GEC's jigging

Shown it before but I'll show it again....nothing wrong with this style on the Eureka I feel.

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Nor these two either...all of it goes into the bolster, no smoothed off bits

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I like the more random types myself but the Jigging on the Esquires is very nice enethough it'd somewhat regular. A GEC jigging type that does absolutely nothing for me is the Cobblestone. Just a bunch of regular shallow gouges filled in with color. No Character

Now this is nice jigging
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With a small CNC router, random or symmetrical pattern jigging is straightforward…. You either run the router with a defined pattern or you run it with random generated moves within programmed parameters...….. I don't know what the jigging operation amounts to in the labor content of a typical knife...… But if properly implemented, CNC will drive costs down and add infinite pattern possibilities.... But maybe CNC hasn't reached the smaller traditional knife companies??……. Maybe it is looked at as tainting the methodology of manufacturing??
 
@sitflyer take a look at the OP and you will note that same 73 knife was the reason this thread was created. It’s a keeper for sure.

The symmetrical stuff can look good too. Especially when the dye job is irregular or has a nice contrasting shade. But I find regular jigging just doesn’t grab attention the way that really intricate irregular jigging can.
 
I'm actually more or less ok with the patterned jigging depending on the pattern of course. For a long time I hated it, but I picked up a 43 beaver tail and its growing on me, quickly becoming one of my favorite knives, it might even surpass my 54 Big Jack but I still think the jigging is ugly, but pleasant in a utilitarian work knife sort of way.
 
IMO this Yankee Whittler could be the nicest style of jigging that GEC currently does

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I think this is a level up from the style used on the bone 38 Special. I will see if I can get a comparison shot organised in the next couple of days.
 
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I've always found it interesting that these two #77's were part of the same 2015 run. The Northfield -- in my opinion, of course -- has some of the best jigging GEC has done, while the Tidioute version has some of the worst.

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Will Power said:
...all of it goes into the bolster, no smoothed off bits
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This is one of the things I appreciate most about GEC's jigged bone. :thumbsup:
 
From good to bad.

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Don’t get me wrong, I really like the look of this knife but at the same time, I think the jigging is less pretty than irregular jigging. I guess that is the point - regular and irregular jigging are both nice but if I get to choose, generally I prefer the irregular stuff on a traditional knife.
 
Camillus said:
IMO this Yankee Whittler could be the nicest style of jigging that GEC currently does

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I think this is a level up from the style used on the bone 38 Special. I will see if I can get a comparison shot organised in the next couple of days.
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I've got one of them, I do not remember the color designation but do remember it was "pick" bone. Great jigging!
 
black mamba said:
These 2007 #73 Scouts in green tea bone and stained green tea bone are the closest they've done to the old pick bone.
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From 2007-2008 they used five different colors of stag bone, sourced from Culpepper's.
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I think they are the old pick bone - I think GEC bought some of the last rogers bone - or perhaps they are a close replica from Culpeppers. They are from the days that GEC bought its jigged bone from other suppliers.
 
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