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What is this handle material?bone?

meako

meako

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Grandfathers knife .
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Not sure if this is bone or faux bone.
Can anyone tell me?
happy to post more photes.
cheers.
 
I could be very wrong??..but i think they call that French ivory=celluloid.....too straight a grain to be bone (or anything natural)methinx..........................FES
 
You could be wrong, but if you are then I am, too. :) (I love it)

festerfromnzed said:
I could be very wrong??..but i think they call that French ivory=celluloid.....too straight a grain to be bone (or anything natural)methinx..........................FES
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thanks guys. whatever it is he used it until theres not much blade left.
 
Looks very similar to the scale material on this A.W. Wadsworth & Son sleeveboard pen, which as mentioned above, was described as french ivory celluloid.

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As well as Doug and David said; I don´t think that this is bone. I really think, that´s something synthetic. :)

A nice knife, though!

Hope this could help...

Kind regards
Andi
 
Doug thanks mate -it is exactly like that -so French ivory celluloid it is.
No markings other than stainless sheffield england.
The funny thing about this knife and one other I inherited from my mums father -they are the beginnings of my collection.
I 've had them for a lot of years always tucked away in my possessions but never really in my possession if ya know what I mean.
I found them in a toolbox ,cleaned them up ,sharpened them and went to find out about how to sharpen them properly which led me to here.
so there ya go.
Thanks Grandad.
A quick pic of the other one-definitely bone but how would you describe it?Its William Rodgers icutmyway
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That knife hasn't been used that much, unless I'm looking at the wrong knife. I think it is in very good condition overall. Should make a very fine pocket companion.

Ed J
 
oh yeah -still plenty of life left in both of them. The old rodgers is heaps sharper though.
cheers.
 
My example of this situation....not ivory, some type of man made. 300Bucks

Swan Work Cutlery Co., Germany
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