GEC's jigging

[Will Power]

I agree, the LC Farmer's Jack is up in the pantheon of Knife Gods, jigging and otherwise

 

[Will Power]

Let's see what the latest Elderberry Jigged on the 82 is like

 

[Rusty1]

Not feeling the jigged pattern on the elderberry 82's.

 

[Lostball]

I completely agree with the random jigging crowd. I just can't warm up to the symmetrical machined look jigging. Here's my Glennbad creation with the Culpepper Jigging and an old Robeson as an example of what appeals to me. YMMV

 

[black mamba]

Great stuff, Lostball. Here is a '70s Boker with terrific jigging, deep and random and bolster to bolster:
GEC, please take note!

 

[JohnDF]

I enjoy some of GEC's symmetrical jigging...

 

[GE Jr]

I feel lucky to have a few examples of GEC's more random-looking jigged bone covers.

I also like some of their more symmetrical covers.

 

[black mamba]

GE, that first pic is terrific! Nice color as well as the jigging.

 

[Old Engineer]

This makes for a a great non-slip grip but this is not my idea of Jigging . Great knife though .

This old Robeson has IMO good jigging , complete with Worm Tracks , or Indian Trails .


It must be all about cost or I believe Mr. Howard would be doing it .

Harry

 

[Lostball]

Great stuff, Lostball. Here is a '70s Boker with terrific jigging, deep and random and bolster to bolster:
GEC, please take note!

Jeff, That is some gorgeous jigged bone. Exactly what I am attracted to. Worm grooves, color and all. If you ever get tired of that one..........just saying.....

 

[black mamba]

Maybe when I'm dead . . . contact my wife!

 

[Leslie Tomville]

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I agree with the sentiment expressed here that GEC could up their game with more random and rustic jigging. But to give them credit for a job well done, I believe the Winterbottom type jigging they used on the Churchill is outstanding.

Exactly correct Stropping Young Lad , we always want what we don't have. Bill Howard is probably a perfectionist. I bet he loves to see perfectly uniform jigging.

GE Jr , man that is a good one. What is it? Jeff, black mamba , please get that Boker sample to GEC. It is perfection!

 

[Stropping Young Lad]

I just like a variety. If they were all random pattern, we’d be asking for a change toward uniform!

 

[ISKRA]

I like the looks of the horsecut jigging on the cuban stockmen the most, when we're talking GEC. I agree with those here who preffer random, deep jigging like they used to do back in the day. A lot of the uniform patterns used by GEC seem a bit boring although by far not all!

Like the sort of peach seed pattern they usually use on the 15 boys knives. In my eyes, absolutely lovely.

 

[GE Jr]

GE, that first pic is terrific! Nice color as well as the jigging.

Thanks, Jeff! A 77 Yankee Jack...my first GEC.

 

[Chief]

black mamba Jeff that brimstone is really nice.

Besides early sawcut TCs, probably my GEC favorite bone. Excellent texture in hand, just the right combo of earth tones with the lighter outside highlighting the inner dark browns. Organic.

 

[spudz762]

I'm a sucker for the real random jigging patterns!

 

[sitflyer]

2007 no 73, if they could replicate this pattern of jigging they would do very well by it, I would venture a guess.
This was a green tea color re-dye'ed with black tea...

 

[Camillus]

That 73 is genuine rogers jig bone - purchased, but not made, by GEC. I had a look at what Case calls rogers jig bone and I don’t believe it is the same pattern.

According to the internet that type of jigging is not available anymore. However it is abundant on earlier knives.

Anyway, regardless of what it is called, more of that would be good. I am a big fan of the random jigging used by GEC in the diamond jack 48 and the 38 special. It isn’t rogers but it captures the same aesthetic.

 

[sitflyer]

That 73 is genuine rogers jig bone - purchased, but not made, by GEC. I had a look at what Case calls rogers jig bone and I don’t believe it is the same pattern.

According to the internet that type of jigging is not available anymore. However it is abundant on earlier knives.

Anyway, regardless of what it is called, more of that would be good. I am a big fan of the random jigging used by GEC in the diamond jack 48 and the 38 special. It isn’t rogers but it captures the same aesthetic.

Thanks for this info, this 73 is probably my all time favorite GEC, partly due to the jigging on these covers, and more likely due to the blade selection, steel, and in hand feel of this particular knife. It just seems to be a natural extension of my hand in use, and rides very well in pocket, but i can gaze at the bone covers again and again, and they still make me smile...