Korth Classic "Twins" Matched Pair SHOT Show 2018

Korth built this pair for SHOT Show 2018, and the frame marking tells you exactly where it sits. Look at the gold lettering on the side of the frame: Set 1 of 7. Only seven of these matched pairs left Korth's Lollar shop, and this is the first. That alone puts it in a different conversation than a single Korth revolver.

Both guns are the Korth Classic in .357 Magnum, each wearing a 4 inch barrel cut with that distinctive ribbed, fully lugged profile Korth is known for. The finish is a deep high-polish black that reads almost like wet glass under direct light, and it runs uninterrupted across the barrel, cylinder, and frame. The triggers, hammer pins, and ejector accents are finished in gold to break up the dark surfaces. Each revolver carries the Korth roundel on the sidplate, the Korth Germany Waffenfabrik address, and Shot Show 2018 engraved along the barrel in script.

The grips are where the "Twins" idea actually lands. Each gun wears a set of hand-shaped target walnut grips with palm swells and a thumb shelf, both signed Korth at the heel. The wood is intentionally complementary rather than identical. One set runs lighter and straighter in grain, the other carries heavier figure and darker streaking, so the pair reads as a matched set without pretending the two pieces of walnut came off the same blank.

The set lives in a figured walnut presentation case with a burgundy felt bed cut for both revolvers and a glass inner lid that lets you display the pair without opening the box. The exterior wood is bookmatched, and the lid carries brass hardware with a keyed latch.

Korth output is small to begin with. A first-of-seven matched pair in this dress, cased the way the factory intended, is the kind of thing that does not come back around often. If you collect Korth, you already understand what a numbered pair like this means.