All About Pocket Knives

Thank you Floyd, tmknives and Ivoryman...you all have excellent taste!!!

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 11:02 am Q that Albers is beautiful. I’ve tried for the last few years to get one of his knives but never can make it through the checkout before it’s taken from my cart, that would be at the top of my list of his knives to get.

Thank you Mark...you are not alone in your multiple failed attempts to snag an Albers on the drop...I finally managed to get one from a secondary source and paid through the nose for it. But, I knew as soon as I laid eyes on it that I absolutely HAD to have this one at any cost. I think I made the right decision.

Here is my Canal Street Congress. I moved it over to this thread.

chickenman62 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2024 5:01 pm Here is my Canal Street Congress. I moved it over to this thread.

That's a beaut!

Does this count

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 3:11 am Does this count

Yes sir, it does!
I do love ACSB handles!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 2:20 am Not merely jigged amber bone but not quite amber dyed genuine stag either...

In a class all by itself:

AMBER CARVED STAG BONE

Most ACSB knives shown on AAPK are currently found in the Queen Cutlery sub-forum because Queen is probably the most well known maker of ACSB. Additionally, Queen's ACSB is arguably the best that was ever used on production knives and certainly the most ubiquitous. However, there are other manufacturers that use or have used ACSB on their knives besides Queen, such as Moki and Canal Street (who called its version Dark Amber Stag Bone), as well as numerous custom knife makers and knife modifiers.

This thread is dedicated exclusively to ACSB (not jigged amber bone or amber dyed stag) and is for showing ACSB knives of ALL brands and/or makers.

To get this thread started, here's my newest ACSB acquisition:

Sharp Fans 2011 Club Knife, Queen #48 Swell Center Whittler

Some lovely knifes being show .? Is A .C.S.B. Sandbar stag carved and died amber or any other type of stag carved and died amber .

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 3:11 am Does this count

NAPKIN! I NEED A NAPKIN! I'M DROOLIN' HERE!!
SOMEBODY HELP, PLEASE?

Thomasg wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:18 pm Is A .C.S.B. Sandbar stag carved and died amber or any other type of stag carved and died amber .

ACSB is not genuine Stag (Sambar or any other type of deer antler), it's actually BONE (cattle bone) that has been "Carved" (jigged) to look like genuine stag.

Thanks for the education. I guess there will always be a ready supply of cow bone to make ACSB which is great news.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:51 pm

Thomasg wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:18 pm Is A .C.S.B. Sandbar stag carved and died amber or any other type of stag carved and died amber .

ACSB is not genuine Stag (Sambar or any other type of deer antler), it's actually BONE (cattle bone) that has been "Carved" (jigged) to look like genuine stag.

Thank you for your reply and clarification . I have a Queen mountain man knife on my wish list that I think may have been scaled with AC.S.B . handles .

I'm not an expert on Queen handle materials; however, based on my experience looking at hundreds (possibly thousands) of Queen knives over the years I have identified at least three similar but different types of "stag bone" used on Queen and Schatt & Morgan knives all of which are bone that has been "carved" or jigged to resemble genuine stag:

1) Regular Stag Bone which is white and brown/black. Comparable to Case's 6.5 bone stag but without Case's characteristic "toasted" colors: brown, beige and yellow. (See below).

2) Brown Stag Bone which is mostly dark brown but often has lighter brown and white areas along the edges. This is what I think your Mountain Man is, Thomas.

3) Amber Stag Bone (ACSB) which has obvious amber (also varying degrees of red, orange and yellow) highlights.

Here are some examples:


Queen Regular Stag Bone

Case 6.5 Bone Stag

Queen ACSB Mountain Man

Reverand wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 9:21 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 3:11 am Does this count

Yes sir, it does!
I do love ACSB handles!

Thanks Rev I am with you, I think I have just realized that I too love ACSB handles

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:39 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 3:11 am Does this count

NAPKIN! I NEED A NAPKIN! I'M DROOLIN' HERE!!
SOMEBODY HELP, PLEASE?

... .... me too

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:30 pm I'm calling this one DASB for Dark Amber Stag Bone which is what Canal Street called their ACSB. Since this knife was made by Eric Albers (ea42) it seems appropriate.

Haven't made enough time to look through all the threads lately, but you guys have been posting some beauties. And Q, that Albers is the s#@*t.

ACSB.....

Holley resto-mod courtesy of our own BIGHEAD purchased from Old School Knife Works

bestgear wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 10:07 pm Holley resto-mod courtesy of our own BIGHEAD purchased from Old School Knife Works

Oh man, that is gorgeous, Tom Absolute beauty! That's the nicest ACSB I've seen that's not factory production Queen, Moki or Canal Street, and it's on an uber cool old Wharncliffe whittler to boot. You've really got the Monkey's ACSB jealousy juices flowing big time

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:24 pmYou've really got the Monkey's ACSB jealousy juices flowing big time

When I saw it I had to have it Q for all the reasons you state - thank you brother - helps when Joe Culpepper supplied Barry the handle materials.

Best gear, GSP, both of you gorgeous knives. Wowee.

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 1:22 am Best gear, GSP, both of you gorgeous knives. Wowee.

Thanks I-Man

Going back to Thomasg’s question, here’s another example of Queen Brown Stag Bone for comparison. Same Carved Stag Bone (CSB) jigging as ACSB but different color.
(This is not my knife, it’s one that I found for sale on eBay)

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:31 pm… Carved Stag Bone (CSB) jigging as ACSB but different color

To help feed the monkey, a BSA Remington with BCSB circa 1929-1932

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:31 pm Going back to Thomasg’s question, here’s another example of Queen Brown Stag Bone for comparison. Same Carved Stag Bone (CSB) jigging as ACSB but different color.
(This is not my knife, it’s one that I found for sale on eBay)

Speaking of that, ~Q~. Here's my CSB Queen made Robeson..

bestgear wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:41 pm

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:31 pm… Carved Stag Bone (CSB) jigging as ACSB but different color

To help feed the monkey, a BSA Remington with BCSB circa 1929-1932

That's a nice one, Tom!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2024 12:39 am Here's my CSB Queen made Robeson.

That is pretty nice looking CSB...I had to do several enlarged examinations before I was sure I wasn't actually looking at GSA (Genuine Stag Antler).