Re: My two cents...

Posted by red four from oak-ts1-h1-48-30.ispmodems.net on April 27, 1999 at 12:53:35:

In Reply to: Re: My two cents... posted by Professor Jones on April 26, 1999 at 22:33:13:

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: : : The style of the stag scales looks to me like a german made knife (Puma, Boker and such) but I haven't found a match yet. The stag used by American companys are usually smoother (like the stag used on Case folders). What do you think?

: : : Kind regards,
: : : Indy

: : I agree about the stag, I've only seen it with the deep patterns on custom knives lately. There is a company called Bear MGC that has some knives with the deep stag, but most of the colors are way off. I'll check my catalog from them again though. What do you think on the shape of the blade? Any ideas?

: : John D

:
: Please pardon my ingnorance, but what exactly are "stag scales" on
: a knife? Thanks for the info.

: Regards,
: Professor Jones

The scales are the sides of the handle of the knife, the decorative part that covers up the ugly mechanics of the knife. They also serve to widen the handle, otherwise the knife would be very thin and uncomfortable to use. Also, we've been calling them stag scales, but when I did some comparing to other knives, I realized the scales are made of jigged bone, in a dark brown color. Puma and Boker do make very similar knives but the bolsters (the silver ends) are not the right shape.

Hope this helped,

John D

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: : : : The style of the stag scales looks to me like a german made knife (Puma, Boker and such) but I haven't found a match yet. The stag used by American companys are usually smoother (like the stag used on Case folders). What do you think?

: : : : Kind regards,
: : : : Indy

: : : I agree about the stag, I've only seen it with the deep patterns on custom knives lately. There is a company called Bear MGC that has some knives with the deep stag, but most of the colors are way off. I'll check my catalog from them again though. What do you think on the shape of the blade? Any ideas?

: : : John D

: : 
: : Please pardon my ingnorance, but what exactly are "stag scales" on
: : a knife?  Thanks for the info.

: : Regards,
: : Professor Jones

: The scales are the sides of the handle of the knife, the decorative part that covers up the ugly mechanics of the knife. They also serve to widen the handle, otherwise the knife would be very thin and uncomfortable to use. Also, we've been calling them stag scales, but when I did some comparing to other knives, I realized the scales are made of jigged bone, in a dark brown color. Puma and Boker do make very similar knives but the bolsters (the silver ends) are not the right shape.

: Hope this helped,

: John D

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