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Raven MP-25 Chrome with faux mother of pearl grips and push up safety. The MP-25 can hold six .25 ACP rounds in the magazine, plus one in the chamber, and is finished in chrome, satin nickel or black. The grips can be either wood or imitation mother-of-pearl handles. There is a similar model called the Raven Arms P-25.
The iridescent nacre inside a nautilus shell Nacreous shell worked into a decorative object. Nacre (/ ˈ n eɪ k ər / NAY-kər, also / ˈ n æ k r ə / NAK-rə), [1] also known as mother-of-pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer.
The first design was a 6.35mm blow-back design based on the Browning 1906. [1] This was the Brevetto 5 (Italian for "Model" or "Patent" number 5). Galesi Arms would continue to do more designs including the Brevetto 9 (a longer version of the Brevetto 5) and the 500 series, which included 14 designs ranging from Brevetto 503 to Brevetto 517.
The company was founded by Guy Hogue in 1968, after he started making pistol grips that would properly fit his hand. [5] As a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, [3] Hogue also started making grips for fellow officers. His grips became so popular that he retired from his job in law enforcement to focus on his own business. [5] [3]
Factory options included "white pearl" (plastic) or wood grips, and a variety of holsters. An engraved version was manufactured for the US Bicentennial in 1976. [3] Many parts interchange with the FN Baby Browning, including grips, magazines, and various internal parts. [2] A Bauer Automatic, compared to a dollar bill and sardine can.
Exportation of freshwater mussels for the use in the Japanese cultured pearl industry has supported the North American freshwater mussel fisheries since the late 1950s. The mother of pearl (or nacre) from exported freshwater mussels are used to make a bead nucleus which is placed in a living animal to form a pearl. In the 1990s, the United ...
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The terminus on modern-made scabbards tends to turn upward to a more dramatic degree, often at a near 90-degree angle and feature squared tips. As with kris scabbards of the post World War II era, mother of pearl inlays begin to appear at the throat and tips of barong scabbards as well.