Best not necessarily BEST but favoriteJigging?

[Oldy]

There is a m&gosh 35 trapper with pick bone that I have been chasing but pick bone it isn't seen that often on gec.the pocket worn jigging from case intrigues me,but jigging for me is really complimented by the dye job.that yellow/honey pick bone which I don't have but find really nice.

 

[AZGabe]

I'm a fan of those Queen made Northwoods with Italian jigged bone. I've yet to get my hands on one, or I would post a pic.

 

[Will Power]

About colour, it might be changes in chemical dyes- restrictions on ultra toxic ones, but it could be loss of skills or even composition of bone due to how animals are fed and farmed these last decades?

 

[Oldy]

About colour, it might be changes in chemical dyes- restrictions on ultra toxic ones, but it could be loss of skills or even composition of bone due to how animals are fed and farmed these last decades?

More fat in the cow bone not allowing dye to saturate, that might be a thing who knows also skill may play a part your probably right about it being a combination of things.

 

[fishface5]

Totally agree on randomness being critical - non-random jigging on bone seems contrary to its organic character and makes my brain itch. Checkering on the other hand is great and should be uniform.

 

[rockman0]

Amazing antique jigging, Rob!! Makes me wish I was alive and aware back in those days!!

Thanks, Charlie, we need that Delorean from the movie Back to the Future

 

[birdsbeaks]

I'm quite partial to this style:

Bob Cargill's honeycomb jigging is pretty legendary in my book:

Certainly nothing wrong with this Voos either!

and of course, Case:

Case's jigging is consistently pretty great. Unfortunately, I'd happily take mediocre jigging if they threw carbon steel and QC improvements in as a package deal.

 

[MolokaiRider]

I do like how Case does theirs.

 

[Boattale]

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I do like how Case does theirs.

Now that's how to put a large stockman to work.

 

[Boattale]

I think these two may be my favorites. Had a family giveaway a couple of weeks ago and the amber bone now belongs to my son in law.

 

[Boattale]

These two aren't all that bad for Case jigging either.

 

[Hoffmajo89]

I'm a fan of those Queen made Northwoods with Italian jigged bone. I've yet to get my hands on one, or I would post a pic.

These ones? Very unique jigging indeed! Not sure what they call this other than “Italian” something or other. To me, it always looked more like fish bones for some reason. In a good way, meaning the pattern is very fine and angled similarly.

 

[Hoffmajo89]

Love seeing all the great ones being shared. I also agree with others that the vintage American stuff had some great jigged bone… or maybe only the survivors did. Either way, I like it.



The jigging on this “four line” Camillus is probably one of my all time favorites. Something about it speaks to me. Even with the missing chunk of bone on the pile side




Electric (NY Knife?) also had some good stuff. I could almost see this jig pattern showing up on a modern GEC. To me, at least, it looks like something they might do. I appreciate that it goes all the way to the bolster on both ends.



Old E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter (probably made by Camillus I think?) with some real nice, random jigging. Not sure what this jig pattern would be called, but I like it. In my mind, I call it “crumpled brown paper bag” especially the pile side!




Lastly, from my collection of oldies, this Robeson ShurEdge has bone that looks really similar to what Case does these days, albeit a bit more beat up. I really like the mix of wide and narrow cuts in the bone. Feels good in hand too.




I’ll add some of my favorite jigging on more recent knives later.

 

[AZGabe]

These ones? Very unique jigging indeed! Not sure what they call this other than “Italian” something or other. To me, it always looked more like fish bones for some reason. In a good way, meaning the pattern is very fine and angled similarly.

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PS - Not sure if this is the place for this but DM me if you are after one of these.

Thats exactly the ones I was referring to. Fantastic and unique jigging.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

S&M Fire Oak Bone

Case Rogers Corn Cob Jigging

Case Winterbottom Jigging

 

[Rookie82]

At knife shows, my eye always gravitates to old pre-WW2 jigging. I'm especially fond of the look of old Remington.

 

[black mamba]

With a nod to the newer jigging, I always thought GEC's BCSB (Burnt Carved Stag Bone) was the most realistic faux stag.

 

[waynorth]

At knife shows, my eye always gravitates to old pre-WW2 jigging. I'm especially fond of the look of old Remington.

Old Remingtons were beautiful - wish I still had it!!

 

[Pàdruig]

I have been a vocal critic of GEC's jigging. There are some styles they do very well and some that fall pretty flat. Case does a consistently good job with some of their styles, notably the styles that have more randomness to the pattern.

Some of the Case stuff that I have that I really like:

Some of GEC's finest:

And some of that good old school Sheffield stuff:

And a piece that Glenn re-covered for me in some Culpepper bone.

 

[Hoffmajo89]

Can there be a discussion about jigged bone without at least a mention of the fantastic blue rope jigged bone? How did they even achieve this level of intricacy. Every time I think about it, I’m left speechless.

One day when I was especially curious, I tried to track down all the knives this bone has been used on. There are quite a few. I’d love to try to get a knife from each company that has used the stuff one of these days (Schrade, CSC, and now Albers).