Question on white Bone Scales

[winchester73]

Those of you that have knives that have them, have you found they discolor easily from dirt, blood, sweat etc,.

 

[JustinR]

In my experience it will darken with some age and wear. My 92 Eureka came with some pretty bright white scales when new but has a mellow yellowed hue to it. Like the mellowing of stag, I dig it.

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[Rookie82]

My experience is that if they are handled often, the sweat/oil from your skin will start to gently yellow the bone, over the course of 3-5 years. It may be able to be coated with something to prevent that from happening if you wanted.

 

[Ernie1980]

I have a giraffe bone knife that I stained with grime from my garage. I got some of it off with alcohol but it still has some streaks of black. So yes, it will stain!!

 

[brownshoe]

White bone can get stained due to oil and stone/steel dust around the pivot area. When you sharpen by hand with a stone and a lot of oil, the oil can carry the grit into the bone. It takes awhile but will discolor with time. If you have a carbon steel knife and use a lot of oil to keep the rust away, you can also get a little bit of staining from the oil at the spring pin. Some bone is stabilized with so maybe stabilized bone won't pick up color from oil.