RR bone scales significant colour difference?

[baxtrom]

Hi guys,
My Rough Rider/Ryder knives arrived today and I would like some opinion about the bone scales of the trapper I bought. I understand bone is a natural material et c, I’m just curious, is this normal?
cheers/baxtrom

 

[Rich S]

IMHO, no. That degree of difference is not normal. Looks like one side has been sun bleached or something. I'd return it. I've numerous RRs and none have that much scale variation ( not even close).

 

[traumkommode]

I think that's an inherent quality of that piece of bone. If you look at this bone below, you see how it sort of looks like clouds - there's more calcification at different depths in the sample. If they had dyed this, it would show variation as well.

 

[baxtrom]

I think that's an inherent quality of that piece of bone. If you look at this bone below, you see how it sort of looks like clouds - there's more calcification at different depths in the sample. If they had dyed this, it would show variation as well.

I would agree, however my trapper has two distinctly different scales which like Rich says looks like one side has been bleached in the sun or something.
Nice knife btw

 

[JohnDF]

For the price, I'd live with it.

 

[baxtrom]

For the price, I'd live with it.

Perhaps you are right — I ordered several knives and forgot how little I paid for it. Still...

 

[afishhunter]

None of my RR's have that great of variation from the mark to pile sides.

Even "for the price" that isn't "acceptable", in my humble opinion. Rough Ryder can and does do better.
That said, however, I'm not sure if exchanging a knife - regardless of price - over a purely cosmetic issue is "acceptable", either.

Return/replace for an issue that affects the usage ... yeah .. I've done that. Even for a $6.99 retail Marbles MR278 that came complete with a broken back spring.
Marbles/SMKW stood behind the lifetime guarantee, and sent me a replacement that didn't include a broken back spring, with no hassle, or postage due on my end.

At the very least I think I'd try soaking the knife in 3% to 5% hydrogen peroxide as has been suggested so oft here to bleach the bone back to white, followed by some RIT dye, if I didn't like that checkered bone white.

Honestly, I probably wouldn't want to bother with getting a knife exchanged over a cosmetic issue, regardless of if the knife in question was a Rough Ryder, or a GEC, Boker Tree Brand, or some other top of the pyramid brand, ither.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Mine wasn't that bad,but I didn't like the weird color. Brown Rit dye fixed it , also I modded the spey into a wharncliffe.

https://imgur.com/3zBz9Mj

 

[eisman]

Dye can be used, but for bone you'll get a more uniform finish if you permanganate.

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