Stag and damascus - show me yours and I'll show you mine.

Here is another one by Joel, 3 blade,2 spring whittler, Mike Norris Fire Clone stainless damascus.

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Jerry Halfrich, Damasteel and stag
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and one by Claudio

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and John Lloyd

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Dan Graves

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This is great stuff. I have never been a fan of stag until recently. I've always preferred burl wood and fossil ivories. Must confess this thread could convince me to see the error of my ways.
 
This dressed fighter was made by Bill Ankrom, who's work I collect... It was engraved By Gil Rudolph, and won "Best of Show" at the bi-annual show in Solvang, Calif. hosted by crew at Nordic Knives... This photo was done by Mitchell Cohen at Prairie Digital...

It's midsized at 6.5" blade length, and has a great concealable shoulder rig sheath... Best Regards, Rich Slaughter

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A neat view showing the edge with the gold inlay work on the spine and tang....

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mwschilling said:
This is great stuff. I have never been a fan of stag until recently. I've always preferred burl wood and fossil ivories. Must confess this thread could convince me to see the error of my ways.
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Mark, you know fossil ivory is my thing, but 'good' stag is high on the list too. That folder you posted on the 1st page has the 'good' stuff on it. :cool:
 
Kris, that Chamblin and Halfrich were two that immediately came to mind when reading Roger's first post. Thanks for sharing them again.

Don, I love the way you inset the ivory in that stag.

Chris
 
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Harvey Dean El Diablo-West Texas Wind damascus
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Mike Zscherny Two Blade Wharncliffe Trapper

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Truly beautiful knives in here guys! I hope to someday own and make something that nice.
 
You probably remember how big this piece of stag was in your hand Roger. I'll probably never see another giant premium piece like that.


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Ron, those are both amazing, as are the many others posted here.

Would it be inappropriate to ask a question for my own education?

Does all stag come from the same animal "A Stag" or can it include others like whitetail. Is the major variation we see in all these knives simply from how it is worked, dyed, smoothed, etc. Is the "pop-corn" character just a rare version from the same source? Some of the stag posted here is amazing (deep amber color and rich character) while other is more plain and colorless. Is that the same as some wood having character while other is plain grained?

Sorry if this is an amateur question.
 
Mark,
That's a good question for education. All of the "stag" I use came from India and were sheds from the native India Sambar Stag which is a creature similar to our elk. Elk horn has a lot of porous pith while stag tends to be the opposite with a more solid interior but also with porous pith. I have heard of people referring to not only white tail antler but also red deer antler as "stag". Not sure if this is proper or not to do so. Usually when you see the reddish and amber colors Culpepper mother of pearl company has dyed the stag. Another popular treatment is to dye the stag with potassium permanganate which yields more natural brown tones. Hope this helps a little for better understanding of stag.

To further answer your questions the popcorn is the most rare and to me and many collectors is the paramount stag material. Some choose to grind some of it away while I try my best to leave it all there. Smoother stag can be merely grain and popcorn that has been ground away or it could be that that's simply how the antler grew.

Good questions.
 
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