GEC's jigging

[Jake Dudley]

Here's my favorite jigging
IMG_0670 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

 

[Travman]

 

[Old Engineer]

Here's my favorite jigging
IMG_0670 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

Here's my favorite jigging
IMHO it is probably their best .


Harry

 

[Will Power]

USER

 

[SteveC]

 

[SteveC]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[btb01]

Here's my favorite jigging
IMG_0670 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

You know, I’ve posted a couple times in this thread in the past, and somehow didn’t include those #15 rope knives (which is silly of me, because they have some excellent jigging).

I know folks generally prefer random jigging, but here are a couple Barlows from GEC that I think have some good-looking non-random jigging.

 

[dcpritch]

I didn’t used to like jigged bone of any type because the patterns didn’t seem right to me - the modern machine made jigging always seemed fake and contrived in my eyes. But then I discovered old (80+ years old) vintage jigged bone. I have learned to love the random jigging of these older knives, as in the first four of the photo below. Later I found that certain modern makers were doing their own jigging and were skilled enough at it to make it look random and ancient - the three knives on the right are examples by Reese Bose, Jess Horn and Terry Davis.


Kutmaster peanut jack


Vintage Remington UMC muskrat, c. 1924-1933 This may be my favorite jigging on any knife I've seen


Vintage Remington UMC pen knife, c. 1924-1933


Interesting modern jigging by Dr. David Taber on this Dino


H. Boker & Co. Improved Cutlery barehead harness jack (can’t discern if this is German made - which would date it to 1869-1910, or USA made - which would date it to 1899-1920s)


I’m pleased that GEC in the past few years has been able to produce some very good (in my opinion) jigged bone, coming close with modern methods to what was done a century ago. This GEC Charlie Campagna SFO #15 Navy knife in cranberry jigged bone is a good example of that.

 

[pmek5]

I didn’t used to like jigged bone of any type because the patterns didn’t seem right to me - the modern machine made jigging always seemed fake and contrived in my eyes. But then I discovered old (80+ years old) vintage jigged bone. I have learned to love the random jigging of these older knives, as in the first four of the photo below. Later I found that certain modern makers were doing their own jigging and were skilled enough at it to make it look random and ancient - the three knives on the right are examples by Reese Bose, Jess Horn and Terry Davis.
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Kutmaster peanut jackView attachment 1504026

Vintage Remington UMC muskrat, c. 1924-1933View attachment 1504027

Vintage Remington UMC pen knife, c. 1924-1933View attachment 1504028

Interesting modern jigging by Dr. David Taber on this DinoView attachment 1504024

H. Boker & Co. Improved Cutlery barehead harness jack (can’t discern if this is German made - which would date it to 1869-1910, or USA made - which would date it to 1899-1920s)View attachment 1504025

I’m pleased that GEC in the past few years has been able to produce some very good (in my opinion) jigged bone, coming close with modern methods to what was done a century ago. This GEC Charlie Campagna SFO #15 Navy knife in cranberry jigged bone is a good example of that.View attachment 1504029

Nice examples. Who is the maker of the last two on the right in top pic?

 

[dcpritch]

Who is the maker of the last two on the right in top pic?

Thanks Tim! In the top picture, Right to Left: Boker, Kutmaster, Remington UMC, Remington UMC, Tony Bose, Jess Horn, Terry Davis

 

[Txjohn]

541217 jig wood

 

[Jake Dudley]

You know, I’ve posted a couple times in this thread in the past, and somehow didn’t include those #15 rope knives (which is silly of me, because they have some excellent jigging).

I know folks generally prefer random jigging, but here are a couple Barlows from GEC that I think have some good-looking non-random jigging.

I'm a big fan of that peachseed jigging as well.
IMG_0828 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

 

[Un-Chained]

Wowza..... stellar examples posted in here !

 

[pmek5]

I'm a big fan of that peachseed jigging as well.
IMG_0828 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

Yes!

 

[GE Jr]

 

[black mamba]

Of the more recent GEC jigging, these are some I like.

 

[Un-Chained]

2007 #73 ruby red just plain awesome.

 

[Pt-Luso]