Jigged bone, amber bone, honey bone, what is it?

[manowar669]

What is jigged bone? Is it bone which has a texture cut (jigged) into it? Honey or amber jigged? Just a color reference? The samples I've looked at all look like plastic. What kind of bone? Deer (stag)?

 

[sweet_hitch-hiker]

its all human

 

[Bob W]

Honey and amber are dyed colors. Jigging is the process of cutting a texture into the bone. Most likely cow bone, unless it says otherwise. There are plastic handles made to look like jigged bone.

Here are a couple of jigged bone knives, for effect:

 

[cj65]

I am relatively a noob still when it comes to slippies. I started targeting Case dots from the 70's. The first one I bought in Delrin- man made material, I thought at first was bone. Once I got a whittler in bone, I was able to see the irregular dye pattern and know the difference. LOL..

That orange bone in the bottom picture exhibits the irregularities of the dye really well. It gives alot of character.

 

[rifon2]

What is jigged bone? Is it bone which has a texture cut (jigged) into it? Honey or amber jigged? Just a color reference? The samples I've looked at all look like plastic. What kind of bone? Deer (stag)?

Most knife handle bone comes from cattle shins.

Jigging does put a texture into it. There are many types of jigging patterns.

Honey or Amber is a color reference; the bone - which starts off white - is dyed. It can be dyed just about any color you can imagine.

Smooth bone, which has not been jigged but only polished can look very much like plastic.
So can some jigged bone depending on how well done it is and other factors.

Deer stag and other types of stag are sometimes used to make knife handles, but of course they are not bone per se. They're antler.

 

[markv]

Honey and amber are dyed colors. Jigging is the process of cutting a texture into the bone. Most likely cow bone, unless it says otherwise. There are plastic handles made to look like jigged bone.

Here are a couple of jigged bone knives, for effect:

question about the knife at the top of the image, what is this pattern of jigging called ?

buzz

 

[Bob W]

question about the knife at the top of the image, what is this pattern of jigging called ?

buzz

I have no idea what the jigging pattern is called. It's an old Pal Cutlery knife that is very pocketworn, so it's hard to say what the jigging even looked like when new.
It could have been Rogers jigged bone?

 

[EChoil]

Hey Bob W....you sure that Old Timer is bone? Usually they're Delrin or did you have it re-scaled? Gotta admit it does look a little different the more I look at it. Just curious....

 

[Bob W]

Hey Bob W....you sure that Old Timer is bone? Usually they're Delrin or did you have it re-scaled? Gotta admit it does look a little different the more I look at it. Just curious....

Yes, it's definitely bone. You are correct that they normally used Delrin, but over the years they did several limited edition and anniversary sets in bone. Some of the very first Old Timer knives, ca. 1958 and early 1960s, were also bone. The 2-OT, for example, was only released in bone.
That particular knife is from the Old Timer Classics series. :thumbup:

 

[22-rimfire]

Camel bone is used as well. You see it frequently used on the Northwoods slipjoints from Knives Ship Free and made by Queen or Great Eastern Cutlery (GEC). But yes, most bone is cow bone and the colors are dyed and named whatever the manufacturer chooses. I like jigged bone personally.