“Spittin image; the only thing missing is a pearl handled side arm.”
Pearl is for faggots. Patton had an ivory handled sidearm.
Ivory is near impossible to get. Mother of pearl has been widely used by real western gunslinger as well as ivory, bone and antler. The standard gun grips were wood and hard rubber and during WW 2 plastic was prevalent.
I have a pair of 1890 top break Nickel plated S&W pocket pistols one has nice mother of pearl grips these are in the anemic 38 S&W caliber(not to be confused with 38 Special ) . These as Patton said in the movie of the same name carried by Pimps and gamblers. But also by anyone who wanted a concealable weapon with fancier than plain wood or hard rubber grips.
If Patton actually said the line. It was probably to ruffle the feathers of the news media who he despised. As all good soldiers should.
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