I'll have to try to get a better photo from the side, I have trouble getting good photos of nickled firearms.

I used to really dislike nickled handguns, they were too "pimp daddy" for me, but I've changed the way I feel about them over the years. The same can be said for grip adapters, I disliked them even more than nickle finishes, that changed just a couple of years ago and, as a matter of fact I was really surprised the first time I fired this Model 19 with them on. Today I like the old school aspect of them and I take my hat off to the man who first invented them.