Just fit a couple of slabs up to a gun today for a one piece grip, built with a spacer of the same material.
Thread fitting the grips.
https://www.coltforum.com/forums/single-action-army/342815-quick-photo-essay-fitting-grips.html
Here are my impressions of the actual Resin-Ivory-S material I used.
Resin S is virtually the same weight as real ivory to the gram. I put the R-S blanks and a pair of similar sized elephant ivory blanks on a postal scale to find that out. One of my many dislikes about the old Tru-Ivory. Tru-Ivory was too light by comparison to real ivory.
Resin S feels like ivory given the same final finish. I can't tell the difference and I think of myself as a real Elephant ivory snob when it comes to hand gun grips. The RS is really good. Really, really good for a comparable feel to actual Elephant ivory.
R-S gets tacky like real ivory when wet. It feels warm in your hand. RS didn't get hot setting out today in bright sunlight. RS stayed comfortable in the hand.
Down side...it might just feel too good in the hand....softer feel than ivory. Silky almost. Seller says it works like ivory. I found it exceptionally soft grinding on a wheel or a Dremel. Much softer than ivory. Not a huge deal, but no question in my mind, softer. Easy enough to saw, carve, shape, sand, and finish.
Durability? It aint gonna be ivory, which is almost as tough as bone, horn or antler. But I'd bet it is stronger than Tru-Ivory which I found to be rather brittle and would easily chip. The R-S will chip but not like the Tru-Ivory did. I used a rough blade in a jib saw to cut out these grip panels. The edges chipped much like good hard wood would have using that same blade but the actual blank body did not chip. Tru-Ivory would have never made it that far with a jig saw.
I am really curious to see how the Gorilla glue holds up keeping the grip panels in place. (edit) A month of hard use and a dropped gun shows both Resin-Ivory and the Gorilla glue both up to the task.
Advantage? R-S is likely tougher than Tru-Ivory. And R-S is easily available and really cheap! Better yet you can own it every where in the USA ...just like Tupper ware.
Most anyone is gonna be really hard pressed to tell the difference between real ivory and R-S. Like really hard pressed On actual elephant ivory the Shreger lines form a herringbone or diamond patterning. On the Resin-Ivory+S™ (R-S) the same grain features are clearly present. Strikingly so.
With RS you have the same weight as real Elephant ivory. I am guessing here, but likely more durability that Tru-Ivory. (edit: proven that to myself now after 30+ days on the gun) Fact now, more durable/less brittle that True Ivory. The same grain look and virtually the same feel as real Elephant ivory. The stuff is very easy to work, cheap to buy and tough. What is not to like?
you can dbl click for larger photos.
Thread fitting the grips.
https://www.coltforum.com/forums/single-action-army/342815-quick-photo-essay-fitting-grips.html
Here are my impressions of the actual Resin-Ivory-S material I used.
https://guitarpartsandmore.com/mainCategory.php?Resin-Ivory-trade-Gun-Grip-Blanks-58
Resin S is virtually the same weight as real ivory to the gram. I put the R-S blanks and a pair of similar sized elephant ivory blanks on a postal scale to find that out. One of my many dislikes about the old Tru-Ivory. Tru-Ivory was too light by comparison to real ivory.
Resin S feels like ivory given the same final finish. I can't tell the difference and I think of myself as a real Elephant ivory snob when it comes to hand gun grips. The RS is really good. Really, really good for a comparable feel to actual Elephant ivory.
R-S gets tacky like real ivory when wet. It feels warm in your hand. RS didn't get hot setting out today in bright sunlight. RS stayed comfortable in the hand.
Down side...it might just feel too good in the hand....softer feel than ivory. Silky almost. Seller says it works like ivory. I found it exceptionally soft grinding on a wheel or a Dremel. Much softer than ivory. Not a huge deal, but no question in my mind, softer. Easy enough to saw, carve, shape, sand, and finish.
Durability? It aint gonna be ivory, which is almost as tough as bone, horn or antler. But I'd bet it is stronger than Tru-Ivory which I found to be rather brittle and would easily chip. The R-S will chip but not like the Tru-Ivory did. I used a rough blade in a jib saw to cut out these grip panels. The edges chipped much like good hard wood would have using that same blade but the actual blank body did not chip. Tru-Ivory would have never made it that far with a jig saw.
I am really curious to see how the Gorilla glue holds up keeping the grip panels in place. (edit) A month of hard use and a dropped gun shows both Resin-Ivory and the Gorilla glue both up to the task.
Advantage? R-S is likely tougher than Tru-Ivory. And R-S is easily available and really cheap! Better yet you can own it every where in the USA ...just like Tupper ware.
Most anyone is gonna be really hard pressed to tell the difference between real ivory and R-S. Like really hard pressed On actual elephant ivory the Shreger lines form a herringbone or diamond patterning. On the Resin-Ivory+S™ (R-S) the same grain features are clearly present. Strikingly so.
With RS you have the same weight as real Elephant ivory. I am guessing here, but likely more durability that Tru-Ivory. (edit: proven that to myself now after 30+ days on the gun) Fact now, more durable/less brittle that True Ivory. The same grain look and virtually the same feel as real Elephant ivory. The stuff is very easy to work, cheap to buy and tough. What is not to like?
you can dbl click for larger photos.