Jigging question

[saltaire]

Question:

Does anyone know what kind tool a knife maker uses to jig the bone scales? Does anyone have a video of jigging being done?

 

[black mamba]

There are both machine jigging and hand jigging. Chisels, gouges, routers are all used, depending on the type of jigging.

 

[saltaire]

Thanks Jeff.

 

[Modoc ED]

Anybody got the Case Knife Production video? That has a short section on one way Case jigs their bone covers.

 

[ken erickson]

Here is a link to a very informative thread with patent drawings of a few early jigging machines.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Jigged-Bone?highlight=schrade+jigging+machine

 

[Will Power]

Queen had a special Winterbottom jigging machine. Time to set that running again I say.

 

[rma100]

Queen had a special Winterbottom jigging machine. Time to set that running again I say.

Didn't Queen get their Winterbottom Bone from the Winterbottom Bone Company? I thought it was a Patented process by Winterbottom? See Knife World magazine Vol. 39 No. 2. Developed by Samuel Winterbottom of Egg Harbor NJ.

 

[Will Power]

You must be right! I thought Queen took over that company. My point is that this Winterbottom machine produced fine results for sure!

Thanks, Will

 

[rma100]

Queen never owned Winterbottom, and in the late 1960's Queen started using Delrin handles made to look like Winterbottom Bone.
But you are correct, Winterbottom Bone was a great handle material!

 

[okbohn]

A great link on the jigging. I bet there are jigging pattern patents too.

 

[coaltrain]

Kind of related I guess.....was poking around the Case site last night and found this page which shows their jigging patterns:

http://www.wrcase.com/case_college/handles/jiggingpatterns.php

 

[kc custom]

As far as a couple of homeade hand tools go, pretty much the sky is the limit for
ways to create different patterns. Ken.