Thinking about getting a knife from SilverStag. Would the elk antler handle smell bad?

[Kytuvll]

Working with elk antlers has a really bad smell often, would this knife smell as well?

 

[shane45-1911]

 

[Kytuvll]

?

 

[shane45-1911]

Oh......this was a serious question???

Hang a pine tree air freshener from the lanyard hole.

 

[Kytuvll]

Oh......this was a serious question???

Yes

 

[Kytuvll]

Oh......this was a serious question???

Hang a pine tree air freshener from the lanyard hole.

I’ve read several accounts of people buying elk handle knives and noticing a smell that doesn’t go away even after washing

 

[shane45-1911]

Maybe call Silverstag and ask them if their knives stink?

 

[jill jackson]

Thread 'Using Elk antler for handles?' https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/using-elk-antler-for-handles.686718/

- (the question you haven't asked yet) YES - it stinks BAD.....smells like a dog that vomited after eating a dead cat covered in poo. Ok, maybe I'm exagerating...but the smell permeates your shop and "sticks to your tongue"....:barf:

 

[tltt]

Antler (horn does too) smells when you cut it, and when it's it's fresh. Once it's prepped and used on a knife there'll be no smell. If it smells, the makers aren't prepping it well, which could be possible on very cheap knives.

 

[Arathol]

I've had a Ruana model 14B with elk scales for many years, never noticed any smell.....

 

[lambertiana]

My Buck forum knife has elk scales and never had a smell of any kind.

 

[justjed]

Silver Stag has been making knives for years. If they ever had a problem with smelly handles, it was remedied LONG ago! As was mentioned, stag really only smells when it's being worked, it doesn't like the friction of machine tools, and it will let you know it! But, once it seasons properly, you'll not have a problem.

 

[CVamberbonehead]

I am sorry that you had to deal with rudeness about your question. No, antler does not smell bad. It only smells as it is being cut, but unless you bandsaw your knife handle in half you won't have to worry about that.

 

[gazz98]

Interesting, my pet elk has a Buck knife and he complains the G10 smells.

I'll show myself out ....

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

I've got an Elk horn slip joint, posted elsewhere, that has no smell.