Franzites do provide a portal to the past. Back in the late 1950s when I started to take shooting seriously, I found a large number of used guns with Franzite grips. I remember buying several pairs of new Franzites for several guns, most notably a Luger and a .45 M1911. Both of which had fairly shaggy original wood grips when I first bought them. I always liked the appearance of the Franzites on those two guns, but those on the Luger did not fit it very well, but good enough to use. At one time I had close to a dozen pairs of Franzite grips, off and on guns. I also remember seeing cops with Franzites on their guns. I would never dream of throwing a pair of Franzites away as someone earlier suggested. They take me back to when I was a youngster.