I need some help with a B grade lifter gun

[Doug Mann]

Thanks Kevin, The gentleman that owns the gun said it was his grandfathers. You know what that means, it's a family heirloom. Will he sell it..... who knows. It will probably go back into a closet for the next 40 years and then be sold at a garage sale for $20. I did make a really low offer on the gun and he probably thought I was insulting him. I wasn't, I just had no idea what a fair offer should be.

I'll probably call him and make a reasonable offer, if that's not enough then it is what it is.

You're right about the guard issue. Matching the colors on dissimilar metals is a problem. I've had the best results just with rust blue. It may not be correct but it looks ok in the end.

I do have one more question. The carved area at the rear of the checkered grip looks to have an ebony "eyeball". Is that what the material is?