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Hey HoJo- I thought "Ebony and Ivory" was a duet -Stevie Wonder and one of the Beatles. I recall the Weatherby and Winslow "garish" rifle stocks of the 1970's- recalls Patton words about a "Cheap pimp in a New Orleans whorehouse". Also recall the late Cactus Jack O'Connor's distain for French style or skip-line checkering on a rifle stock. I'd stay with the classic look of the early Model 70 Supergrades-
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Ivory is not a "child of the Weatherby era". My gun find of the year is a pre 1900 Linder Daly Diamond Grade with ivory grip cap rather than the usually seen horn cap. Burt Becker's ivory tipped Foxes were built in the prewar era. John Oberlies, mostly prewar riflemaker whose best work makes a Griffin and Howe look home made, used ivory on many or most of his guns, and not always just on the forend tip and grip caps. Use it if you have it.
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Eightbore reminds me of another classic rifle maker who used ivory in unusual ways. I had a James V Howe stocked Springfield where the stock blank had a half dozen or so pin knots. Howe made tiny ivory "dowels" and used them in the pin holes.
I also have a Diamond Daly with the grip cap (very small on the end of a round knob) is of ivory.
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Terry,
Could you post picture of your diamond quality Daly with the ebony grip cap?
Best,
Jon
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I have yet to work through the posting process. I'll e-mail them to you, and you can post them or not as you see fit.
Contact me at tbuffum@bendbroadband.com
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IMO there are several things a nice DBL should never wear.
#1 Gold triggers
#2 "Shiney" stocks
#3 Ivory or other gaudy inlays
#4 Single triggers (I might bend the rule on this)
Mike B.
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Weatherby did not initiate the use of ivory, but he was the first to use it on guns for pimps who liked to go elk hunting.
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Whatever you choose to make your grip cap out of, I'd suggest using a commercial grip cap as a template (I like Fisher's the best). The professionals have worked out the best proportions, dimensions and oval ratio. The majority of "homemade" grip caps are oddly sized, poorly shaped, too thick or have an awkward oval.
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