2022 #77 Yankee Barlow thread

[JohnDF]

ok, if Sawcut in the GEC description means ''the manner in which the bone is processed'', does GEC appoint a trained Grizzly Bear in the secret jigging room, cutting the bone slabs for the ''Grizzly Cut Bone'' covers? (Pony Cut, Horse Cut,...)

And Irish women dancing on bone slabs for anything Jigged?

 

[JohnDF]

Those all look great to me.
If forced to choose, I'd go with the Antique Yellow.

 

[jmgruber]

Those all look great to me.
If forced to choose, I'd go with the Antique Yellow.

My thoughts - antique yellow seems iconic for this pattern, olive wood has a great story, this stag example looks like you could fall in it's so gnarly and the cocobolo is probably last on the list for me. Since I'm a former youth pastor, I think I will go with olive wood if it's available when my name is called.

 

[Squidman24]

Is it bad that I'm hoping when I hear from Mike I only have ONE choice instead of having to make a decision between the stag and the olive wood? If I do have two choices the one I make will be wrong regardless.

 

[fishin1635]

 

[euroken]

Lol, got excited and posted but a duplicate of fishin1635 post

But they do list another release for GEC 36 (not to derail the thread)!

 

[Markeologist]

Odd, what I notice is not the faintness of the cut marks but instead the orientation of the marks. Save for the Osage TC which isn’t really representative because it is wood, this is the first knife, Barlow or otherwise, I can recall from GEC where the cut marks run horizontal rather than on a diagonal across the cover. I know of some porch members who think a horizontal cut is sacrilege. Relevant knife content:

 

[Hyesouljah]

Is it bad that I'm hoping when I hear from Mike I only have ONE choice instead of having to make a decision between the stag and the olive wood? If I do have two choices the one I make will be wrong regardless.

I’m pretty sure all four options are going to be available from Mike when the emails first go out

 

[Elgatodeacero]

Proper sawcuts should be approx .5 mm deep and sweep from tip of blade toward joint at an angle of 55-40 degrees.

Anything else is heresy.

 

[rpstrimple]

I guess I'll pitch my tent in the camp of it isn't really sawcut. It's still a nice looking knife. But the sawcut is pretty anemic. I'll try harder to add a stag and mount of olive first before I add the other two. I was very excited about another sawcut option after the forum knife, but yea, this one leaves a little more to be desired.

 

[rdrogers]

Dang, y’all are a nit picky bunch. They all look great to me, and I’ll be happy with any of them, including the sawcut bone.

 

[JTB_5]

People complain because they have a bone to pick. Those without a pick have no bones about it.

 

[jmgruber]

 

[euroken]

People complain because they have a bone to pick. Those without a pick have no bones about it.

You mean no bone to 'saw'

 

[Markeologist]

Proper sawcuts should be approx .5 mm deep and sweep from tip of blade toward joint at an angle of 55-40 degrees.

Anything else is heresy.

My heretic of a knife, a modded TC with horizontal saw cut marks to boot. These bone covers sourced from Culpepper are, however, some of the prettiest covers I’ve seen…maybe it’s the few diagonal marks that save it from being burned at the stake.

 

[Alpha556]

I hope I can get my hands on one. Stag would be sweet. But they all look amazing.

 

[mcc850]

 

[Coyja]

That saw cut is underwhelming.
Fingers crossed I’m paying attention when stag is available.

 

[HEMI 49]

 

[JTB_5]

What if we just call it "Pocket-worn sawcut bone"