Best imitation Ivory grips

[shooterJim]

I'd like to get some imitation ivory grips for my 51 navy. Anyone have any reccommendations?

 

[WilliamFeldmann]

Short of going whole hog for real elephant ivory, my selection would be TruIvory. They have a selection of colors that range from a new almost white to a great looking antiqued yellow.

I have only used them for two piece grips. I know they make grips for original Colts, so I assume they make one piece as well.

My latest set this spring was $150 for the set (there is a decent discount if you order two sets at once) and they will fit it free if you send them your grip frame. You lose using the gun for a couple weeks, but they are fitted like a swimsuit model's bikini.

http://www.truivory.com/

 

[arcticap]

http://www.truivory.com/availability.htm

Since the one above was already mentioned while I was posting, here's another (both are the same co.):

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/TOMBSTONE-GUN-GRIPS


http://www.tombstonegrips.com/

 

[shooterJim]

Thanks for the feedback. I sent my Uberti 1851 London model backstrap and trigger guard off today to "Tru-Ivory" to be fitted with their one piece grips in slightly aged ivory color. They said it should take around four weeks. I'll post some photos when they arrive. Now I'm looking for a gunbelt and holster.

 

[Ratdog68]

'Das gonna

be purdy !!! Lookin' forward to seein' those when you get 'em !!

 

[madcratebuilder]

I picked up a set of these, just need to make the time to fit them.

 

[shooterJim]

I picked up a set of these, just need to make the time to fit them.

Nice,I thought about getting them myself but I know I'd mess up a nice set of grips trying to fit em on my navy. I stink at detail work. Years ago I built a single shot percussion pistol, It coulda won the uglyist gun contest hands down

 

[Shultzhaus]

Dixie Gun Works has a selection of grips for $45 to $60. They will need a lot of your time and patience to fit them, but some guys like to carve and fit.

 

[Oyeboten]

Bear in mind, 'Stag' Antler is true Bone...

And very nice 'smooth' Bone Stocks can be fashioned from it, when one has sections with sufficiently thick outer layers.

These, while a different look from Ivory, if Bleached and Polished right, are very 'white', and very fine grain, and very good looking...and offer a very positive grip.

When one sees Anique Grips/Stocks on Pistols, said to be 'Bone'...probably, usully, it is Stag Antler, filed or sanded down past the outer irregularities, and polished.