[T.May]

Not that he really needs it…but I wanted to plug Dan Chinnock's grips.
Custom Knives - The Cutting Edge of Beauty & Quality - Dan Chinnock Knives - About the Maker


I bought this pair for my wife's Birthday to adorn her Colt Commemorative "Bar B Que" gun.
But if she doesn't like them…..I know where they can find a nice home

 

[Stnmikita]

Beautiful!

 

[jearl]

Very nice

 

[tct1911]

Oh my that looks nice. I have been on the look out for a nice pair of mammoth grips but have not found a set that I just had to have.

Chinnock's web site looks nice but never seem to have anything in stock to choose from.

Here is a question...I assume that one should not fire a pistol with mammoth grips due to possible cracking? Fact or fiction?

 

[Hopalong]

Wow! Nice!

 

[T.May]

Oh my that looks nice. I have been on the look out for a nice pair of mammoth grips but have not found a set that I just had to have.

Chinnock's web site looks nice but never seem to have anything in stock to choose from.

Here is a question...I assume that one should not fire a pistol with mammoth grips due to possible cracking? Fact or fiction?

You have to camp out on the day he posts them to get access to a pair. Also Dan swears that they are very durable and can be used for everyday use with no problems. He said he has only had one pair returned that cracked. Lucky for me the wife doesn't shoot this one that much….

 

[saintclair]

A friend of mine who made grips from Mammoth Ivory before he passed away once told me that when he would buy say 10 pounds of Mammoth Ivory, he would have to discard most of it as unfit for use. When one chooses quality parts of such material, it can probably last quite well. I seem to recall that he used to infiltrate the cracks in the ivory with Superglue (Cyanoacrylate) in order to stabilize it. From him, I understood that there is great variations in the usability/quality of Mammoth Ivory.

 

[rayb]

Not that he really needs it…but I wanted to plug Dan Chinnock's grips.
Custom Knives - The Cutting Edge of Beauty & Quality - Dan Chinnock Knives - About the Maker


I bought this pair for my wife's Birthday to adorn her Colt Commemorative "Bar B Que" gun.
But if she doesn't like them…..I know where they can find a nice home

May we please see more pictures of this beautiful pistol? Thank you.
rayb

 

[T.May]

May we please see more pictures of this beautiful pistol? Thank you.
rayb

Ray, I will have to wait until the wife is out of the house to reinstall the grips and take some more photos….Birthday is early Dec…she hasn't seen them yet.
Hope she doesn't suddenly join the forum

 

[T.May]

Here you go Ray…Thanks for the interest. I had to wait until she went back to work today

 

[gunpoor]

OMG.....How could she not like them. Simply gorgeous. Seeing those stocks gives me an itch that needs scratching :bang_wall:, guess I should to took up Dan's web site or give a call about what he has available.

 

[T.May]

Thanks…I'm sure she will love them.

They are first come….first served after he puts the pics of available stocks up on the web site…just looked..you have 2 hours before he posts this weeks photos

Posting of new grips has been postponed until Tuesday November 19th at 12:00pm central time.

 

[bsmalley23]

Do you think maybe they need aged a bit to bring out the natural beauty??? LOL

 

[T.May]

Probably two more years to make 10,002…..should do it

 

[SamColtFan]

T. May.....Beautiful grips, stunning WWI Commemorative. You have a happy wife indeed.

 

[rayb]

Thank you. I hope everyone else enjoyed seeing this pistol as much as I did.
rayb

 

[ping10]

I saw it in person and it looks even better.....if that is even possible. The web site has a sold set of mammoth ivory with sapphire blue in it and they look amazing. I guess for 550 they better. Will save up for those.

 

[Strongfire]

Wow. Wonder what that stuff costs per lb!?!