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lugerholsterrepair · 08-08-2005, 07:43 PM

Steve, To test for ivory it is necessary to heat the grips enough to create smoke. The smoke should smell like burning hair if they are Ivory. To do this you can remove a grip and on the back and touch a needle heated to red hot. It will let off a little puff of smoke and do little or no damage if Ivory. A flat iron will not do the trick...Wood smokes at a different temperature than Ivory.Ivory also has a look and texture to it, linier cracks and a mellow yellow color. Look on the back of the grips, they should look different than the front and perhaps you can see the texture and color. The front of these look awfully white and shiney, maybe bone..They also look to be Mexican manufacture from the carving. Jerry Burney

08-08-2005, 07:43 PM	#7
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Steve, To test for ivory it is necessary to heat the grips enough to create smoke. The smoke should smell like burning hair if they are Ivory. To do this you can remove a grip and on the back and touch a needle heated to red hot. It will let off a little puff of smoke and do little or no damage if Ivory. A flat iron will not do the trick...Wood smokes at a different temperature than Ivory.Ivory also has a look and texture to it, linier cracks and a mellow yellow color. Look on the back of the grips, they should look different than the front and perhaps you can see the texture and color. The front of these look awfully white and shiney, maybe bone..They also look to be Mexican manufacture from the carving. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."