'60 Army with ivory grips?

[Michael 'Deadwood' Clemons]

Any of you seen a reference or have a pic of one perhaps in a collection,,a 1860 Army C and B with original ivory grips?
Am just curious if that was 'vogue' that early.
Thank you.
Deadwood

[St. George]

Ivory was used by gunmakers earlier than you'd think and an 1860 Army was no stranger to a pair of smooth or carved grips.

Colt put them on pretty much everything he offered, with the Models 1849 and 1851 possibly the most commonly adorned.

It was popular with those revolvers offered in cases.

Take a look at:

'The Book of Colt Firearms' - by Sutherland and Wilson
'Steel Canvas' - by Wilson
'Packing Iron' - by Rattenbury

A lot of early ivory is featured, and with good reason, since it was heavy, warm to the touch and offered an excellent material for decoration, should such be desired.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Fox Creek Kid]

I have a photo somewhere (unscanned) taken in the Texas Ranger Museum of a whole pegboard full of ivory gripped percussion & conversion Colts. Probably about 25 or 30  & impressive beyond belief.

[Henry4440]

Any of you seen a reference or have a pic of one perhaps in a collection,,a 1860 Army C and B with original ivory grips?
Am just curious if that was 'vogue' that early.
Thank you.
Deadwood

Hi Deadwood
here is a Army 1860 with Ivory grips:


and a Navy 1851

[Steel Horse Bailey]

That blued and engraved '60 with the plain grips is pure eye-candy!

[Marshal Deadwood]

Steel Horse,,,I totally agree. Blue '60 Army with smooth ivory!  Thats my fantasy.
Gotta love a '60 Army,,,that is far and away my personal favorite,,,,either in BP or the conversions, the Army screams eloquence.
Prettiest gun Colt ever made.
Deadwood

[Henry4440]

COLT POLICE MODEL PERCUSSION REVOLVER. Cal. 36. SN 18233. Blue and case colored with 6-1/2" rnd bbl, silver plated brass grip frame and 2-pc, smooth mother of pearl grips.CONDITION: Extremely fine, as new, all matching including the wedge and cyl. Overall retains all of its beautiful restored finish with brilliant high luster blue and authentic looking case colors. Grip frame and trigger guard retain most of their orig.-looking silver-plate and the grips, a little long, are wonderful with lots of fire and color. Cyl retains all 5 safety pins. Mechanics are crisp. Bright shiny bore

[Tubac]

Does anyone have an idea of what ivory grips cost in the Cowboy period(1865-90)?
Just curious.

Tubac

[Fox Creek Kid]

$5.00 -$10.00 depending on embellishment.

[Tubac]

Thanks for the info, pretty pricey even then( 1/4 to 1/2 oz of gold)
But they sure look good.
Tubac

[Henry4440]

That blued and engraved '60 with the plain grips is pure eye-candy!

Here are 2 more pics.


Oh,btw, it was sold for $4,312.50

[Mick Archer]

  Howdy Pards!

  Tardy but...
  For the love of Ivory!!!

 

   Mick Ivory Ghost Archer

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Ohhhhh Boy!

I wish all those beauties were mine!  Or even ONE of them!

[Dr. Bob]

With you there Steel Horse Bailey!!

[Henry4440]

Ohhhhh Boy!
I wish all those beauties were mine!  Or even ONE of them!

I must see that pic when you have all 10 Ladies on your side

[Mogorilla]

In looking at all these wonderful pictures, I thought I would show the modern equivalent you can get.   Here is my Army, navy and rem.    The navy grips are awful, came with the pistol from Cabela's.   The army is a Pietta, and I added a descent pair of Ivoride (not sure if that is the spelling) from Dixie's Gunworks.  They look and feel pretty real.   Don't want to highjack this, but you can get a similar shooting one for a resonable price.