Luger Grips

Drachenstein · 05-30-2009, 08:01 AM

Jerry,
Any production jeweler/metalsmith can make these style grips. The owl probably has a meaning for the person who comissioned the grips and no other. Enameling is also not difficult. People come in all the time and ask for some really wierd stuff. Given an original we have the ability to duplicate it exactly. I've been duplicating stuff for museums for years; the fake goes on display, the original goes in the vault. As a matter of pride we all mark our pieces in an obsure place. My mark is LvD. I've also done 1911 grips in sterling with family crests that really came out cool. It's whatever the patron is willing to pay for. Fantasy? Anything beyong factory production is fantasy. As I taught my apprentices" if the monkeys want the bananas painted yellow, charge them for it.

If I were to spend my money on grips though, I know a guy in Florida that can work miracles with bone. Have you ever seen bone polished to the point it's translucent like amber?

05-30-2009, 08:01 AM	#9
Drachenstein User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Elizabethtown, KY Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Jerry, Any production jeweler/metalsmith can make these style grips. The owl probably has a meaning for the person who comissioned the grips and no other. Enameling is also not difficult. People come in all the time and ask for some really wierd stuff. Given an original we have the ability to duplicate it exactly. I've been duplicating stuff for museums for years; the fake goes on display, the original goes in the vault. As a matter of pride we all mark our pieces in an obsure place. My mark is LvD. I've also done 1911 grips in sterling with family crests that really came out cool. It's whatever the patron is willing to pay for. Fantasy? Anything beyong factory production is fantasy. As I taught my apprentices" if the monkeys want the bananas painted yellow, charge them for it. If I were to spend my money on grips though, I know a guy in Florida that can work miracles with bone. Have you ever seen bone polished to the point it's translucent like amber?