Ok, I know some folks don't like genuine MOP grips, but I like them on some guns. I did a little searching and it seems like genuine MOP grips are selling for a lot more than genuine ivory grips. What happened? You used to be able to get a good set of pearl grips for a 1911 for about $200.
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Pearl Grips - why so expensive?
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I think they have fallen out of style. They are a fragile material and definitely not "tactical". One result of that is that there are fewer making them and fewer who know how. Price has gone up on the vintage grips still available.
Made from seashells.
True observation you make. They used to be common for revolvers and semis. Also much more common in general. Hair combs for women, boxes, jewelery, knife scales, table top inlays, pendants, etc.
Jay Scott grips used to make, when they were still in business fake MOP grips. No one makes those anymore.
Did the skills just die out? Fashions change that much?
tipoc
Made from seashells.
True observation you make. They used to be common for revolvers and semis. Also much more common in general. Hair combs for women, boxes, jewelery, knife scales, table top inlays, pendants, etc.
Jay Scott grips used to make, when they were still in business fake MOP grips. No one makes those anymore.
Did the skills just die out? Fashions change that much?
tipoc
I got curious and had to look it up...
The treaties governing this was passed in the 1970s it appears.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_pearl
tipoc
But the import and export of mother-of-pearl items is actually restricted by many nations. Much as it is with tortoise-shell, ivory, some coral and animal skins, trade in it is governed by the International Convention of Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, an agreement signed by more than 170 countries. So products containing mother of pearl–like these brightly colored, bling-y watches on the block at Christie’s Oct. 20–must be sold at auction with a mouthful of a warning.
Heather Luke, Christie’s jewelry specialist, said the company informs clients that “several countries prohibit such materials, and other countries require a permit from the relevant regulatory agencies in the countries of exportation, as well as importation.” The catalog for the sale also flags the matter with a “special notice.”
Read more at http://observer.com/2010/10/contrab...-sell-with-export-restrictions/#ixzz2s7GffbRB
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The treaties governing this was passed in the 1970s it appears.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_pearl
tipoc