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Post by magman on Sept 16, 2019 7:22:10 GMT -5
I have this Colt NF that I am thinking about parting with. My question is, are these ivory grips? I also have some Sack Peterson elk grips for it too. I have never seen ivory grips in real life, so any help is appreciated. Thanks.  |
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gregs
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Post by gregs on Sept 16, 2019 8:04:32 GMT -5
Hard to tell fro the photo. Google ivory tests and check on the inside.
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Kurt
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Post by Kurt on Sept 17, 2019 0:01:52 GMT -5
Look at the bottom. If it is ivory you will see an end grain pattern. You will also see it on the sides, but not as pronounced.
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Post by magman on Sept 17, 2019 5:52:09 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I'll check it out.
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Post by win1894s on Sept 17, 2019 7:02:30 GMT -5
Sweet looking gun
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Post by buttebob on Sept 17, 2019 7:31:57 GMT -5
The best way to test is to take a needle and heat it red hot and stick it into the least noticeable place. If it burns or leaves a crater it's resin or plastic. If it doesn't it's probably ivory. It may also smell like getting a tooth drilled, it is tooth after all.
You can't always go by the cross-hatch pattern. Guitar Parts sells ivory-resin that looks and works just like ivory and has the cross-hatch pattern.
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Post by CraigC on Sept 17, 2019 7:36:23 GMT -5
The one thing that has yet to be duplicated are the Shreger lines. The resin ivory comes close but not quite. Yours are old enough it definitely wouldn't be that anyway. The end grain should look something like this (center, flanked by micarta on the left and TruIvory on the right):  |
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