What is meerschaum bone - meerschaum bone handles on knives.

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Back in 1962-63 Schrade advertised their 8OTs, and said they had Meerschaum Bone handles.
When this question comes up from time to time, it is quickly dismissed by saying "It's probably Delrin".
Probably does not answer my question! Delrin and Meerschaum Bone are two different words, and mean two different materials. The internet indicates Meerschaum Bone was used to make pipes - Could this be the material used by Schrade for their 8OTs with the Black Handles in 1962-64? ... Ken
 
The only Meerschaum that I am familiar with, is used to either carve pipes from, or is used as a composite material to line wood pipes with. I question it's use for scales as it will discolor with dirt and perspiration.
 
Glock's are made of "polymer", but it's also a material previously known as "nylon".

Marketing.
 
A.P.F. said:
The only Meerschaum that I am familiar with, is used to either carve pipes from, or is used as a composite material to line wood pipes with. I question it's use for scales as it will discolor with dirt and perspiration.
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Block meerschaum, carved and not, is used for pipes themselves more often than meerschaum is used to line briar or calabash gourds. It's quite fragile.
 
RX-79G said:
Glock's are made of "polymer", but it's also a material previously known as "nylon".

Marketing.
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Almost all major companies have followed Glock, with their own plastic framed pistols. In fact I'd say all of them have. In fact Glock wasn't even first..

http://www.alloutdoor.com/2015/03/16/state-polymer-pistol/

"Oddly enough, almost thirty years later, a trip to any gun shop will validate that metal framed pistols are now the minority and polymer framed pistols now rule the market. In fact, outside of the 1911 market, Sig Sauer is one of the few manufacturers who concentrate almost solely on metal framed pistols.

The variety of polymer framed pistols from manufactures is stunning, spanning from internal mechanical differences, caliber, capacity, single/double stack magazines, colors, ergonomics, ambidextrous functionality, quality, sights, and other miscellaneous features like light rails. The options are dizzying. Though Glock still subscribes to its small, medium, and large frames for 9mm, they were on the bleeding edge of offering .40S&W, 10MM, .357 Sig, .45 ACP, and .380 ACP caliber options. Glock’s 10mm models still remain one of the very few factory 10MM pistols available from any manufacturer. "
 
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jill jackson said:
Almost all major companies have followed Glock, with their own plastic framed pistols. In fact I'd say all of them have. In fact Glock wasn't even first..

http://www.alloutdoor.com/2015/03/16/state-polymer-pistol/

"Oddly enough, almost thirty years later, a trip to any gun shop will validate that metal framed pistols are now the minority and polymer framed pistols now rule the market. In fact, outside of the 1911 market, Sig Sauer is one of the few manufacturers who concentrate almost solely on metal framed pistols.

The variety of polymer framed pistols from manufactures is stunning, spanning from internal mechanical differences, caliber, capacity, single/double stack magazines, colors, ergonomics, ambidextrous functionality, quality, sights, and other miscellaneous features like light rails. The options are dizzying. Though Glock still subscribes to its small, medium, and large frames for 9mm, they were on the bleeding edge of offering .40S&W, 10MM, .357 Sig, .45 ACP, and .380 ACP caliber options. Glock’s 10mm models still remain one of the very few factory 10MM pistols available from any manufacturer. "
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Hi Jill. Maybe you didn't read my post?

I'm aware of the history of plastic firearms. But it has little to do with the point I made about renaming an ordinary material like nylon or delrin to polymer or Meerschaam to make it more saleable. Glock was the first take this tactic with plastic handguns, and all the other companies also call their nylon handguns "polymer" for the same reason. The exception would be Ruger, who uses a polyurethane called Xenoy.

And if you're into plastic gun history, the guns you're alluding to are the Remington Nylon 66 and the HK VP70Z.
 
I must Thank everyone that answered this post. I did post this same question on the Schrade Forums - This post was answerer in a different way, that came to the same decision... Ken
 
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