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Pelican
Anybody know a way to determine if a pair of grips are Ivory?

Thanks, Pel
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  • iwannausername
    On the back side of 'em, heat up a nail or paperclip and see if it burns it (ivory) or melts it (plastic)
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  • Pelican
    Thanks iwanna, I'll give that a try. They look like ivory - grain, yellowing, and they are carved not engraved.

    'preciate the info, Pel
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  • Pelican
    You got it iwanna. Took a paper clip and got it about to the melting point and touched it to the grip. Did not melt just made a black burn mark.

    Thanks for the help. Now I can list it on GB and be right in saying it has ivory grips.

    Later, Pel
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  • perry shooter
    LET US KNOW WHEN YOU LIST IT AND AUCTION NUMBER thanks Perry Shooter.
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  • ern98
    You might want to look into comparitive prices on the gun with or without the ivory grips. Ivory grips for some popular models are very expensive all by themselves. Especially if they are provably of a given vintage. It may well be that you can realize a better return from you sale by selling the gun seperately from the grips. On an occarsion I will sell a rifle that had a very nice scope on it. I list the rifle alone but offer the scope as an aside deal, at a premium price, to the winner of the auction if they want it. You might do the same with the ivory grips......
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  • Bill DeShivs
    Hot ivory doesn't smell like burning hair.
    The hot pin check is destructive and should never be used. A good close-up picture is all that is necessary.
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  • tsr1965
    quote:Originally posted by Bill DeShivs
    Hot ivory doesn't smell like burning hair.
    The hot pin check is destructive and should never be used. A good close-up picture is all that is necessary.


    That hot pin test is not destructive, and is the test most often used by experts, since no one usually carries a magnifying glass or microscope around with them. A light touch is all you need to know if it is Ivory or polymer. The light burn mark can be removed with 600 grit sand paper.

    Best
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  • Boomerang
    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=435723&SearchTerms=ivory
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  • Bill DeShivs
    Hot pins are most often used by people who THINK they are experts. Magnification is not necessary to determine genuine ivory.
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  • Pelican
    They are on a S&W model 39. 1279989923940_MVC-010S.JPG

    Thanks for the info, Pel
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  • blacarrow
    Bill,
    Get a life. I get so tired of "experts" who feel they need to flap their gums and offer an OPINION, as you did.
    I may not be an expert on ivory determination, but I don't think you are either.
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.com
    Can You PULL BOTH Stocks and photograph both sides for me?..Something just don't look right to Me.....Ivory is'nt opalescent.....If You need some Ivory samples just say the word and I'll send You some samples from both African and Indian Tusk,s and I'll toss in a piece Mammonth to round out your collection...Best........Captain Kirk
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