Odd markings inside grip.

Zorba · 08-03-2013, 01:04 AM

Does anyone have a clue about this stamped mark? If I do the grip cleaning procedure, this will likely go away.

Original or repro grips?

Any ideas?

Haven't figured out the hand lettering either, but I'm pretty sure that isn't factory... (!!)

marshombre · 08-03-2013, 11:05 PM

Your avatar is very creepy. Are you trying to emulate Tiny Tim?

Zorba · 08-04-2013, 12:02 AM

I haven't a clue who 'Tiny Tim' is.

DavidJayUden · 08-04-2013, 08:23 AM

Really? Never heard of Tiny Tim (Burns)? Never "Tip Toed Thru The Tulips?"
dju

Lugerdoc · 08-04-2013, 09:53 AM

Z,It's difficult to tell from your photo, but the inside of the grip shown appear to be original and the marking could be a Mauser spare parts code --- L-S42, but I've never seen one lke it. Having been a Bay Area resident for over 20 years, I know that your area is where Old Hippies and rich folk go to retire. TH

GySgt1811 · 08-04-2013, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by zormpas

I haven't a clue who 'Tiny Tim' is.

I guess "Miss Vickie" doesn't ring a bell either. I guess you're too dang young, or, we're too dang old. (Readers choice.)

All the best,

Gunny John.

PS. Do a Google image search on "Tiny Tim." (Careful, you may want to change your avatar if you do.

)

Zorba · 08-04-2013, 10:28 AM

I'm not young by any means, but I've never been too up on popular culture so there's the occasional reference I just don't get.

I'm exactly halfway between the rich folk and the hippies - hippies to the north, richies to the south!

LugerDoc - check your PMs! ETA: I also just sent an email.

Zorba · 08-04-2013, 10:34 AM

Ok, I went and googled Tiny TIm - an ugly spud, isn't he?

Other than the long hair, I don't see any resemblance!

Zorba · 08-04-2013, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lugerdoc

Z,It's difficult to tell from your photo, but the inside of the grip shown appear to be original and the marking could be a Mauser spare parts code --- L-S42, but I've never seen one lke it.

I'll take a squint at it "sideways" and see if I can make out anything more - to me it looks like L-54... last digit undecipherable. L-S42 would make sense though. If its a spare parts code, do you think it was a spare part swapped in later? We'll probably never know.

Ben M. · 08-04-2013, 11:15 AM

Marshombre,

you probably do not have a chance to see male belly dancers in FL State.

here is zorba's web site. http://www.doubleveil.net/index.htm

alvin · 08-04-2013, 11:39 AM

Eye opening! Eye opening! Now I know the world is big!

Zorba · 08-04-2013, 09:47 PM

Actually, there is one or two in Florida - not counting visitors. I get out that way once in a while, and there's one guy (at least) who is a regular at the Orlando Belly Dance festivals.

tomaustin · 08-04-2013, 11:04 PM

on stage and buying lugers with it.......ain't nothing wrong with that........

Zorba · 08-05-2013, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by tomaustin

on stage and buying lugers with it.......ain't nothing wrong with that........

Thanx for your kind words - I really WISH I were making a boatload - on stage or anywhere else!

ithacaartist · 08-05-2013, 08:47 AM

In 1980, I had a girlfriend who was taking her master's degree in Speech Pathology at Ithaca College. While walking across campus one day, she overheard one freshman say to another, "Did you know Paul McCartney used to be in another band? Yeah. It was called "the Beatles."

Oh, and I'm seeing "L-S45".

alanint · 08-05-2013, 10:20 AM

[QUOTE=ithacaartist;237988]In 1980, I had a girlfriend who was taking her master's degree in Speech Pathology at Ithaca College. While walking across campus one day, she overheard one freshman say to another, "Did you know Paul McCartney used to be in another band? Yeah. It was called "the Beatles."

I thought it was the Quarrymen.

ithacaartist · 08-05-2013, 05:10 PM

Man, Doug, you are old!

