Ivory Grips

[maytom]

Old Fluff, thanks for the links!! I like the prices at Ajaxgrips!!

 

[Firefighter]

my wife gave me some Eagle Secret Service fake ivory J frame grips for my birthday

 

[Keith]

Old Fluff, thanks for the links!! I like the prices at Ajaxgrips!!

You realize that those are plastic, right? For $50 more ($150 vs $100) you can get real ivory from Boone or other places.

Keith

 

[Old Fuff]

Maytom:

Yup, and besides the grips they make they also carry other maker's lines, as well as pistol magazines and a lot of other stuff.

 

[Firefighter]

can you post a link to Boone's ?
btw my dad lived in Kodiak for a few years...I was born in Bethel, Alaska and raised in North Pole

 

[Keith]

http://www.boonetrading.com/

Keith

 

[Keith]

Oops, just realized I looked at the prices of Eagle grips when the reference was to Ajax grips.

But ANYWAY, Eagle only sells plastic "faux ivory" grips starting at $100. Ajax sells plastic OR real ivory - plastic starting at $40, real ivory starting at $350!

So, if you want ivory, I'd say go to Boone Trading. They're less than half the price of Ajax - $150.

Keith

 

[Firefighter]

Thanks..I think Eagle & Ajax are the same because my wife ordered the grips from Eagle and they came from Ajax

 

[maytom]

I currently own a 6 1/2" stainless Ruger single-six and to tell you the truth, I think the Black Buffalo horn grips would look great on this revolver!!
Real Ivory grips would look super on a custom revolver, but they cost much more than what I would like to spend for my little .22 Ruger!!

 

[Lone Star]

Elephants are endangered in only some countries. Others have too many, but still can't cull the excess and readily export the ivory due to the CITES treaty.

Oh: keep in mind that real ivory eventually cracks. Randall Made Knives won't even use it anymore, unless someone brings in his own piece and insists.

Lone Star

 

[BigG]

How do the faux ivory panels hold up in terms of appearance and durability?

I say this having a set of black micarta panels on my Delta Elite. Look pretty good but pretty easy to tell its bakelite/some sorta plastic.

 

[Keith]

keep in mind that real ivory eventually cracks.

Ivory will NOT crack if you use it! Ivory will only dry out and crack if you put it in shadow box or something like that for years at a time and just look at it. If you handle ivory it absorbs oils from your hands and will last as long as any material, certainly longer than wood.
I collect eskimo ivory and some of the pieces I have are hundreds of years old and still in fine shape. Since I don't handle them frequently, every year or two I rub a little mineral oil on them so they'll last many more centuries.

I think Randall Knives is using plastic instead of ivory because it's cheaper, not because plastic is more durable.

Keith