New Bisley and ivory for the Schofield

[CraigC]

I've got a couple custom projects up my sleeve for the new year and the latest acquisition is somewhat related. I found this Cimarron Bisley on Gunbroker, which is unfortunately chambered in .357Mag but it also came with factory ivory grips. Which I find out were done by Paul Persinger. I was able to get the sixgun with the extra ivory grips for the cost of the grips alone. Picked it up yesterday and the ivory is spectacular. The sixgun dates to 2007. It has never been fired and the ivory never installed until yesterday. In the wake of the looming ivory ban, I finally got off my butt last year and started procuring some. Nowhere near enough, I've now got two sets on revolvers, one 1911 set and another coming on my JRH .500. Plus an extra set of handgun slabs big enough for a Bisley and a set for a knife I have on order.

A couple weeks ago I decided to order some Eagle UltraIvory for the Schofield and they came in last week. So I snapped a few shots of the two sixguns this afternoon. It's nice stuff but the visible grain is very, very subtle. Difficult to see in photos.

 

[PRM]

Good looking grips

 

[BobWright]

Nice. Please post another photo of these, say, fifty years from now.

Uh, maybe better to make that thirty years.

Bob Wright

 

[rcmodel]

Emmmm?
Better make that 5-10 years so I can see them too.

rc

 

[bannockburn]

CraigC

Two beautiful looking sixguns made even nicer by the ivory grips. I have said it before and I will say it again: there's just something about the way blued revolvers and ivory grips go so well together. Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[Rodentman]

They are beautiful. Does ivory get darker with age, or light exposure, or what conditions?

Thanks!

 

[Bama Drifter]

They are beautiful. Does ivory get darker with age, or light exposure, or what conditions?

Thanks!

Fantastic, CraigC!
To answer above post, over time the oils and perspiration from your hand will yellow the ivory into a very pleasing shade of cream aka "aged ivory". There are some impatient fools that will soak it coffee or use vegetable oil plus a hot oven to speed up the process. I say enjoy shooting your guns and let time take over. I also take care to remove the grips once a year and wipe the back of the grips w/ Ballistol. That's what works for me, YMMV.