When bone cover colors don't match your expectations :(

[fot0]

They look alright to me, very much so.

'Sunset' is a rather variable term colour-wise. Here in Scandiland you can indeed get very red sunsets in late winter, and even PURPLE now there's thought

Case has a "purple haze" model out for 2014.....

 

[spkn01]

You know what guys, the longer I've been staring at this CS Barlow, the more the color is growing on me!!! I really do like the other examples of "sunset bone" so I might just pick up another one (after I talk to the dealer and specifically ask about color )

I'm really liking this barlow pattern!!! My left hand is a bit clumsy with opening knives, so I like that the nail nicks are on the same side, front of knife (maybe there is a term for that?) Unlike the swayback jack pattern

As far as Case "chestnut bone" I might just have to stay away from that color and go for the "synthetic brown" next time.... that color hasn't grown on me...

 

[spkn01]

HAHA, definitely. I don't have a lot of bone or wood knives... coming from the "tactical" world I had mostly G10, titanium, CF - and for the most part, the scale color matches up to photos.

Now when it comes to bone, wood, mammoth - I guess I just need to remember that there is more variations

Variety is the spice of life! I guess that's a reason I got into slip joints after all...

They look alright to me, very much so.

'Sunset' is a rather variable term colour-wise. Here in Scandiland you can indeed get very red sunsets in late winter, and even PURPLE now there's thought

 

[jc57]

Yeah, especially with Case knives, and when they announce a new handle material, wait until you can see pics of the actual product before buying (or at least examples of the actual product). Sometimes they actually look BETTER than the catalog pics.

GEC knives tend to be more consistent with their bone handles, but there are still enough variations to make it worth seeing the actual knife if possible.

Bone, wood, and in particular stag and mammoth are variable natural products and no two knives end up looking exactly alike.

 

[deskil]

Case has a "purple haze" model out for 2014.....

Yeah, I'd watch out for those, if I were you.

 

[knarfeng]

A certain degree of color variation is unavoidable when working with natural materials. Not to mention variation from dying material in batches.

And I agree with Ed. It didn't used to be a big deal.

 

[hoppes no9]

Maybe the colors didn't match your expectations, but HOT-DANG those are some fine-looking knives! I suggest leaving the color-naming debates to the interior designers and enjoy those knives!

 

[spkn01]

Thanks The CS Barlow is sitting in my pocket as we speak. We became friends over the last few hours.

I don't know, I think "Red Barn" Barlow would have worked better for this particular one... But yah, no more color name debating for me....

Maybe the colors didn't match your expectations, but HOT-DANG those are some fine-looking knives! I suggest leaving the color-naming debates to the interior designers and enjoy those knives!

 

[Lee48]

Case cannot do red. Or shades thereof. It comes out pink.

 

[r8shell]

Case cannot do red. Or shades thereof. It comes out pink.

They used to. I'm guessing there's some chemical like cadmium, that they can't use anymore.

 

[Mustang11]

The most dissapointed I've ever been with a handle color was the new case caramel bone.....it looks nothing like the stock photos on their site, more of a translucent greenish red, returned my seahorse whittler as soon as I opened it.....

 

[willis]

Go beat the hell out of a cow to punish the whole secies for one of thier number having the nerve to have the wrong color shinbone, or maybe try halcyon or zanax.Or you could just send the thing back and get a refund.

 

[spkn01]

LOL, thanks. I try to respect my cows and do my best to eat grass fed cows or animals raised at a local farm where I knew the were cared for and happy, at one point No need to punish anything...

And yes, I can just send it back. That was not my point. I enjoy both of these pattern. I just was asking a question about bone handle scale color variations. I do not have a lot of experience with Case or GEC or other traditional knives... so I wanted to ask if other people had a similar experience.

Go beat the hell out of a cow to punish the whole secies for one of thier number having the nerve to have the wrong color shinbone, or maybe try halcyon or zanax.Or you could just send the thing back and get a refund.

 

[willis]

spkn01 glad you took that in the spirit of jest I intended,after I posted I realized it sounded a little smart alecky to use the g-rated term.I type responces to posts just as I would say if speaking to the person and the twain do not always meet.

 

[Will Power]

They used to. I'm guessing there's some chemical like cadmium, that they can't use anymore.

Wonderful knife.
But it's puzzling with CASE, I mean GEC, Queen and Böker produce very nice dark Redbone and if there are chemical restrictions they must abide by them too?

Thanks, Will

 

[Will Power]

Yeah, I'd watch out for those, if I were you.

Right, that's more Miles Davis Kinda Blue than Jimi Hendrix's Purple (Haze)

 

[B.F.U]

I've never bought a bone knife that the dealer didn't have a picture of the specific knife. I usually HEAVILY prefer to see the exact knife I will get.

Oh wait. I did buy two rough riders in different colored bone, but they both looked how they should have.

 

[Old Hunter]

I have also noticed a lot of variation in Case knife colors within the same named color group; like others have mentioned I now buy mine in person (helps with their varying degrees of snap also). Here is a Case chestnut bone Canoe that looks like "proper" colored chestnut (to my eye at least). OH

 

[Old Hunter]

Case cannot do red. Or shades thereof. It comes out pink.

I gave up on Case Pocket-worn "Old Red" due to the pinkish variations; recently I was pleasantly surprised to find this Case jack knife in "Brick Red" - much deeper and more consistent around the edges - hope more knives will be offered in this color by Case. Of course it is much like walnut in gunstocks - the catalog pictures always display nicely figured walnut, what I get when ordering a rifle seems to be more mundane. OH

 

[rma100]

Bone treatments such as jigging, dyes, etc. are closely guarded secrets of each individual knife company and not shared with anyone. The only place off limits in the GEC Factory Tour is the "Bone Room".