GEC Oiled Bone

so ... soaked in oil instead of soaked in dye. The bone should absorb some of the oil as it would absorb some of the dye. Probably helps bring out the grain of the bone.
 
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This is my first non dyed smooth bone, and it is really growing on me.

Vey pleasing to the touch, and the eye.

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It looks very similar to a traditional smooth bone handled knife that has been used/handled often for 30+ years. I think it effectively mimics what the natural oils from your hand do to bone over years and years of holding it.
 
I have some polished stag that I polished further to get it as smooth as possible. I wiped the scales with mineral oil over the course of a few days until the stag no longer soaked it up. They now have a buttery feel to them and they changed in appearance. They look like mammoth now almost.
 
Jsega51 said:
I have some polished stag that I polished further to get it as smooth as possible. I wiped the scales with mineral oil over the course of a few days until the stag no longer soaked it up. They now have a buttery feel to them and they changed in appearance. They look like mammoth now almost.
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If there are no pictures.... It does not exist. :D
 
$.02-mineral oil or something like a danish oil, in a soak until it absorbs no more, than polished.
thanks ,Neal
 
coyote711 said:
Regardless of what you call it, I think "natural bone" ages pretty well …..

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Always liked that Conductor of yours and it just keeps getting finer!:cool::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Great array of knives on this thread, Smooth Bone has character in acres:D
 
So, I've read oil is not good for bone and antler. Olive oil gets rancid, they say. Petroleum derivatives are not good on natural materials, they say. Who in the world is "they"? What is real?
 
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