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GEC Beagles
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This doesn't say Runaway Beagle to me - It reminds me more of river rock or sea shell/rock mix..
I was kind of surprised as well and seeing them they look as odd as the slabs did. The only thing I can come up with is it's the Beagle running fast by you and all you saw was a swirl.
I'm still getting one.
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Dang, sure wished I reserved a Runaway Beagle. 
Some very cool slabs right there and shouldn't prove to be overwhelming on such a wee knife.
Some very cool slabs right there and shouldn't prove to be overwhelming on such a wee knife.
And hoping I get a BEAGLE pin with mine when it arrives here!!:thumbup: No.. Not ordered yet!! Waiting!!! John
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This doesn't say Runaway Beagle to me - It reminds me more of river rock or sea shell/rock mix..
Reminds me of antique book marbling. Like the designs you see on the insides of old books.
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That is very interesting. Thank you for sharing that.:thumbup:
Very interesting. Thanks! I just read about sucker rods on Wikipedia. There it talks about steel rods, but I guess they were wood at some point?
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I would imagine that it is a bit like treated lumber in as much as while in use it would have presumably been subjected to various oils while pumping up from underground. I am pretty comfortable in GECs judgement on the quality.
Exactly. It's an interesting unique aspect of Titusville.
Yes, in the early days of the oil boom (when it was still in Titusville) the Wells were really shallow. That combined with cost led the well casings to be made from wood, rather than metal as they currently are made.
It's not stabilized by GEC, if I remember correctly, but it has been subjected to some high pressure oil for years most likely. The picture of the Beagles looks less green than some of their earlier oil sucker rod (crude oil from the haha this area is green), but that might just be the picture. I will say, however, that my 2014 Rendezvous knife has some dents in the wood.
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I find it doubtful that this wood has been exposed and/or impregnated with oil and then placed on a knife. Health and liability concerns? Sounds more reasonable to me that this wood is sourced from unused rods most likely found lying in storage for all these years.
It is. Why would there be health and liability concerns? Are you eating the knife? Are you burning it?
These rods would have been used 150 years ago. If they were unused, untreated wood they would fall apart if you tried to do anything with them.
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The Titusville Oil Boom began in 1865. In those days all the Sucker Rods were wooden. They were used for several years, until the Boom died out. Since then they have been lying on the ground where they were discarded when the rest of the pump equipment was removed, probably just 2 or 3 years later. These rods were heavily impregnated with oil. They have bumps and bruises. They have laid in the woods for almost a century and a half. I don't think any residual oil contaminants remain in the wood. After 150 years exposed to the elements I also think stabilization is a moot point. However, it does make some pretty handle materials.