Purely for aesthetics, some knife makers use bone inlays screwed onto steel handles. These are treated to give long-lasting beautiful colours. Micarta This is a composite material made from layers ...

Subscribe today. Part of the handle on this knife ($95) is made from a 150-million-year-old Brontosaurus bone that was found in the four-corners area of the Southwest. The three-inch Damascus ...

Possibly a game-keeper's or poacher's skinning knife. The intriguing feature is the bone handle with stag's head and pattern markings. It has been cleaned to some extent.