Peeling Stag?

[CB-R]

Not sure if this is just natural progression, but the darker areas on my #23 are starting to peel up. Should I send this in? The stag on this knife isn't the prettiest, but it was a gift and ugly knives need love too! The small chips and peeling on the gnarly stag side is starting to bother me. Is this an issue that you would contact GEC over? Thanks.

 

[OHALLUM]

Tough call on whether to send it back or not. If not, you might try some type of oil or preservative to prevent further damage. It looks like it is drying out and needs some moisture added back in to stop it. Just a guess, since it is a natural product and not a synthetic. Good luck.

Blessings,

Omar

 

[jakemex]

Bone over time decays. That's natural.

 

[kamagong]

Don't send it in. It happens.

- Christian

 

[CB-R]

Thanks guy's. It's the only stag I have any experience with, so I wasn't sure. Mineral oil and normal usage will do it.

 

[67nick]

If ya carry it, it happens, kind like patina. Keep oil on it and peeling shouldn't occur very often.

 

[John L]

Stag carries remnants of the velvet that was part of the new antler. Many pieces have considerable velvet when dry and must be scraped or peeled off before coloring or hitting with potassium permanganate. The deeper the fissures,,,the more likely the velevet did not wear off thru the year fighting, rubbing against trees, gravity!, and other natural causes. What you have is just this. Most people think stag is brown, almost black and anything in between. Fact is..it is creamy or buttery off white. All the color you see is either dirt, velvet, potassium permanganate or some such. This is the reason old stag is very blond. You think it is pocket worn....but in reality, it has just been cleaned up thru friction in your pocket.

John Lloyd

 

[MR Knives]

John L is right it's just the velevet starting to peel off .I peel mine off when i make a knife and dye it back in with a cuetip.

 

[jackknife]

Stag carries remnants of the velvet that was part of the new antler. Many pieces have considerable velvet when dry and must be scraped or peeled off before coloring or hitting with potassium permanganate. The deeper the fissures,,,the more likely the velevet did not wear off thru the year fighting, rubbing against trees, gravity!, and other natural causes. What you have is just this. Most people think stag is brown, almost black and anything in between. Fact is..it is creamy or buttery off white. All the color you see is either dirt, velvet, potassium permanganate or some such. This is the reason old stag is very blond. You think it is pocket worn....but in reality, it has just been cleaned up thru friction in your pocket.

John Lloyd

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Yes! I have two stag knives, one from the WW2 years, the other is from the years when the Bertram cousins still ran Hen And Rooster. Both of them the stag has got better over the years. Pocket worn has cleaned them up great.

 

[Don Hanson III]

John is right.

I peel all my stag before I use it.

 

[Peregrin]

John is right.

I peel all my stag before I use it.

That seems like the right thing to do Don.
I can't say I've ever seen any "unpeeled" stag on a knife handle. Seems to me a step was left out somewhere along the line.

 

[pertinux]

Thanks guy's. It's the only stag I have any experience with, so I wasn't sure. Mineral oil and normal usage will do it.

I'm glad you're reassured. :thumbup:

Meanwhile, you could probably get away with posting those pictures on WebMD, and asking for a diagnosis of the "condition."

~ P.

 

[kc custom]

Another one for John is right. The only other way I've seen stag "peel" is when someone
gets a little heavy handed with the torch when heat coloring, and usually that appears
more as the surface flaking off. Total fix- tape it off, sand blast, dye with potassium
permanganate and carry it.
Ken.

 

[Pipeman]

Here's a piece of very nice popcorn White tail Deer showing the velvet between the popcorn.

Best regards

Robin

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