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Old Engineer said:
I sure hope you intend to carry your Stag in a slip Alan . Nothing worse than Green Stag .
The Stag for sure will "Wear in " and develop some patina on it and it can happen fairly quick if you do it right . And it just looks better IMO afterward .


Harry
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Missed this post Harry. Yes, I pretty much always use a small slip with every knife I carry. I would not want to see the verdigris on it.

Thanks
 
I'm confused (what else is new). I was under the impression that storing a knife in a leather slip/sheath was the cause of verdigris.
 
joeradza said:
I'm confused (what else is new). I was under the impression that storing a knife in a leather slip/sheath was the cause of verdigris.
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Alan: I would store in my cabinet but carry in a slip. Somewhere, I think I read that carrying a stag knife (brass liners) in a leather slip somehow prevents verdigris? Maybe there's some kind of absorption? I don't know. Now I'm confused too?

A couple of my stag safe queens that I bought unmarried and unused but are older are starting to show some green?

I wonder if we can nail this down?
 
To be honest, I think it's inevitable with brass. Maintenance is the key, same as carbon steel.
 
My newest, brand new knife. A birthday present from my girlfriend in September, I recently decided I'm going to be carrying this and using it a lot as I've never really had a "go to" EDC knife right out of the box they've always been hand me downs from my grandfather and my dad.

A Case Seahorse Whittler in black G10, huge wharncliffe main blade.

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joeradza said:
I'm confused (what else is new). I was under the impression that storing a knife in a leather slip/sheath was the cause of verdigris.
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I try to always carry any of my Stag knives in a slip . I also try to always take them out of the slip when I do not carry them . I do not want any moisture , especially perspiration , to start any verdigris . I have read that there are some chemicals used in the leather processing that eventually come out and are not good for the knife . Some manufacturers claim that they make slips that do not use those type of chemicals . So I just take them out of the slips and let the knives & slips dry out . I wish that GEC would just stop putting brass in the knives that have Stag . That is what is nice about Mikes runs of 77 Barlows . I have a # 13 Whip in Stag out for delivery right now and also on the order was one of Mike's Goat Skin Slips to fit it . My other slips have kind of molded to fit my 73's or 77's .

Harry
 
Old Engineer said:
I try to always carry any of my Stag knives in a slip . I also try to always take them out of the slip when I do not carry them . I do not want any moisture , especially perspiration , to start any verdigris . I have read that there are some chemicals used in the leather processing that eventually come out and are not good for the knife . Some manufacturers claim that they make slips that do not use those type of chemicals . So I just take them out of the slips and let the knives & slips dry out . I wish that GEC would just stop putting brass in the knives that have Stag . That is what is nice about Mikes runs of 77 Barlows . I have a # 13 Whip in Stag out for delivery right now and also on the order was one of Mike's Goat Skin Slips to fit it . My other slips have kind of molded to fit my 73's or 77's .

Harry
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Thanks for the update Harry. I have read the same advice elsewhere. Keeping perspiration and other moisture off the brass is probably the key. It's a maintenance issue too as Alan mentioned.
 
North Shore said:
My newest, brand new knife. A birthday present from my girlfriend in September, I recently decided I'm going to be carrying this and using it a lot as I've never really had a "go to" EDC knife right out of the box they've always been hand me downs from my grandfather and my dad.

A Case Seahorse Whittler in black G10, huge wharncliffe main blade.

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NS, very nice choice on your first! Did your GF get any coaching?;)
 
Bugdoc said:
NS, very nice choice on your first! Did your GF get any coaching?;)
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Believe it or not, she went out on her own with this one. Good taste. I was whittling this past summer a bit with a SAK Cadet which had poor ergonomics and she picked up on that.
 
I received these two a few weeks ago and here are the first pics. I really like these a lot and am glad I pulled the trigger on both. I see the African blackwood is sold out on their website.
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Champthekid said:
I received these two a few weeks ago and here are the first pics. I really like these a lot and am glad I pulled the trigger on both. I see the African blackwood is sold out on their website.
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Very nice! < no, no no. I have too many already:foot:
 
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