Choice of Scales

[Stephen F]

I am about to have a nice 4 blade congress made. It will be dressed up with gold pins and a gold shield. But I am undecided on the scale material. High grade black lip pearl, dark brown jigged bone, or some fine stag. What would be your preference be for a dark scale material out of these three?

Cheers,

Stephen

 

[Amos Iron Wolf]

Hmmm. A gold shield sitting on top of black lip pearl sounds mighty purdy. Not to mention quite elegant. Especially on a four blade congress.

 

[Bob W]

Of those three I'd pick the black lip pearl.

I wonder how gold would look on white mother of pearl?

 

[Ebbtide]

BL Pearl, stag, blackwood/ebony, bone in that order.

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

I thought Black Lip before I read your choices!!

 

[jackknife]

Black pearl sounds interesting. But good stag is sooo great! Ages well too.

 

[canineforge]

If your order was for a gents knife, I might go with the b.l. pearl. For a 4-blade congress, with the gold trim, it would be stag all the way for me! Jigged bone would be second.

- Joe

 

[Will Power]

How about looking into giraffe bone? That comes in many forms.

 

[malextwo]

Thanks, Willgoy, for being the first to open it up to other choices... I just had a Chamblin rescaled for me - a 3 1/4" wharny - in gold lip mop. It already had gold pins, and now looks absolutely outstanding!

Mike