So this Elephant was walking down my street

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I grabbed my pliers and went to work..

Actually "some 'ole trader" in a far away land called..

Gee-orgia.. captured the Pachy and wrestled him down and did the extraction:eek::rolleyes:;):D...

Result???

A 5" 27-2 with toofs to join the other two.. 5 " Pre 27's:D:D

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Great grips, who made the set on the gun closest to the camera? They appear to have a "Coke" style profile more so than the other two sets.
 
Sal? Um, you know you have a very serious problem right? Now I ain't Dr. Phil or even a rocket scientist but you need to learn some restraint. First it was the pre 27's and now the poor elephants. Good lord man have you no compassion? How would you like it if someone pulled your teeth and put em on a gun? What would you do with your toothbrush? The horror of it all. Repent and give all your stuff to me for I am an unrepentant sinner and will hoard all your stuff for you and you won't have to feel guilty anymore. Just sayin.:)
BTW nice bones.:):)
DW
 
ditrina said:
I grabbed my pliers and went to work..

Actually "some 'ole trader" in a far away land called..

Gee-orgia.. captured the Pachy and wrestled him down and did the extraction:eek::rolleyes:;):D...

Result???

A 5" 27-2 with toofs to join the other two.. 5 " Pre 27's:D:D

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Damn, that's enough ivory to build a piano!

Nice collection. Thanks for showing them.
 
This is the single most awesome revolver picture I have ever seen and I hate that I wasn't behind the camera:

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Seriously, you must have the best 27 collection in the world!!
 
Not quite sure why, but this reminds me of the old naturalist's wheeze about the two types of penguins in Antarctica: The white ones are courageous and always approach you; the black ones are shy and always walk away.

Oh, I get it now. Those revolvers are bold and reserved at the same time!

That's one sweet trio. Somewhere I have a couple of prewar ODs that have been decorated with the tooth of a pachy that used to smoke a lot, judging from their current hue. I'll have to dig those out and take a family photo, but it won't be as nice as yours.
 
Target Ivory grips are normally more costly than the guns I would put them on. Magnas are close to the same cost as a nice 19. Hard to bite that bullet, for me. (bought some anyway, and will have them soon)
Your photos are beautiful.
 
The only ivory grips I have on a handgun bear the medallions of a rampant colt. Not so appropriate for this forum, but handsome nonetheless.

I would love to have a collection of target S&W ivories.
 
So I keep lookin' at the picture and figured someone else would ask. What i can't figure out is why the bottom two are wearing prewar large medallions? Just seems a little odd. Did you have them made and furnish the large ones, or did someone produce them like that and you grabbed them? Just asking.
 
That's an easy one.

The ivory on those two came from a pre-war elephant.

Are you new here?

GF
 
rburg said:
So I keep lookin' at the picture and figured someone else would ask. What i can't figure out is why the bottom two are wearing prewar large medallions? Just seems a little odd. Did you have them made and furnish the large ones, or did someone produce them like that and you grabbed them? Just asking.
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I bought the grips at shows.
I had TimB1 reshape them, make pre-war stock circles, make or install S&W type escutcheons and screws, and fit the pre-war meds that I supplied.
Sal sent Guido by, and I decided to sell them.....
:D
 
handejector said:
I bought the grips at shows.
I had TimB1 reshape them, make pre-war stock circles, make or install S&W type escutcheons and screws, and fit the pre-war meds that I supplied.
Sal sent Guido by, and I decided to sell them.....
:D
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Doesn't sound like ANYONE is safe when Sal's dressing up a 27....and since when did big monkeys take up pachyderm dentistry? Might be a good story for the Discovery channel:)
 
handejector said:
I bought the grips at shows.
I had TimB1 reshape them, make pre-war stock circles, make or install S&W type escutcheons and screws, and fit the pre-war meds that I supplied.
Sal sent Guido by, and I decided to sell them.....
:D
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" He bought the grips at shows"

It must be good to have been going to shows for the past 100 years or so.
Long before the price of Ivory rose into the stratosphere.

Some of us remember when Sal first started.
Now he's surpassed us all.

Holy Cats! That's a nice bunch!

AllenFrame
 
Allen-frame said:
" He bought the grips at shows"

It must be good to have been going to shows for the past 100 years or so.
Long before the price of Ivory rose into the stratosphere.

Some of us remember when Sal first started.
Now he's surpassed us all.

Holy Cats! That's a nice bunch!
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We need to clarify some of that. First, when Lee started going to gun shows, Mastodon ivory wasn't fossilized, it was running down the street.

As for the comment about "that's a nice bunch", the owner has heard it often about his grips. No one has ever accused Sal or Guido of being part of any "nice bunch." Not nice, just effective.
 
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