For custom Busse owners with NATURAL materials!

Walking Man

Walking Man

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this is a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL THOSE OF YOU WITH NATURAL HANDLED MATERIALS. Don't read this if you want your handles to crack!
I'm posting this because I just saw Stabber's (Public?) Defender thingy in his thread with the natural handles, and I want all of my HOG friends to be happy! NOT crying over a knife with cracked handles or worrying about replacement costs!
Keep them puppies oiled once in a while. I know the guys over in the HI forum use lanolin on the Buffalo horn, but mineral oil works pretty well for me. I've read that once a year works just fine, I've even read that one every 3 years for older knives is okay too. If you're oiling for the first time, you might want to let it sit in a wrapped oiled cloth for a day.
BE ESPECIALLY careful of the Sheep's horn, from what I've read here, it has a pretty bad tendency to shrink and crack. Ask over in the tool shed if you have any more questions, or just ask here, and hopefully others will chime in. I'm not much of an expert on natural handle materials.
 
Have natural materials been pre-treated ?
Where do they sell a good oil?
 
ktk said:
Where do they sell a good oil?
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That is whole beauty of it! You can mineral oil as a laxative CHEAP in any drug store. I think a small bottle may still be under $1!....
(what else can you for less than a $1 these days.)
 
Mineral oil will do the trick. Good for Ivory and bone and all types of horn, stag.I've heard to sides to this. One side being to soak the entire handle in a can of mineral oil for days.
The other side of the story is that if they were stabilized there "shouldn't"be a broblem. Stabilizing traps the natural oil of the material in.
I know I have two gorgeous Ivory handled Jim Siska pieces that I would not be willing to chance not soaking them. ;)
I own knives with cracked ivory and cracked stag, nothing severely ugly that I'd worry about changing them though.
 
Mahalo, WM

Stabber,
Do you plan to get pant for your Custom PD?
My PD is on the way to HI.
 
stabber said:
Probably sooner or later. Nice grab;) Did you already order a sheath?
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Try to get leatherman mid-ride. But it seems there's a long waiting list.:( But I will wait.
 
i use mineral oil on my ivory gripped colt peacemakers and all my ivory handled knives. i rub some on my palms then on the ivory, i do not soak the material. once a year is all i do it and have nice patina with no cracks.

sounds kind of sexy doesn't it amy :)
 
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