GEC 2023 #87 English Jack

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Erik Hansen said:
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This went up this morning. Photo looks a little dark compared to the pictures from the assembly line. I am very excited for this one. People have been saying the F&F on all variations has been spot on. I also must say I was wrong about the Royal Blue Acrylic. It is a very sexy knife 😂 with a lot more depth than I expected. The camels though were a big gamble. You can find the ugly ones today right on the bay! Please post pics if you got one of the awesome camel varietals! I am a little upset at myself for not trying for one.
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Years back, I owned and sold 47 Viper with “Red Indian Paintbrush Jigged Bone” 470114. The knife wasn’t me, but the covers were excellent. Hope anyone acquiring one has that same experience.

*edit: that the covers are just as nice on this run
 
Pàdruig said:
I'm looking forward to seeing what you land, Harry. The variety is interesting in that lot of Camel Bone.
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I am also looking forward to see what variation I get . Paying that much for a knife Sight Unseen is a little unnerving to me at my age . There were some pretty nice looking ones in the GEC pictures , but the bolsters are what does it for me . I will post pictures and opions as soon as I get it my friend .

Harry
 
Jiki said:
Cracks.
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I thought such cracks are a feature of mammoth bone because of its age... Maybe it's a second cut or inside out cut due to the shortage of the material (or it's thickness)?
 
Alex.Y. said:
Very nice example, Jo! As long as I understand, black lines are visual paint, the surface of the bone itself is flat, right? Is it "mirror" polished, like on the Old Sheffield Jack?
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it is mirror polished and the bone is flat, yes.
these longitudinal splittings/cracks are typical for (particularly) giraffe and (a little less) for camel bone and i call them 'Craquele'.

i have a 'bleached' and degreased giraffe bone next to me (with certificate) and you can notice some of the craquele/splittings/cracks, although the bone is completely white.
what i would like to know is, if these bones got stabilized before GEC continued processing and if the black color in and around the craquele/splittings/cracks comes from Resin or from extra dying? (i've already seen some mostly white handles in the #87 Camel Bone batch)

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Erik Hansen said:
The dyes soak into the bone cracks causing them to be darker with camel and giraffe bone. With mammoth many of the lines are already dark because of the age of the fossil. They are filled with a resin and then smoothed, stabilizing the bone’s durability and preventing further deterioration.
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that makes sense, thnx 👍
E Erik Hansen , do you know if, when you buy Giraffe Bone slabs are stabilized per se?
 
JoKr said:
'Craquele'.
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JoKr said:
it is mirror polished and the bone is flat, yes.
these longitudinal splittings/cracks are typical for (particularly) giraffe and (a little less) for camel bone and i call them 'Craquele'.

i have a 'bleached' and degreased giraffe bone next to me (with certificate) and you can notice some of the craquele/splittings/cracks, although the bone is completely white.
what i would like to know is, if these bones got stabilized before GEC continued processing and if the black color in and around the craquele/splittings/cracks comes from Resin or from extra dying? (i've already seen some mostly white handles in the #87 Camel Bone batch)

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Wonderful
'Craquele'.
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Collection, JoKr!!!
 
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