Nice looking!
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1996-Alembic-Mark-King-Standard-4-String-Bass-34-Inch-Scale-/261435612271?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cdec6dc6f

Ah-Hah.  So THAT's what the rarely-seen 'BigPimp' Mark King looks like!
 
J o e y

Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol.  Looks like pearloid ovals to me, so I guess maybe Patton was right . . .