Franzite grips?

[HAWKEYE10]

Franzite Grips for a K-Frame SB! I bought some this week
and don't know anything about them. I wonder if anyone
has heard of them or have a set. They are plastic and seem
to be the plastic that was made 30 or 40 yrs. ago. If
anyone know's about these grips and if they are worth
anything I would appreciate the info. Thanks Don

 

[skeeterbait]

Don't know anything about them. It does look like they are made of the old hard brittle plastic we called bakelite.

 

[Bailey Boat]

What's the emblem????

 

[Hound]

Looks like the Safariland emblem.

 

[RCleveland44]

Franzite Grips

Not Bakelite. Might be better if they had been. I had some back in the '50's for a 1911, Woodsman, and some Smiths as well. I recall that they were attractive, very comfortable, and invariably WARPED!

 

[HAWKEYE10]

What's the emblem????

The emblem say's Franzite. Don

 

[s&wchad]

Plastic. I have a pair for a Luger that could be yours if you flash some green! They sell (sometimes) on ebay between $4 and $14. Check out completed listings.


There's an ad on page 38 of the Sept. 1957 Guns Magazine in this link. Enjoy!

GUNS Magazine, September 1957

 

[sipowicz]

Like fra-gil-e, maybe they're Italian.

 

[Hendel]

Like fra-gil-e, maybe they're Italian.

That's rich! LOL

There's an ad on page 38 of the Sept. 1957 Guns Magazine in this link. Enjoy!

There's also a small blurb about them on page 61. I cry when I see what the prices were back then. I know, I know......... but still.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

Plastic. I have a pair for a Luger that could be yours if you flash some green! They sell (sometimes) on ebay between $4 and $14. Check out completed listings.


There's an ad on page 38 of the Sept. 1957 Guns Magazine in this link. Enjoy!

GUNS Magazine, September 1957

Thanks! A good trip back in time. Those were the good
day's. Don

 

[jimmyj]

Franzite Grips

Hi:
Franzite Grips were popular in the !940, !950, and 1960 era.
I used them and were satified with them.
The only problem that I recall were finding the correct size for Colt Revolvers. The other end is that during time Colt changed Their Model grip sizes.
Franzite Grips were the "Poor Man's" Stag,and Pearl Grips.
Jimmy

 

[Wyatt Burp]

I gota few of them. They were used in westerns alot. The "stag" I mean. They are so cheap they are plastic and still hollow. I mean, how much would it cost to make them solid at least?

 

[Alk8944]

Franzite grips were made from Tenite or a very similar plastic, not Bakelite as someone speculated.

They are hollow for several reasons. Weight, at least twice the amount of material would have been needed to make them solid, and thick plastic parts tend to show shrinkage marks which are unattractive and avoided by making them as a shell with reinforcing ribs as the Franzite had.

 

[Crazy K38]

it sounds like these are some pretty old grips and idea of DOB?