Front & mid bead
 

Can a person still get or buy the old ivory beads for Parker’s , even a old used one that is a off white colour I think would look good

I have browning with double white beads and I like it

Some gunsmiths make new ivory beads using the legal mastadon ivory and you can stain them to darken or yellow them.




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Scott Smith, a member here, often offers them for sale here.
Bob Jurewicz

Brownell's or NEGC sells the mastodon ivory beads; I've used them and they work very well. As Dean said they can be stained to darken, and if they're too large I have chucked them in my Dremel and run them against fine sandpaper. They come with a shaft that may have to be cut down and trimmed a bit to fit the hole; I secure them with a drop of epoxy. Here's one on my Parker SBT; I didn't darken it because the original mid-bead was still quite white and I wanted them to match.

https://i.imgur.com/tFHUQFdl.jpg

Question- if you epoxy in and need to remove in the future- what’s the procedure? Thx

Also looking for a replacement ivory front bead. Is there a vendor at the southern?

Better to use purple or blue Loctite.

Epoxy removal usually requires heat. You don't want to apply heat to a soldered barrel.

Concentrated heat like that from a hair dryer should be enough to soften epoxy enough to remove the bead without it being hot enough to melt solder.

50/50 solder requires 361F to melt. Your standard heat gun won't get that hot.




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You could ask the guy who's working on your parker 😉

I don’t know for the world of me why I didn’t think to ask you Chris , my stupid

If you have a old white ivory bead , please put one on my Parker and I’d buy a second one from you

Please and thanks