Beer barrel scales

[Tjstampa]

i posted this in the boker sub forum but there seems to be little traffic over there. I just received my first boker beer barrel stockman. The scales seem very dry. Is there anything I need to do to properly take care of the scales.

 

[Fixall]

Congrats on the purchase, it's a sweet knife!

I have a Boker beer barrel Copperhead and it's scales were also a bit dry when I received it. I gave it a nice coating of Tung oil when I first received it and it seemed to respond very well to it. Lately I've moved to a 10:1 mix of Tung oil and Tsubaki/Camellia oil since I have some pre-mixed on hand and it responded just as well to that. I live about .5 miles from the beach so this is about the worst possible environment for an unfinished, natural wood scaled knife with carbon steel blade and I think it still looks great. I even went a month or two without oiling the blade and only ended up with a couple of pepper spots.

 

[Tjstampa]

Congrats on the purchase, it's a sweet knife!

I have a Boker beer barrel Copperhead and it's scales were also a bit dry when I received it. I gave it a nice coating of Tung oil when I first received it and it seemed to respond very well to it. Lately I've moved to a 10:1 mix of Tung oil and Tsubaki/Camellia oil since I have some pre-mixed on hand and it responded just as well to that. I live about .5 miles from the beach so this is about the worst possible environment for an unfinished, natural wood scaled knife with carbon steel blade and I think it still looks great. I even went a month or two without oiling the blade and only ended up with a couple of pepper spots.

I live a couple of blocks from the bay. Did yours have a mirror finish when new?

 

[Fixall]

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I live a couple of blocks from the bay. Did yours have a mirror finish when new?

It’s hard to tell in the picture because of the lighting but the smaller pen blade has a mirror finish while the larger clip point has a frosted finish (for the etching) on one side, and a mirror finish on the other. It’s still quite shiny.