Stag Saturday - Let's See Some Traditional Stag!

Couple o' beaters:
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I didn't own any stag knives............until yesterday. I was never sure how I felt about the varieties of coloration, the depth of the grooves, the height of the ridges, the thickness of the scales or the potential for wildly mismatched scales. Yeah, I really am nitpicky about my knives. Stag seemed to rub my OCD senses of uniformity the wrong way.

Anyhow, back to yesterday's arrival:

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The Burgh said:
I didn't own any stag knives............until yesterday. I was never sure how I felt about the varieties of coloration, the depth of the grooves, the height of the ridges, the thickness of the scales or the potential for wildly mismatched scales. Yeah, I really am nitpicky about my knives. Stag seemed to rub my OCD senses of uniformity the wrong way.

Anyhow, back to yesterday's arrival:

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I used to feel the same way many years ago, but I learned to love the more natural aspect of stag scales. The uniform jigging started to bother me when I compared it to the true natural character of stag.
 
The Burgh said:
I didn't own any stag knives............until yesterday. I was never sure how I felt about the varieties of coloration, the depth of the grooves, the height of the ridges, the thickness of the scales or the potential for wildly mismatched scales. Yeah, I really am nitpicky about my knives. Stag seemed to rub my OCD senses of uniformity the wrong way.

Anyhow, back to yesterday's arrival:

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Looks like your apprehension was needless -it is excellent

Carrying this one today
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Got time for a quick tale of tinkering?
This 85 languished on a dealer's shelve for over two years. The stag was light, it had gaps between the covers and liners and it was kind of chunky. The only thing not sharp on the entire knife was the blade. As an admitted tinker... just my cup of tea. :eek:
First up, ergonomics; break all sharp corners... tangs, liner edges, spring ends, material transition points, and even the two points on the outside edge of the tear drop. Much more comfortable to use!
Next aesthetics; fill the gaps with crazy glue making them nearly invisible. Satin-ize (made up word cuz I'll customize those too when needed ;)) bolsters and end caps then darken the scales. A re-burn helped somewhat but a light sanding followed by a strong tea bath really improved on the color.
Final result; a somewhat funky 85 (devalued in some eyes :)) brought to the more glorious level this worthy knife deserves. A satisfied caretaker developed a special relationship thru a hands on experience with a one of a kind, that means more to him than simply buying a perfect blade.

After Ergonomics Mod
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After Color Spa
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Augie said:
120 year old stag, John Primble India Steel Works.
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If you like stag ya gotta look at this picture again. Those were the days of stag!! Nice find Augie!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

robinpeck said:
Late entry: I picked up this old (1950's?) Puma at a small local gunshow yesterday (Saturday). Unsharpened, it still has the factory edge. Sheath has the Puma logo and is marked: Solingen, Western Germany. Blade is marked Puma, Germany on one side and Rostfrei on the other. I haven't cleaned it up yet, although there won't be much to do. It cost $20.(US)
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Beautiful!!! For how much!!??? :eek:

oldtymer said:
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Carrying this one today
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Very nice Sir! :cool:

rockman0 said:
This one is riding on my belt today
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Excellent choice today!!! :)

Half/Stop said:
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Wow Ron!!! Fits right in with the best of em'! Were you able to hand pick or did you just get lucky? :D
 
redsparrow said:
Got time for a quick tale of tinkering?
This 85 languished on a dealer's shelve for over two years. The stag was light, it had gaps between the covers and liners and it was kind of chunky. The only thing not sharp on the entire knife was the blade. As an admitted tinker... just my cup of tea. :eek:
First up, ergonomics; break all sharp corners... tangs, liner edges, spring ends, material transition points, and even the two points on the outside edge of the tear drop. Much more comfortable to use!
Next aesthetics; fill the gaps with crazy glue making them nearly invisible. Satin-ize (made up word cuz I'll customize those too when needed ;)) bolsters and end caps then darken the scales. A re-burn helped somewhat but a light sanding followed by a strong tea bath really improved on the color.
Final result; a somewhat funky 85 (devalued in some eyes :)) brought to the more glorious level this worthy knife deserves. A satisfied caretaker developed a special relationship thru a hands on experience with a one of a kind, that means more to him than simply buying a perfect blade.

After Ergonomics Mod
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After Color Spa
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That's what it's all about right there. Excellent save.
 
A few more that are more unusual:

USA made Schrade Sharpfinger recovered in Roosevelt Elk eye-guard by yours truly along with a vintage and very nice Bertram Hen & Rooster dogleg whittler.
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Vintage KABAR trapper recovered in antique stag by Muskrat Man
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Couple o' CASE XX 99 recovers; one in NW mule deer antler by myself and the other an ESNYX mod done up in Culpepper bone stag.
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