Description
Let’s be blunt—this isn’t a revolver you buy to hide in a sock drawer. This is a custom-engraved Korth Combat Luxury in .357 Magnum, born in the golden years of Ratzeburg gunsmithing, and it carries that “stop and look” energy the second you open the case.
Start with the finish: mirror-deep bluing that reflects light like polished obsidian, offset by genuine gold inlay worked across the barrel, cylinder flutes, and frame. It’s ornate without screaming for attention—think tuxedo, not parade float. The oak-leaf scrolls are tight, hand-cut, and finished with the kind of restraint only a master engraver knows how to pull off. On the right sideplate a stag-and-hunter scene settles into the metal like a story in relief—Old World motifs done with surgical patience.
The grips are checkered walnut, sculpted to the frame and trimmed with a gold MG medallion—small, classy, and likely personal to the original owner. Fit and feel? Perfect. The revolver balances like it was designed to be both a shooter and an heirloom.
Mechanically, it’s textbook Korth: rock-steady lockup, surgical timing, a single-action break that goes glassy, and a double-action pull that’s surprisingly civilized for a premium .357. This one wasn’t built for cheap tricks—every part was chosen for function and finished like jewelry.
It lives in its original Korth presentation case, complete with matching key and cylinder block, and the case bears the emblem of the Schützenkompanie Sangerhausen 1571 e.V., suggesting a ceremonial or commemorative origin. That kind of provenance is the cherry on top.
If you want a revolver that reads like craftsmanship and heritage on sight—something you’ll take out to show, then tuck away and pass on—this Korth Combat Luxury is it. Elegant, rare, and unapologetically German.
