Is this verdigras a deal breaker?

[Philipsdc]

Be careful using acetone. It might not play nice with the colored plastic spacers...

Hey, I was meaning to ask about the colored bands on the handle, are they plastic? Metal?

 

[RBB2]

That's a very cool knife and cool history to go with it.

 

[brownshoe]

I use saddle soap on old leather handles.

 

[tltt]

Hey, I was meaning to ask about the colored bands on the handle, are they plastic? Metal?

Vulcanized fiber - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanized_fibre .

 

[Sgt 127]

Be careful using acetone. It might not play nice with the colored plastic spacers...

Excellent point.

 

[riversidedep]

What caused the verdigris on the handle? Brass spacers?

 

[Philipsdc]

What caused the verdigris on the handle? Brass spacers?

Interestingly, the verdigris is on the same two spacers, which made me wonder if those two were metal. And thanks for the info on the vulcanized fiber.

 

[argel55]

Flitz works to remove it.