Bone stag real stag?

[slowrider]

Please help a newb out. I see "bone stag" scales, mainly on slipjoints. Is this a type of bone made to look like stag or is it from real horn?

 

[moonwilson]

"Bone stag" is bone that has been jigged and burnt to resemble stag horn. It is typically cow shin bone.

 

[slowrider]

Thanks a lot. Follow up question.......what's second cut stag?

 

[Tony_A]

Thanks a lot. Follow up question.......what's second cut stag?

I believe second-cut stag is cut from the inner, left-over areas of the antler with little to no outer "bark " showing.

It's still genuine stag, but a less desirable piece. It's also sometimes jigged and/or dyed to resemble an outer portion--because of this, it can sometimes be hard to tell second-cut stag from stag-bone.