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Rockon75 said:
Quick Question-I recently was fortunate enough to obtain the knife pictured below from Brett. It is the Northfield, Copperhead, Abilene Stock Knife. It arrived today, and I noticed the spacer between the springs is "white" rather than brass. What type is it Steel or NS?
Thanks
Josh

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I have the same exact model. It sure is a beauty, isn't it? Upon close examination, I'm going to guess that the liners (there are 2) are steel. If you look closely, steel and NS have a different look. I would say that steel has a bit more hint of gray than NS. Of course, I could be wrong. Either way, it sure is a nice knife. That copperhead is one of my favorite jigged bone colors.
 
Thanks for the info. I have the copperhead in three different runs and all three are different patterns. The 81 copperhead jigged bone is the nicest of the three (tk cuban and 42 trader r the others). This 81 run seems to have more yellow under the brown than the others. It is the nicest of the three versions that I have IMO.
 
GEC's use of the word "Copperhead" to describe a type of jigging ? or a color ? is a poor choice as "Copperhead" is already in use to describe a pattern with enlarged bolsters to cover the corner of the tang when the blade is closed.
Knife manufacturers have a history of contributing to the confusion in knife terminology. Case calling a 2 blade Pen knife a "Half Whittler" is a classic example that has now become an accepted, but incorrect name of a pattern.
Likely there is a Marketing Team that thinks up what seem to be cool names without knowing that the word is already used to mean something else in knife terminology.
kj
 
Maybe a copperhead bone half whittler would be a good choice for the next forum knife? :D
 
K-Joe, I here ya on the confusion. Kind of like using the term jack knife for a knife with two blades on opposing sides. I'd call it a pen.
 
I think the term "Copperhead Jigged Bone" is self explanatory. This directly from the GEC Marketing Team;

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Here is the 42 and 53. Jigging is different on these two than the 81, and the yellow is a bit less pronounced. I'll try and take a group pic for comparison. I really like the 81's covers. I think all three are pretty classy though. Of course we all have opinions, right.
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GEC's inconsistent naming of colors makes me scratch my head.

Top to bottom -
81 - copperhead jig bone
48 - autumn gold jig bone
56 - copperhead jig bone
55 - autumn gold jig bone
15 - chestnut jig bone

IMO, all of these knives except the 55 have the same color of dye. The jigging is different on all of them, but that didn't stop GEC from using the names interchangeably. The 55 and the 48 don't look the same at all to me.
 
There was also a 65 lockback in 'copperhead jig bone.' Their naming conventions are irregular. I do love the coloration common to all of these patterns regardless of their names. :D

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Nice group there Sonnemann! I love all of them as well.

I think the copperhead that KJ was referring to are bolsters, similar to these:
 
draggat, right, a Copperhead, as above, as made by Case, etc.
rma100 You say "I think the term "Copperhead Jigged Bone" is self explanatory. This directly from the GEC Marketing Team;"
and the picture of the Abilene Stock knife 811313. What am i missing ? i still don't understand how "Copperhead" describes this color of bone. Copperhead is also a snake but i don't see how that connects either.
I'm simply saying i don't understand, not trying to be critical, just trying to 'get' the piece that will make it self explanatory.
kj
 
Copperhead Jigged Bone describes the color of the bone on the 811313 Abilene Stock knife because the People that cut the bone, jigged the bone, dyed the bone and built the knife named it that.
 
Of all these beautiful renditions of yellow "peeking" through the "copper-brown" and the various types of jigging. That 48 or the 81 are my favorites.
 
Rockon75 said:
Quick Question-I recently was fortunate enough to obtain the knife pictured below from Brett. It is the Northfield, Copperhead, Abilene Stock Knife. It arrived today, and I noticed the spacer between the springs is "white" rather than brass. What type is it Steel or NS?
Thanks
Josh
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If you carry the knife and use it a bit you'll find out! I've found that steel liners end up with rust spots on the inner part of the liner. NS liners remain shiny inside and out. I much prefer NS. I believe GEC uses either steel bolsters & steel liners or NS liners & bolsters. I'm not aware of them using a combination of the two on the same knife.
 
Fanglekai-Thx. I'm sure the bolsters on this knife is NS, so your saying that the liners always match the bolster material???? That I did not know.
 
This is copperhead jigging bone on my #12 Powderhorn Jack.



Looks rather different than the other copperhead jiggings, doesn´t it? However - I love it!!
 
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