Word: handgrips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...handgun that weighs only 23 oz. and is made partly of superhardened plastic. When disassembled, the Austrian-made weapon, known as the Glock 17, does not look like a firearm. Only its barrel, slide and springs, which are metal, show up on airport scanners. The polymer handgrip, trigger guard and ammunition clip that complete its profile as a gun do not set off the security devices...
...darts excitedly around his store (open by appointment only). "I wanted to make something so American. I wanted to design a gun that people who hate guns would want to have and touch and play with because it's so pretty." So he had a leather handgrip fashioned for a .38-cal. Colt revolver at his workshop in Florence, inlaid the cylinder with 56 grams of 24-karat gold, and placed the gun in a mink pouch in a Baccarat crystal case embossed with the customer's name. Bijan's own signature is engraved in gold...