Nice LP-08 on Auction

Ron Wood · 02-23-2004, 12:27 PM

Looks a lot like KNIL. They obviously weren't made for the early Dutch grip safety type Lugers, but they might be Geweermakersschool replacement grips made for the later 1928 Dutch Navy contract. Checkering for a DWM artillery should be about 1mm or roughly 20 lpi. These grips are almost twice as coarse, being around 12-13 lpi. Also, the pattern (slant of the checkering lines with respect to the frame) is closer to the pre-1903 pattern than the style that would be correct for a 1917. If I were a betting man, I would wager the grips are Dutch.

02-23-2004, 12:27 PM	#3
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: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	Looks a lot like KNIL. They obviously weren't made for the early Dutch grip safety type Lugers, but they might be Geweermakersschool replacement grips made for the later 1928 Dutch Navy contract. Checkering for a DWM artillery should be about 1mm or roughly 20 lpi. These grips are almost twice as coarse, being around 12-13 lpi. Also, the pattern (slant of the checkering lines with respect to the frame) is closer to the pre-1903 pattern than the style that would be correct for a 1917. If I were a betting man, I would wager the grips are Dutch. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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