Do makers of custom slipjoints still jig bone?

Two more examples from Ken Erickson...

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They also know how to get jiggy with it in Japan. Here's one from Ryuichi Kawamura...

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Yeah every now and then we do some jigging. One of the fun learning curves about
slipjoints.
Ken.
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Wow...there are some fantastic beauties in here...all I can say is that everyone of you are very lucky owning such beautiful knives!
 
Here's a jack I received from both Kens this year.
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Another one but I believe this was made a few years ago. This one from Reese.
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Dang, there is a lot of drooling material here... just wow.
How is jigging done? Is it "freehand" or is there way to make a pattern.
I'm sure there is a way to make a CAD drawing and have a mill cut it, but these seem much more artistic and less machined.
 
Its done freehand either by tapping the rotating bit against the bone or a sort
of carving while moving along the bone. I've heard of small chisels being used but
have'nt had any luck with that.
Ken.
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Wow!..now I want a Ken Erickson knife....good thing the wife left me! :friendly_wink:
 
pertinux said:
what an eye for proportion Ken Erickson brings to his jigging, and his ability to bring it to fruition. His jigging (not just the type, but the chosen size of the cuts within that type) is always so well-matched to the pattern and size of the knife for which he fashions it.

~ P.
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I'll second that! That cattle knife has just the right jigging for the pattern, and that stockman is simply one of the best examples of jigged bone I have ever seen.
 
akadave2 said:
Wow!..now I want a Ken Erickson knife....good thing the wife left me! :friendly_wink:
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lambertiana said:
I'll second that! That cattle knife has just the right jigging for the pattern, and that stockman is simply one of the best examples of jigged bone I have ever seen.
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It's wonderful to see Ken getting the recognition he so richly deserves. John, I have to agree that Ken did a superb job with both the cattle and stock knives. When he built the cattle knife, as I've said many a time in the past, it was if he was able to see the same image I had in my mind's eye and reproduce it in virtually every detail.

That said, there is a great deal of amazing artistry displayed in this thread by a number of makers, all of whom produce knives and covers worthy of the desire they invoke.
 
kc custom said:
Its done freehand either by tapping the rotating bit against the bone or a sort
of carving while moving along the bone. I've heard of small chisels being used but
have'nt had any luck with that.
Ken.
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Thanks Ken! sorry for stepping on this great thread.
 
The jigging in this thread is beautiful, and I especially like the Pena Lanny's Clip.
 
zippofan said:
The jigging in this thread is beautiful, and I especially like the Pena Lanny's Clip.
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That bone was what tipped me over the edge. :thumbup: (Well, the grinds didn't hurt either...:p)
 
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