Lets talk GEC!

5K Qs said:
When you say "palm tool", does that mean you did the "fur" with a gouge or something, rather than a blade of your whittler?
I really have no idea how jigged bone handles are made. I assumed that some kind of mechanized process was involved, rather than a hand tool, but that's an assumption with no factual basis on my part.

- GT
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Yes, a vee tool. It can be done with a knife, however it would take a long time. It all depends on how much relaxing you want to do.😉

I assume modern jigging is mechanized as well, however I don't assume that it easy because of it. Natural materials require some give and take from the craftsman.
 
I always assumed a Dremel tool was used to create the jigging... but I know nothing first hand.
 
Jiki said:
Thank you @Will Power , I needed the color palette.

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Awesome! I love admiring your work
 
btb01 said:
Someone should just ask GEC. I’ve heard they’re very forthcoming with information about their jigging process. 😉😁
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Barrett, I'll bet this is one of the bits of info you've heard (read):
waynorth said:
Achille and Jack, I don't know everything about those processes, but from what I have observed I will outline what I know.
In the USA over the last few decades bone was jigged in the "flat". Bone was sliced, then run under various rotary cutters to make the desired marks. Then dyed (later for a description), and fastened (pinned or glued) to the pattern liners. The edges were then sanded down to the shape of the underlying liners. That is why so many knives have a blocky, square-edged shape, if made in the late 70's to the present. Bill at GEC figured out the way older knives were done, and started doing this when he opened GEC!! The bone was cut to the pattern before it was attached, and shaped or "rounded" to give the handle a softer, better feel in hand, then jigged (rotary cutters shaped to go over the shaped handle material!) over the rounding, giving a shaped dimension! Just like old Remington, Cattaraugus, and many earlier knives!!
Before attaching, dying is done with handles immersed in small tanks of dissolved dye, usually heated, and some even under pressure. (Think Slow Cookers or Pressure Cookers on your stove top!!).
Stir occasionally and dry thoroughly!!
There may be videos of some of these processes.
Bill won't show how he jigs the bone. He worked hard for years developing the processes, and isn't willing to share the details with the competition.
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😁 🤓

- GT
 
It appears that there will be some H10 hunting knives made.... I wonder if they will make some of the others.... a 43 fixed blade, canoe or bird and trout would be most excellent.... dare to dream....
 
I was thinking today...
When a knife releases, I get bored with it quickly.
I mean you see a whole bunch of us posting pictures of it singing its praises.

But then...
Several months (or years) down the road somebody posts a picture of it again and i get all excited to see it.
I guess I just like knives that aren't the "new biggest thing" or the current "must have"... I like individuality I guess.
I like the fact that somebody liked that knife enough to carry it instead of the new, whizzy-cool, knife of the day.
 
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