John Sabato · 08-06-2013, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Man, Doug, you are old!

Yes. Yes he is.

.. and the stamping that I see is L-5455... no "S"

I suspect that this is not an original marking...because I think they are aftermarket grips. This probably happened somewhere in the post-war period by some retailer...

Zorba · 08-06-2013, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

.. and the stamping that I see is L-5455... no "S"

I suspect that this is not an original marking...because I think they are aftermarket grips. This probably happened somewhere in the post-war period by some retailer...

That's what I see too - and THANK YOU for the info. It agrees with common sense too.

ithacaartist · 08-06-2013, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

.. and the stamping that I see is L-5455... no "S"

Took a longer look; you are correct, sir! I'd noticed the sort of straight line aspect to the upper left of the character that was initially diagnosed as an "S" but let slide this evidence that it was something other than an s. sorry, my mistake.

Sometimes it's difficult for us to get past the first impressions others post before us, sort of jumping on the same bandwagon; prompted by these biases, we think we see what we're supposed to see.

08-03-2013, 01:04 AM	#1
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08-03-2013, 11:05 PM	#2
marshombre User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: W Central FL Posts: 97 Thanks: 12 Thanked 20 Times in 11 Posts	Your avatar is very creepy. Are you trying to emulate Tiny Tim? __________________ Tempus edax rerum

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Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Z,It's difficult to tell from your photo, but the inside of the grip shown appear to be original and the marking could be a Mauser spare parts code --- L-S42, but I've never seen one lke it. Having been a Bay Area resident for over 20 years, I know that your area is where Old Hippies and rich folk go to retire. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

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tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 522 Times in 201 Posts	I have a sneaky feeling that Zorba is making a boatload of $$$$$$$$$ on stage and buying lugers with it.......ain't nothing wrong with that........

08-05-2013, 08:47 AM	#15
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,285 Thanks: 7,021 Thanked 2,480 Times in 1,321 Posts	In 1980, I had a girlfriend who was taking her master's degree in Speech Pathology at Ithaca College. While walking across campus one day, she overheard one freshman say to another, "Did you know Paul McCartney used to be in another band? Yeah. It was called "the Beatles." Oh, and I'm seeing "L-S45". __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-04-2013, 12:02 AM	#3
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	I haven't a clue who 'Tiny Tim' is.

08-04-2013, 08:23 AM	#4
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Really? Never heard of Tiny Tim (Burns)? Never "Tip Toed Thru The Tulips?" dju

08-04-2013, 10:28 AM	#7
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	I'm not young by any means, but I've never been too up on popular culture so there's the occasional reference I just don't get. I'm exactly halfway between the rich folk and the hippies - hippies to the north, richies to the south! LugerDoc - check your PMs! ETA: I also just sent an email.

08-04-2013, 10:34 AM	#8
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	Ok, I went and googled Tiny TIm - an ugly spud, isn't he? Other than the long hair, I don't see any resemblance!

08-04-2013, 11:15 AM	#10
Ben M. User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Retired to Naples, FL. Posts: 476 Thanks: 83 Thanked 117 Times in 79 Posts	Marshombre, you probably do not have a chance to see male belly dancers in FL State. here is zorba's web site. http://www.doubleveil.net/index.htm

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alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Eye opening! Eye opening! Now I know the world is big!

08-04-2013, 09:47 PM	#12
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	Actually, there is one or two in Florida - not counting visitors. I get out that way once in a while, and there's one guy (at least) who is a regular at the Orlando Belly Dance festivals.

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	[QUOTE=ithacaartist;237988]In 1980, I had a girlfriend who was taking her master's degree in Speech Pathology at Ithaca College. While walking across campus one day, she overheard one freshman say to another, "Did you know Paul McCartney used to be in another band? Yeah. It was called "the Beatles." I thought it was the Quarrymen.

08-05-2013, 05:10 PM	#17
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,285 Thanks: 7,021 Thanked 2,480 Times in 1,321 Posts	Man, Doug, you are old! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894