Ivory Grips

[Reloader]

I've been thinking for quite a while about getting a set of elephant ivory grips for a dark 1911 I have. I have the polymer ivory on a Ruger Blackhawk and really like the look on black or a blued finish. After some extensive Google searching the consensus is they are tough and hold up pretty good to use.

Wanted to hear from any of the members with experience?

 

[sailskidrive]

I personally wouldn't buy (legal) ivory grips. Purchasing legal ivory still helps create demand for the black market poachers... blah blah etc

 

[hvymax]

They turn most any gun into an instant collectors item.

 

[Dan_G]

They do look good.

 

[drthv8r]

I don't have any experience with them. But I've been kicking around the idea of ordering a set of Ivory grips also, they sure add sex appeal to almost any handgun. I've read Sarge makes some really nice ones. If they were good enough for General George S. Patton they'll be good enough for me.

http://shop.thefinergrain.com/

 

[eruby]

Thank goodness they'll be Ivory and not pearl.

Only a pimp in a New Orleans whorehouse or a tin-horn gambler would carry a pearl-handled pistol. - G. S. Patton

 

[Huckleberry]

Can never go wrong with Ivory, Bone or Staghorn grips on a pistol.

 

[smdub]

I personally wouldn't buy (legal) ivory grips. Purchasing legal ivory still helps create demand for the black market poachers... blah blah etc

x2 on this. I hate sounding like a bleeding heart liberal, but elephants and rhinos are being wiped out due to ivory. There is no 'good' ivory since it drives the black market. Senseless slaughter of animals goes against everything I was taught about wildlife preservation (be it North American or foreign game.)

 

[JerseyFresh]

I personally wouldn't buy (legal) ivory grips. Purchasing legal ivory still helps create demand for the black market poachers... blah blah etc

Second that

 

[Inigoes]

Mammoth Ivory is really awesome

 

[teratos]

Mammoth Ivory is really awesome

...and I bet it's cheap too. You really can't argue that you are against it because the animals may become extinct.

 

[Reloader]

Mammoth Ivory is really awesome

Yeah the Mammoth stuff is sweet but pricey as hell...I'm looking at about $300 for Elephant.

 

[sailskidrive]

It's not just the unmanaged slaughter of the game, the revenue funds terrorist groups such as Joseph Kony's rebels, Al Shabab, and the Islamic Courts Union.

I really don't feel this has anything to do with Liberalism.

Yeah the Mammoth stuff is sweet but pricey as hell...I'm looking at about $300 for Elephant.

Is it really that expensive? My grandmother used to have several boxes full of cut up tusks my grandfather found in Alaska while building the pipeline. I remember playing with them and taking some to school as a kid for show-and-tell.

 

[Pmbspyder]

Kind of agree on skipping the ivory as it indirectly funds many bad things. It's a personal thing I guess.

 

[Allium]

I once had a wallet made from an elephants foreskin. Worked great and if you rubbed it a couple times it became a full sized suitcase.

 

[Squaregrouper]

Go with antlers. Ivory is plain wrong.

 

[smores]

I once had a wallet made from an elephants foreskin. Worked great and if you rubbed it a couple times it became a full sized suitcase.

Si vis pacem para bellum

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[Boom Boom]

Nice alternative for a dark pistol:
http://www.eaglegrips.com/guns/Ultra-Imitation-Antique-Ivory-1911-Grips.html

Elk will also look really nice:
http://www.eaglegrips.com/guns/American-Elk-1911-Grips-EL23.html

 

[Reloader]

Go with antlers. Ivory is plain wrong.

Yeah, I wouldn't consider it if I though any of the reputable dealers were using illegal ivory...after the ban date.

I do like those Elk horns also, that was my second favorite. Saw a cop in Texas with those on his 1911...sweet!

 

[Squaregrouper]

Yeah, I wouldn't consider it if I though any of the reputable dealers were using illegal ivory...after the ban date.

I do like those Elk horns also, that was my second favorite. Saw a cop in Texas with those on his 1911...sweet!

If buying ivory, remember to always keep the legal ivory docs with the firearm. Always! They can and will be confiscated if you don't have the docs.