apology in advance for stupid question (Answer Provided)

[i am a person]

A good friend of mine has been admiring the new case chestnut bone swayback jack. However, he is an excessive worrier who has a strange question.

He has a terrible nut allergy, and has often looked the other way on knives that have walnut wood handles due to the name. He once told me a story about how his grandmother would rub walnut shells over an old wooden desk she had to keep it polished (anyone heard of this before?)

so anyways, I explained to him that the chestnut bone was most likely dyed to give it that color, but he wants to be absolutely positive that the knife does not come into any contact with nuts in anyway.

thanks in advance for answers and to those who didn't slap their forehead an roll their eyes, i realize that this is a stretch. everyone knows a worry wort and sometimes they just need reassurance.

 

[Tony Bose]

Chestnut bone is just that, bone that is dyed that color. It has nothing to do with nuts.

 

[superduty truck]

I do not know I go nuts with chestnut bone handles. But there is no nuts, it is bone dyed to the color of chestnut.

 

[orca8589]

The scales are dyed that color, there are no nuts involved. But your friend may be a "nut", after he owns that one for awhile. (A knife-knut, that is. )

He once told me a story about how his grandmother would rub walnut shells over an old wooden desk she had to keep it polished (anyone heard of this before?)

The only thing I've heard (when I lived in rural NC) is that some folks would soak walnut husks (shell & outside "rind") and use the liquid as a really dark stain for wood. They'd use it on tool handles. I don't know how rubbing walnut shells would work; they're very hard, and they'd scratch up the surface.

thx - cpr

 

[i am a person]

good stuff, i'll be happy to tell him.

on a sidenote, do people really polish wood with nutshells?

 

[Yosemite Sam]

good stuff, i'll be happy to tell him.

on a sidenote, do people really polish wood with nutshells?

Walnut hulls are used to polish lots of things. When you reload firearm ammunition you usually polish the empty brass cases in a tumbler. Often the polishing media in the tumbler is crushed walnut shells. Crushed corn cob is another favorite.

-- Sam

 

[Blues]

The only way to be absolutely positive (from a health and safety perspective) is to contact Case and have them advise if any of the dyes could utiilze nuts in the base. (Even though I believe what has been mentioned above to be true.)

In the interest of safety and limiting anyone's potential liability this thread is being closed.

 

[Blues]

Chris, (Orca) just did some checking on behalf of the OP. (Way to go, Chris.)

Here's the info that Chris just sent me in a PM:

Elliott -

(Can you forward this to I_am_a_ person? I can't PM him.)

I talked to Jim at Case today, and after talking to their engineering dept., they confirmed that there are no nut constituents used in any of their dying processes for their bone scales. Their dyes are all oil/petroleum based. Anything with '-nut' in the color name is just a description, not referring to dye content.

The way pigment has bled out of scales on some of my Case knives, I should have thought of this before now.

thx - cpr

Well done, Chris!

 

[Blues]

Chris, (Orca) just did some checking on behalf of the OP. (Way to go, Chris.)

Here's the info that Chris just sent me in a PM:

Elliott -

(Can you forward this to I_am_a_ person? I can't PM him.)

I talked to Jim at Case today, and after talking to their engineering dept., they confirmed that there are no nut constituents used in any of their dying processes for their bone scales. Their dyes are all oil/petroleum based. Anything with '-nut' in the color name is just a description, not referring to dye content.

The way pigment has bled out of scales on some of my Case knives, I should have thought of this before now.

thx - cpr

Well done, Chris!