Yeah, he sent the RM to Japan in 1946, where they were very hungry, to have the pistol engraved and the grips carved with a Dragon on each side. Angry-looking bugger. Back in the late 30's, one of the members of his Pistol Team on the Pennsy was the ship's dentist, and he made grip adapters for each member of the Bullseye team, out of false teeth material. They were incredibly pink-ugly, but also very effective, so while the other teams made fun of them, they made trophies. Dad sent the dental grip adapter to the Japanese craftsman and ordered it in ivory along with the grips. He liked it so much that he ordered ivory grips and a second adapter for his Outdoorsman. Those grips are copies of standard Walnut checkered grips, but the second adapter is just like this one. Sadly, the dental adapter never came back from Japan...
