Nothing fancy here, just some beater working grips on my Baer.

 

VZ advised allowing 14 days for polished Ivory G10 grips to arrive.

They shipped to me on day 5. 🫡

I really like the subtle "grain" of these after polishing. It mates well with the front strap checkering imo and the fit and feel is top shelf.

Thanks for the assistance Gents.

 

Wood Caliber American holly with desert ironwood diamonds.

 

VZ "ivory" G10 on blued pistols...

Boone Trading Co mammoth ivory on blued pistols...

I like and have used both, I think each serves a slightly different purpose. I like the VZ "ivory" G10 for the look it provides as well as the traction available from the different patterns it can be had in. I prefer a grip that has some measure of abrasiveness, not necessarily brutally coarse but something that provides a measure a traction and the stocks from VZ do a good job at this.

The Boone Trading Co stocks are great for a traditional 'smooth' ivory look, as you can see they go quite well on a polished blue gun. These are mammoth ivory which can be easier to source than elephant ivory.

 

Here’s another example of Wood Caliber’s excellent American Holly.

 

Some of you are conflating Micarta, which is a phenolic resin and paper material, with G 10 which is fiberglass and epoxy resin. Very different materials. One can get a high polish on some Micarta, but G10 can’t be highly polished- though it can accept a gloss finish.

 

The entire reason for the thread.

And unlike this thread, many online sites don't do a good job of showing closeups.

This has been very helpful...but keep them coming. 🙂

(you can't have too much gunporn imo)

 

Pretty old ivory on a pretty new pistol

 

I have both styles of VZ "Ivory" Micarta G10. I like the Hand Polished set. It doesn't really have a highly polished look to it, more like a sheen. Feels good in the hand and looks good on a gun imo. You can definitely tell it's not ivory though, the weave pattern of whatever G10 is made from is hard to miss. The double diamond set was disappointing. Feels kind of gritty, maybe like 220 or 280 sandpaper. Also the surface picks up and holds dirt. The first pic is the polished set on a blued Gov't Model, second shows the pattern as well as I could get it under crappy lighting and a cellphone camera.

 

Vz ivory. I've had nothing but problems with bone and ivory. Synthetic only for me. Same look and hard use.

 

Altamont Bonded Ivory

American Holly

 

this thread brought out the hitters!

 

VZ Ivory G10


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I have this combo at home, out of town until Tuesday will shoot some pictures when I get home. It's a sweet combo.

 

An alternative is Wood Holly grips.

 

VZ ivory micarta on a DW Vigil. Sorry. The gun is not blued.

 

Nice.

Is that the standard or polished finish on the grips?

 

I like Boone Trading American Ivory better than the VZ ivory, just saying

 

I have a moral issue with some ivory. I’ve use Boone Trading in the past and been very pleased. I will hand over fist buy “synthetic” ivory before real.

 

Boone Trading Company American Ivory on a blued Ed Brown.

 

They look good from here.

 

Well these aren’t real Ivory but the’ll do for now , if you’re just looking for aesthetics here’s a few .A quick internet search will help you find a nice set

 

Well these aren’t real Ivory but the’ll do for now , if you’re just looking for aesthetics here’s a few .A quick internet search will help you find a nice set
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Those look killer man. Love that look!!