I think you could be right but my goal was to reproduce the horn grips with the ebony? Those horn grips were smooth and the surface looks so similar to the ebony? Also I think this is the classic case where less is more. The Tell 3 is a Luger look-alike, so look is almost necessary. On my ebony grips the feathering curve at the end of the grip might be lost. Not easy to see in pics but is so cool. I like the way it flows with a smooth grip and its very WRHP?