Boker Tortoiseshell

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Hey, does anyone have photos of the Boker slipjoints in tortoiseshell celluloid? How do they look in person? I'm guessing the photos that Boker and the on-line realtors have don't do them justice, but I don't know. Thanks.
 
I too would like to see pictures. I think that the tortoiseshell celluloid is my favorite of the current celluloids. I do not want to high jack the thread but is anyone concerned about buying either a mid-range factory or custom when its scaled with celluloid and its reputation for gassing and causing problems?

Ken
 
I have bought a few antique and production knives with celluloid scales. I wouldn't buy any more. A custom knife with celluloid scales is a mistake to me and I wouldn't buy.
 
ken erickson said:
I do not want to high jack the thread but is anyone concerned about buying either a mid-range factory or custom when its scaled with celluloid and its reputation for gassing and causing problems?

Ken
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I could be wrong, and there are people that are much more knowledgable than me, but isn't common celluloid not really celluloid, and is much more stable (sorry for the pathetic English in that sentence).
 
I'd love to have a nice custom with tortoise, but I think I'd be nervous about paying much for any knife in cell.

I have 50-60 year old knives that still look great, but hear talk of many Bulldogs falling apart in two years. I think Waynorth had a problem with cell on some SFO's as well.

Doesn't anyone make tortoise in acrylic ?

Sauconian
 
I do not know if the current celluloid being used by Boker and others has a gassing problem or not.

I have looked at the pictures that the Knife dealers have on there websites and I think that your 100% correct in that the stock photos do not do the tortoiseshell celluloid justice.

Maybe a new thread titled " Celluloid revisited" would be in order to educate though of us less informed about the new celluloid compared to the old?

Ken
 
My understanding is that the new "celluloid" being used in recent years is not the same as the older material and will not degrade or cause issues with other knives that are stored with them.

I have a Camillus I purchased in faux tortoise shell several years back and it's been stored with several other knives. Looks like new and so do the knives around it.
 
Ken,

I looked around and found where I'd seen recent pics of some good looking material. It was from Masecraft, in the recon-stone section, and looks super.

Probably look even better if it had been used over polished and lacquered brass liners.

Fran
 
I'm pretty sure it is acrylic these days and the word celluloid is used to give an old school sound.The 'real' celluloid is fragile,does degrade in colour(even shape)and can spoil other knives near it.But, I don't know how long this process takes,years or decades?

Faux tortoise is used but does anybody know if real tortoise-shell was ever used on knives? It certainly was on spectacle frames and knick-knacks in the last century and before. I have a whole tortoise shell (the occupant must have vanished decades ago..)as an ornament in the hall.Wonder how durable this kind of 'bone' is, it has ready made jigging already!
 
wintermute said:
Hey, does anyone have photos of the Boker slipjoints in tortoiseshell celluloid? How do they look in person? I'm guessing the photos that Boker and the on-line realtors have don't do them justice, but I don't know. Thanks.
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You mean this stuff?;)
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This is the only one I have, and it is my favorite trapper. It looks like a minature two-blade folding hunter, right down to the blade shapes.
 
The new cell is def an acrylic or some type of material,that is not,like the old stuff If you go on the evil bay,and look at Bulldog current knives,they have all kinds of wild combos
-Vince
 
There is an interesting material called Mica Pearl from Canal Street. Here is what AG says. Pretty handles might just ride again!!

"Mica Pearl is a unique resin based handle material developed by Michael Prater & Co. as an alternative to Celluloid. The material is 100% stable, it will not burn or change color with age. Each color is developed in an atmospherically controlled environment, poured and controlled so each handle scale pattern is unique with a blend of gold, black and white."


http://www.agrussell.com/knives/by_...nal_street_cutlery_white_buffalo_muskrat.html
 
Fountain pens were manufactured using Celluloid, with all the known problems now.
What is used now for the same affect is an acylic resin.

I do not know if there is a crossover in the material used in knife scales.
 
wintermute said:
Hey, does anyone have photos of the Boker slipjoints in tortoiseshell celluloid? How do they look in person? I'm guessing the photos that Boker and the on-line realtors have don't do them justice, but I don't know. Thanks.
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I had one, not as impressive in person as online IMHO, would take a picture for you, but I returned it for warranty repair, scales were falling off...never even carried it, took a loss and traded it for a sod buster lol.
 
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