The first is a Schrade Cut Co budding knife. It had the black celluloid handle, the Schrade Cut Co number was 1354 1/4B. It also came in a white celluloid handle.
As you can see from the pictures the celluloid on this knife was pretty well gone. No damage to the knife itself, but the celluloid was toast.
As always the first thing I did was disassemble the knife, clean the insi and sand the backsprings smooth and polished it. I replaced the handle with black bone. As most of you know bone is a natural product and has varying hardness is within a given piece. Some places absorb more dye than others and those places are darker others absorb less dye and are later colored. This all makes for a very interesting and beautiful combination when the knife is finished and polished.
As you can see the rear handle seem to absorb more dye and remained much darker than the front handle. I think the front handle is absolutely beautiful with the mottled pattern and the unique coloring.
I hope you enjoy the pictures.
