Jay Scott Grips

sheepherder · 12-24-2012, 07:52 AM

Now you've done it! You got me thinking...

I have some old boxes in the basement left over from our gun show days [70's/80's], when me & 3 friends (2 with FFLs) used to rent a table or two and sell stuff/guns at the regional show, 3 times a year...

I found a set of Jay Scott grips for a 1911, along with a Tyler grip for same...The Scott grips are what he called "Black Pearl" IIRC...The Tyler grip was 'imitation Ivory'...(The Tyler Ivory came with a warning about breathing the dust if you worked it, leading me to wonder just how 'imitation' they were...made from real Ivory grindings/sanding dust maybe?)...

The 'Black Pearl' doesn't photo well; it has 'depth'...The 'Ivory' grips were solid white when I got them; the instruction sheet mentioned that they would 'age' to yellow just like real ivory...They sure did...And they now show 'plies'...Very strange...

The Scott grips are only 5/16" thick; but that backing was/is really annoying...

I was into Colt medallions back then; I milled my grips to take them...The Black Pearl grips here have stainless discs inset...I guess I ran out of medallions...

12-24-2012, 07:52 AM	#5
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Now you've done it! You got me thinking... I have some old boxes in the basement left over from our gun show days [70's/80's], when me & 3 friends (2 with FFLs) used to rent a table or two and sell stuff/guns at the regional show, 3 times a year... I found a set of Jay Scott grips for a 1911, along with a Tyler grip for same...The Scott grips are what he called "Black Pearl" IIRC...The Tyler grip was 'imitation Ivory'...(The Tyler Ivory came with a warning about breathing the dust if you worked it, leading me to wonder just how 'imitation' they were...made from real Ivory grindings/sanding dust maybe?)... The 'Black Pearl' doesn't photo well; it has 'depth'...The 'Ivory' grips were solid white when I got them; the instruction sheet mentioned that they would 'age' to yellow just like real ivory...They sure did...And they now show 'plies'...Very strange... The Scott grips are only 5/16" thick; but that backing was/is really annoying... I was into Colt medallions back then; I milled my grips to take them...The Black Pearl grips here have stainless discs inset...I guess I ran out of medallions... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...