Does anyone else prefer Bone over Stag?

"Does anyone else prefer Bone over Stag?"



...when of equal quality?

No, no way, not me. :D
 
I would prefer a nicely jigged bone over a low quality stag but there is nothing that can compare to matched stag scales that have lot's of color and popcorn.
 
Pappy,

My Scout knife from the 60s is an English standard made carbon with a stag handle

What Stag would this be?

Thanks
 
I kept quiet on this until now, because the only stag handle I've ever had is the '08 Forum knife, so I didn't have much of an opinion on it. Since I just noticed that knife has developed a crack in one scale in the three months I've had it, I think I'll stick with bone or synthetics in the future.
 
yablanowitz said:
I kept quiet on this until now, because the only stag handle I've ever had is the '08 Forum knife, so I didn't have much of an opinion on it. Since I just noticed that knife has developed a crack in one scale in the three months I've had it, I think I'll stick with bone or synthetics in the future.
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I wouldn't generalize from that one (unfortunate) experience. I love bone as well as stag. Each has wonderful qualities but each can also suffer the slings and arrows of cracks, chips, shrinkage (omigod) and other maladies.

If you want to go "safe", micarta and delrin are much more bomb-proof materials.
 
pappy1959 said:
I love stag...........done right and on the appropriate knife.
I love bone..............done right and on the right knife.

Natural handle materials are my preference on ANY knife, particularly a user.
Sorry to those of you who like the plastics and G-10 and micarta. They just don't do it for me at all.

Natural materials mature with age and use. Natural materials breathe and are more comfortable in the hand. They take on a patina and get better and better with age, and use. Natural materials develop a "character" all their own based on the use, the owner, age and care. I do believe that natural materials hold, or increase, their value better than any plastic.

That's my humble opinion, for what it's worth.

Keep Care,

Pappy
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Pappy puts it just how I feel about it. I love them both, but it's an if. If it's done righ, and If it fits the knife. I've seen where the maker has taken much of the stags charater out to make it fit the smaller knife, but I've seen it work very well too.

Bottom line; I'll take stag first IF it's done right. IF!
 
I look for in this order Stag, Ivory, bone, then maybe synthetic (and maybe not, but I do have a few).
 
Blues said:
I wouldn't generalize from that one (unfortunate) experience. I love bone as well as stag. Each has wonderful qualities but each can also suffer the slings and arrows of cracks, chips, shrinkage (omigod) and other maladies.

If you want to go "safe", micarta and delrin are much more bomb-proof materials.
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True, you can't tell from one example, but a couple hundred bone handles that haven't cracked and cost less as well make me wonder what the draw of stag is.

Me being me, bomb-proof is a good idea. :D
 
Blues said:
I wouldn't generalize from that one (unfortunate) experience. I love bone as well as stag. Each has wonderful qualities but each can also suffer the slings and arrows of cracks, chips, shrinkage (omigod) and other maladies.

If you want to go "safe", micarta and delrin are much more bomb-proof materials.
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Or he can try staglon;)
 
The thing about stag versus bone from a makers standpoint is that bone is manipulated to a much great extent then stag. Bone is jigged in different patterns and dyed in a variety of colors. I think a slipjoint done well in great stag is hard to beat.However I find it rare to see a knife in stag were both sides match as far as "figure"(popcorn, etc) color, and shape or profile. Some custom makers have the experience, inventory, and skill to consistency offer knives in stag.(my hats off to them):thumbup:

For these reasons, at this time,from a makers standpoint, I prefer bone over stag.
 
It would be nice as Ken said above to have the kind of quality stag it would take to do slipjoint scales on a regular basis. Bone jigging is all over the map from "Remington" to somebody's idea of what jigging should look like, and colors too for that matter. It would be a pretty dull world if all stag or bone looked the same. With that said somehow I don't see stag becoming more available or cheap, Ditto for the price on bone. It all boils down to personal preference. Beleive me if I could manipulate antlers the way I do bone I would, (have been trying for years) for me its bone.
Ken.
 
I prefer stag but your talking apples to oranges to me. The great thing I like about bone is it's natural very nearly as pretty as stag and you don't have to take care of it!
 
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