Beautiful Celluloid Knife Scales

[d.parker]

Here are 3 Knives I pulled out of a knife roll a day or 2 ago. Celluloid scaled knives will ruin themselves and every carbon Bladed knife in their vicinity. This is the reason I wouldn't buy one at all. These are 1990's Knives.:grumpy:

 

[IVANKERLEY]

my condolences, really heartbreaking and the reason why i have my few separate from the rest and im actually thinking of rehandling 2 of them, a camillus cigar jack and a camillus fishermans luck...
i really hate to see this, ive read that the lighter colors are the worse, dunno if its true or not cause i just rehandled an old Dunlap cattleman (red and black swirled cell) that was my grandads the scales had just deteriorated and the knife was a rusty mess i rehandled it and cleaned the blades as best i could, its not original but its usable and got alot of life left in it:thumbup:
good luck man
ivan

 

[waynorth]

Grim:grumpy:! Sorry for your troubles!

 

[Sword and Shield]

I've heard from more than one source that the more filler (colors) a piece of cell has, the lower the chances of it gassing off. It seems to hold true in my experience. I've some black cell knives from the 20s- a Remington regular jack and an LF&C Scout- and neither has even shrunk. Compare that with a 1950s Imperial in cracked ice that has shrunken significantly, and there is a possibility.

 

[Will Power]

Truly horrifying pictures

Celluloid really is a chemical weapon.....I think this may put people off using modern acrylics,even though they are safe and inert.

 

[Trent Rock]

Here is a thread with some links
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=555003&highlight=awry

Interesting photos
I wonder how having it rolled up affected the rate of deterioration
I bet the gases were trapped

 

[bacman99]

I have bad luck with celluloid and also with knife rolls. I have had the elastic bands in the rolls turn almost to glue.

Sorry to see your loss.

 

[mckgreg]

The "End of Day" celluloid knives have never given my any problems. The other ones I store with the blades open with tuff-glide on them and on a closet shelf with the backsprings facing up. I never keep them stored inside anything and keep them open to the air. I never keep them enclosed in anything except Sack-ups and keep them on a shelf as well. Never keep them in their boxes. This seems to work out pretty good. The newer ones are acrylic and I don't worry about them much but still keep them seperate and open to the air. I too learned the hard way.
Greg