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

01-14-2013, 10:24 PM	#13
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,400 Thanks: 7,556 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	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. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

01-05-2013, 04:59 PM	#3
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,314 Thanks: 2,746 Thanked 998 Times in 733 Posts	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.

01-07-2013, 09:45 AM	#7
RAY1946 User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 Thanks: 178 Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts	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!...........................

01-07-2013, 12:19 PM	#8
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	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

01-14-2013, 12:22 PM	#10
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Love the grips. Hate the chrome. Don't care for baby Lugers much. --Dwight

02-18-2013, 08:04 PM	#14
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Nutmeg does fantastic work, they did this to my Colt SAA: BEFORE: AFTER: __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

02-18-2013, 08:42 PM	#15
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Very, very nice, Hugh!!

02-19-2013, 07:13 AM	#16
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	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

02-19-2013, 10:03 AM	#17
kzullick Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: East Berwick, Pennsylvania Posts: 253 Thanks: 729 Thanked 113 Times in 87 Posts	Really nice Colt, thanks for posting.

02-21-2013, 12:06 AM	#19
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,608 Times in 2,123 Posts	Hugh, very, very nice !!