"What is stag?", asks the newbie.

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:48 pm

I've seen it in pics, but never close up, or in person. Is it smooth or rough? What the hell is it? Bone? Horn? Pros or Cons, likes or dislikes?

Thanks!!

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:01 pm

Stag is Deer Antler [usually, although Elk, Moose, Caribou etc. would also be "Stag"].
Most common is Sambar Stag from India.
Pros are many
Cons are limited to a possibility of chipping/cracking but this is not common IF it is properly cured and attatched.

JerrBear · Post by **JerrBear** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:06 pm

DaveB wrote:I've seen it in pics, but never close up, or in person. Is it smooth or rough?

Mr. DaveB,

Stag is generally rough and dark, with the appearance of tree bark. This "bark" is sometimes partially or completely "shaved" smooth, giving it the appearance of bone...

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:23 pm

Top to bottom;
Lightly sanded
Heavily sanded
shaved

Roccomo · Post by **Roccomo** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:18 am

DaveB,

Stag can be either smooth or rough. It's natural and beautiful. It's an excellent handle material but not for everyone or every purpose. My favorite thing about it is that it is always warm to the touch

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Post by **tr4252** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:06 am

I've always wanted a stag Leverletto, just like the one Jagman ran over with his lawnmower. That brings my list up to about #123 or so.

Tom

Post by **whippersnapper** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:13 am

The best kind of stag imo is the scaley unshaven kind

butch · Post by **butch** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:57 pm

I agree,I prefer full stag myself and its my favorite scale matireal it looks good and its durrable.

texasmad · Post by **texasmad** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:34 pm

Vagrant wrote:Top to bottom;
Lightly sanded
Heavily sanded
shaved

Wow Vagrant it looks like you have your own Stag party going on there!

McSwitch · Post by **McSwitch** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:15 am

Stag is my favorite scale material by far. The stag on that fish that whippersnapper posted is beautiful! I've read that nice stag is getting tough to find. Is that the case?

butch · Post by **butch** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:10 am

Ive heard the same thing from a few different places that sell scale matireals they said its getting hard to obtain most placers are now selling imistag its bone made to look like stag.

Dick Carroll · Post by **Dick Carroll** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:04 am

I've heard that India stag can't be exported anymore. Anybody else heard that rumor?
Dick

JerrBear · Post by **JerrBear** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:39 am

whippersnapper wrote:The best kind of stag imo is the scaley unshaven kind

Mr. Whipper,

Beauteous! That's what stag is supposed to look like! Unfortunately, mos' of my stags are shaved so badly they're ugliness!

butch · Post by **butch** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:28 pm

Dick Carroll wrote:I've heard that India stag can't be exported anymore. Anybody else heard that rumor?
Dick

yes I have they tell you that on knifekits.com

Vagrant · Post by **Vagrant** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:55 pm

Dick Carroll wrote:I've heard that India stag can't be exported anymore. Anybody else heard that rumor?
Dick

India has repeatedly "changed it's mindless" on this and reversed themselves. I believe that currently they do NOT export.
The REASON is strange

The locals start grass/brush - fires to find the shed Stag. These fires get out of hand [duh] and burn more than intended so if they can't sell the Stag they won't start fires [hopefully]

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