All About Pocket Knives

Nice german eye edgewise, they make a fine knife.

Here are a few more, the last of them....I think. Most are cheaper Japan knives, butthey are stag.

Canal street ring knife:


Silver Stag



Silver stag Jr.




C'mon upnorth I know you're hiding a few more stags somewhere

Nice MM, great pictures..I like the last pic of the small Japanese made knife..

Here are the last of my stag knives..At least until I get a chance to pick up another..

nice ones sunburst, I'd love to have a locking whittler but I think it's out of my leauge $$$ wise.

"C'mon upnorth I know you're hiding a few more stags somewhere"
Ya didn't have to go swinging that stick now MM!! It just takes a while! I found these while looking for some elusive Barlows;

upnorth wrote:"C'mon upnorth I know you're hiding a few more stags somewhere"
Ya didn't have to go swinging that stick now MM!! It just takes a while! I found these while looking for some elusive Barlows;

hehe. I figured if I got a club you'd break some more stag out Those are some beauties.

Charlie, saw those on the barlow board and busted your chops about holding back, but I see all is right now Thanks MM! By the way , I see you've been holding a few back too, very nice! In fact, the variety of incredible knives posted on this thread is something I've never seen before, even in shows

Eric

Well, I wasn't holding back here, but I just got out my "keeper" Whittlers to clean and oil them, and thought I'd show off these stags from Case. 2 from 1970, and 1 from 1999;

those are some great stag knives.

Great stag Steve. U.S.A.s are noted for it!

7 more; quite a list.
Case from the 2000's, the 1990's, the 1980's.
Then a recent Queen Classic (Ken Daniels),
A mystery Case,
A Schatt, and a rare Tenney, I think the only 3-blade stag he made (I'll have to double check that). Question of the day; What's up with that 5th knife??

Here's another clue to the first question!
And a second question; What else is "wrong with that previous picture??

Here's some of mine.

One more stag swell center whittler, courtesy queen cutlery, and MM's refurbishing service. I'm beginning to believe that celluloid is not the only plastic to deteriorate. I've had two so-called Delrin handles go bad. They start to turn white. Anyway, nothing some nice stag, and some good workmanship can't fix. From yuk red plastic to nice natural stag, here it is;

upnorth wrote:I'm beginning to believe that celluloid is not the only plastic to deteriorate. I've had two so-called Delrin handles go bad. They start to turn white. Anyway, nothing some nice stag, and some good workmanship can't fix. From yuk red plastic to nice natural stag, here it is;

Charlie,
You seem to have observed the same phenomenon I have. I have seen it on Delrin & certain other plastics as well. The first time I observed this was many many years ago when living in an old farm house, on the leeward side of the Coast Range. I had some items stored in a rather damp back closet. It was then that I first observed this.

I think it is a a mold or fungus that grows on the plastic, in the damp climate. What I have observed is that it softens the plastic a bit, but the white stuff, along with some of the Delrin can be removed by scraping with the fingernail.

Is this consistent with what you have observed?
I know that you also live in a rather moist climate.

I think I was able to stop the process by wiping down the plastic with vinegar. But the damage is done to the plastic.
One knife in particular I want to keep was effected by this. It was my grandfather's 34OT. I have been successful in preventing it from returning, (so far), by removing the white stuff & then wiping the knife down with Ren Wax.

Fortunately, this is not a real common phenomenon, but I have seen it on 3 or 4 knives. One was a 152OT that was so badly effected that the Delrin appeared to be blue in the florescent lighting of the pawn shop where I bought it. It wasn't until I looked at it in natural light that I realized that it was the worse case of this "white stuff" that I have seen.

I hope this helps,
Dale

hey dale, i have seen it before as well. only on schrades though. i thought it was ultraviolet damage.

I have one Old Timer that has ultraviolet damage. It was a display knife in an indoor mall with fluorescent lights. The damage is only on one side, and is a fading of the color, but the Delrin itself is not softened.

The "white stuff" (whatever it is) actually softens the Delrin.

Dale

what i saw was a whitening of the handle and flaking and brittleness. just flaked and chunks came off leaving a surface that looked like it was eaten by acid kinda.

That seems to be different than what I have observed.
The "white stuff" actually softens the handle and you can scrape it & a bit of the Delrin off with your fingernail, but it isn't brittle.

The only time I have observed what you describe was on celluloid handles. But I believe you, I know you can tell celluloid from Delrin.

I dont have an answer for what you have seen, unless it is extreme ultraviolet damage. Perhaps from a knife left on the dashboard of a work truck for a few years?
I do know that ultraviolet light will damage certain plastics, some worse than others.

Dale

upnorth wrote:Here's another clue to the first question!
And a second question; What else is "wrong with that previous picture??

someone was drunk when the installed the shield on the rehandle?

Steel backspring pin? Maybe a rehandle or repair, as Kaleb mentioned?

Still, very nice pieces Charlie.

Bill

Here is an old German knife with stag. It is an Overland. They were made for import in Solingen, for a company in LA, CA, about 1951-1953. (see Goins).

Dale

El Lobo wrote:Steel backspring pin? Maybe a rehandle or repair, as Kaleb mentioned?

Still, very nice pieces Charlie.

Bill

The shield is straighter than it looks. I was drunk when I scanned it ! Actually, the knife won't sit flat, and it is crooked. I've seen quite a few factory knives with slightly crooked shields.
The pin is brass, it's just the light, Bill. It's a rehandle with white-tail antler. The shield reversal is so no-one can claim it to be original.
No-body called that first knife in the row in question!! It's CSB, not stag!! I didn't notice 'till after I submitted the pic !
Anyway, that's the answer!

Here's a Case Burnt Stag Trapper.

I think that Trapper was burnt a little too much.

Goin' away for the weekend; 30th anniversary!!!
But I couldn't wait to show this stag knife. Case Brothers, Little Valley!
Swayback Harness Jack!! Just came in the mail! Ecstatic is the word!
Stag the old way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!