Stagalicious! Just Stag !!

sigman said:
Your concerns are, as I have been told, unfortuantly absolutely correct ! An Indian Doctor friend of mine, whose family have a large farm in India, tells me he has NEVER, in all the years he lived there, seen any naturally fallen antler on the forest floor - it soon gets eaten by all sorts of critters and insects! He also says that the Sambar deer were being killed in order to obtain the antler to sell (probably for a pittance - but you have to remember India is a country of either extreme wealth for a minority or extreme poverty for many).

Colin
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I thought that might have been the case. It's a shame they kill the deer. Thanks for clearing this up for me :thumbup:
 
Don't draw the conclusion that all the stag used for knives came from poached deer with that little bit of information. 99.9% of the stag you have seen, or will ever see, came from shed horns.
Greg
 
I don't think the percentage is that high Greg but let's not go down this path and ruin a perfectly -- no great -- thread. Pretty soon we'll have to discuss if the ivory that makes up the ivory scales on our knives was taken legally/morally.

I'm enjoying this thread with lots of great pictures of great looking knives. I personally don't need to go down the path of moral methods of stag, ivory, etc. gathering. Just my .02¢ -- no offense meant to anyone.

Thanks for starting this thread Greg.
 
Would have loved to have just seen a photo of some stag from ya Ed.
Greg
 
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Look at Post #14, page 1 of this thread for a couple knives I have with stag handles. I've got a couple Bulldog knives (one 1st generation and one 2nd generation) with stag handles coming and I'll post pictures of them when they get here. Wait a minute -- I've got a GEC Conductor with burnt stag handles coming (should get here tomorrow) and I'll post pictures of it too when it arrives.

If you guys are counting red stag, here's one I gifted to another forum member. Even though it's not mine anymore, it's a nice looking knife.

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Thanks guy's, I do believe the vast majority of stag is from naturally shed antlers :thumbup:
Thanks for the replies and sorry I wasn't trying to make anyone feel bad.
 
Stag is some pretty amazing scale material. Tough, takes on a great patina with time, offers a firm grip and like a finger print, no two pieces are identical!

Here is one of my blade picks(not available) with a piece of stag that I thought fit the size of the pick very nicely.

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One of my favorite stag handled knives: Puma 959 Jagdtaschenmesser from 1984

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Greg,

That small 4 blade stag folder is truly elegant.

The Sheepsfoot and Wharncliffe with the Clip in this small knife are excellent.

Mike H.
 
These three arrived yesterday afternoon.

Bulldog Stockman - 1st Generation; GEC Swell Center Pen Knife; Bulldog Swaybelly - 1st Generation

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mckgreg -- If you see this post will you click on my name/avatar and send me an e-mail with your return e-mail address? I'd like to swap info on the Bulldogs. I tried clicking on yours but didn't see a way to send a PM or e-mail.
 
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