Where to find older bone?

sierra11b

sierra11b

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For those of us that never have the time (work on weekends too :grumpy:) or live too far away from the big, worthwhile knife shows, where can some nice old bone be purchased?

Would like some nice Remington Bone for a project and am wondering where I can get some?
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Maybe someone here can sell me some? :D ;)

-Eric
 
Try calling IG after his Viagra shipment shows up :eek:

In all seriousness though, what is Remington bone and how is it different that the bone handle material you can buy from just about any knifemaker's supply?

-d
 
He's referring to the way Remington's bone was randomly jigged in a VERY attractive way:thumbup: . Tony and Reese Bose either found the motherlode of vintage Remington material years ago or came up with a way to make it themselves that is indistinguishable from the 50-70 year old stuff :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: .

There were companies (the names escape me right now) that did nothing but process and dye bone to sell to the manufacturers for knife handles. They had custom made machines that did the jigging so their bone could be differentiated from other company's. One can only imagine what those shops must have smelled like :barf:

You might wanna post a question about bone/jigging in the Bernard Levine forum about this. I'm sure you'll get a muuuuuuuch more detailed answer and maybe a source as well.

Syn
 
synthesist said:
He's referring to the way Remington's bone was randomly jigged in a VERY attractive way:thumbup: . Tony and Reese Bose either found the motherlode of vintage Remington material years ago or came up with a way to make it themselves that is indistinguishable from the 50-70 year old stuff :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: .

There were companies (the names escape me right now) that did nothing but process and dye bone to sell to the manufacturers for knife handles. They had custom made machines that did the jigging so their bone could be differentiated from other company's. One can only imagine what those shops must have smelled like :barf:

You might wanna post a question about bone/jigging in the Bernard Levine forum about this. I'm sure you'll get a muuuuuuuch more detailed answer and maybe a source as well.

Syn
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You got it. I should have been more specific.
 
Most suppliers sell jigged bone. Try Jantz, K&G, Texas, Alpha, Sheffield, etc.
Stacy
 
I know you are looking for some older Remington Bone, or maybe a Rogers Bone....like produced back in the 30's or so.
If I had some we'd talk, but I don't.
You might give the good folks at Culpepper and Co. (was Mother Of Pearl Co.) a call.
Just maybe they have a pattern that is close to the dying work and jigging pattern to meet your needs, or come close.
Joe and Christi and the folks who work with them are fine folks to work with.
Their website: http://www.knifehandles.com/
 
If you can find old knife company bone, you will pay heavily for it. I have heard as much as $200 a set for old Remington bone.:eek:

You can do it yourself! The jigging part isn't has hard as it may seem, especially the nice, old looking, random jigging you see on vintage slip joints that wraps around to the edge of the bone. Here is an example of a new knife that Reese did...looks as good(IF NOT BETTER!) as any old bone you might be able to find.

NOTE...the jigging how it goes to the edge. You cannot get that look with jigged bone that you buy. Most makers will end up sanding off the jigging along the outer edge and the edge near the bolsters. On the other hand, if you do it yourself, you will get the full jiggyjigged look that is sooooooo sweet.

rbose-brnbnsowbelly1.jpg


You can get a rotary 5/8" button burr from MSCdirect and bounce the jobby around on the bone till you are satisfied with the coverage.

The hardest part is coming up with a color that you like. Use Fiebings Pro. Oil Dye and soak the bone for a month OR I use a paint pot from Harbor Freight to speed up the process and can dye bone pretty good overnight. You can see what works for me in this thread: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470663&highlight=knifehead+pot

Using denatured alcohol and playing with dyes and testing with white paper strips is how I am working out the colors.

In fact...I just jigged and dyed some yellow bone this week. This was plain white smooth bone from Culpepper & Co.
yellowjiggedbone.jpg
 
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