Northwoods 15?

MerryMadMonk said:
somepunk, congrats and post some pics when you get yours...
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Here it is. Wow, I love it !!

I'm no photographer, so please forgive the poor attempt. Just took it is out of its package, set it down and snapped a few.

This is my first ivory knife. Are there any do's & don'ts I should know about before I ruin such a fine item? Oils to avoid, for example?

Thanks.
 
She's a beauty! Congrats on an ivory handled dream knife! One drop of oil in the joints, if it needs it. Other than that, carry and enjoy!
 
Looking good, somepunk... I know you'll enjoy that knife! If you google "ivory care", you can find some tips and do's and don'ts on handling, cleaning, storage, etc.
 
Put a thick coat of mineral oil on the ivory, wrap it in saran wrap and let it sit for 3 days,
unwrap and wipe down.
I do that 2-3 times a year to my ivory and no trouble in 15 years.
 
I for one, would love to see some marketing reps from some of the small micro breweries catch wind of these knives. There could be some very cool SFO's along those lines with some interesting etches. :D.
 
singin50 said:
Here's another shot I just took for all you BJ Junkies, like me!
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Perry - Great photo and 2 nice BJ's also :thumbup:

somepunk said:
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Here it is. Wow, I love it !!

I'm no photographer, so please forgive the poor attempt. Just took it is out of its package, set it down and snapped a few.

This is my first ivory knife. Are there any do's & don'ts I should know about before I ruin such a fine item? Oils to avoid, for example?

Thanks.
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somepunk - That is someIvory, a beautiful knife, congrats :cool::)
 
What was with the camel bone dye jobs on these? Orange looked pretty good, but it seemed like the black and blue were just barely touched with color. I know there's bound to be natural variation but these seemed uniformly dull. I remember the burnside jacks and fremonts all had at least quite a few with very dark blue teal dye jobs. Couldn't pull the trigger on one if these 15s and now they're gone.
 
Some of the black ones are very dark, I missed a few of them when they went up on KSF
 
One of the things I love about camel bone is that each piece takes the dye differently. Every one is unique.
 
Quote chuckgp: "Put a thick coat of mineral oil on the ivory, wrap it in saran wrap and let it sit for 3 days,
unwrap and wipe down.
I do that 2-3 times a year to my ivory and no trouble in 15 years."

I have ivory handled knives and carved ivory figures that have been in the family for 100 years and i do nothing to them and have had no problems.
Skin oil will darken ivory but it takes a lot of handling for this to occur but when it does it adds a yellow tinge that is very attractive.
I think ivory is about as tough as bone which means it is possible to fracture it if dropped onto a hard surface, but like bone handled knives most 'drops' do not crack it.
kj
 
kootenay joe said:
Quote chuckgp: "Put a thick coat of mineral oil on the ivory, wrap it in saran wrap and let it sit for 3 days,
unwrap and wipe down.
I do that 2-3 times a year to my ivory and no trouble in 15 years."

I have ivory handled knives and carved ivory figures that have been in the family for 100 years and i do nothing to them and have had no problems.
Skin oil will darken ivory but it takes a lot of handling for this to occur but when it does it adds a yellow tinge that is very attractive.
I think ivory is about as tough as bone which means it is possible to fracture it if dropped onto a hard surface, but like bone handled knives most 'drops' do not crack it.
kj
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That's what Ed VanHoy told me for my Stamascus ivory knife. With our climate swings I figured it was a good idea.
 
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