sambar or stag grips

[1644]

I have an 1898 Colt SAA 45 LC. It has stag grips, I think, with the round colt logo emblems embedded in upper part of the grips.

how can I tell if they are sambar or stag ?????...................NOTE PICTURES ARE BELOW..

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[Chuck 100 yd]

Many will differ but a Sambar stag (male) is the animal that Stag antlers come from. Elk horn/antler, on the other hand is from a different critter all together. Sambar antlers are very hard to come by these days,are more dense and generally better material and of course much more expensive than Elk antler.
It would normally take someone who has worked with both types to tell the difference for sure. :wink:

 

[dlhredfoxx]

Post a pic here and we'll all give our opinions I'm sure!

 

[1644]

made five pictures but I can't upload........????? rather dumb when it comes to special ability as with posting pictures. can email if anyone can post pics............thanks again

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[caryc]

You seldom see any pithy substance in Sambar stag. It's a lot denser than elk antler.

 

[WIL TERRY]

SAMBAR is STAG. Elk Horn is NOT STAG.

 

[caryc]

SAMBAR is STAG. Elk Horn is NOT STAG.

Aw c'mon, always has to be someone who gets technical. My old RR cap guns had plastic grips on them but we called them stag. :mrgreen:

So what did your post accomplish? Besides if you stop and read Chuck 100 yd's post, he already cleared that up.

 

[caryc]

SAMBAR is STAG. Elk Horn is NOT STAG.

Elk antler is not Horn. :mrgreen:

Antlers, on members of the deer family, are grown as an extension of the animal's skull. They are true bone and are a single structure They are generally found only on males. Antlers are shed and regrown each year.

Horns, found on pronghorn, bighorn sheep, bison, and many other bovine, are two-part structures. An interior of bone (also an extension of the skull) is covered by an exterior sheath grown by specialized hair follicles, as are your fingernails. In fact, your fingernails and the exterior sheath of horns are made of very similar materials. Horns are never shed and continue to grow throughout the animals life. The exception to this rule is the pronghorn which sheds and regrows its horn sheath each year.

 

[caryc]

Pics for 1644. By the pics, I would say that's Sambar.

By the way, if you Google "What is stag", you'll find a lot of definitions for it.

 

[WIL TERRY]

THANKS CARY ! Very interesting and informative about horns and antlers etc.