Attention Select Your Favorite Brown Tone for Sawcut Bone!!

[BrotherJim]

Duh, Totally Apparent ... Hemlock

 

[Peregrin]

We are dealing with three different Hemlocks, Jack and Gary!! Eastern and Western Hemlocks are different trees, and thrive on their respective sides of Canada; and the Hemlock of Socrates is the Poisonous Shrub!!

I knew that Charlie! It's all in fun! Until someone eats their Hemlock knife!

So wait... this is unclear.
If I eat my 86 hemlock forum knife... I'm going to die?
That's it! my vote is staying on Sepia!

If you can't eat your knife, what's the point?!

I was hoping for a response that might garner more Sepia votes!

 

[Pàdruig]

I wish GEC's site was a bit more comprehensive with regards to listing patterns and their variants (with accompanying pictures) but it would be a rather exhaustive effort and may or may not be worth the trouble in the end. That said, I did pull a few examples of the different "brown" sawcut Barlows. The pictures are not the greatest (in my opinion) but they might prove to be a valuable reference point for some.

Copperhead Sawcut Bone (If this is the color we could be guaranteed in getting, I'd be more supportive of it. It is far more brown than the yellow and orange examples that are currently being shown)

These two are listed as Antique Yellow Sawcut Bone - note that they differ quite a bit.

Antique Amber - not in the poll above but this first one is an attractive example. I have antique amber on other knives and it's more yellow than this so I suppose it is another dye that is subject to variance. The second picture is certainly more yellow.

Saddle Brown - not in the poll and not a great picture (too much glare)

Dark Chestnut - Honestly, this one doesn't look all that different from the Copperhead examples that have been shown here.

And just for giggles, Muscadine Sawcut. I think this might be considered a red and if I recall correctly, it was a dye that was specifically designed and created for Charlie's last Ancient SFO. Still, it's pretty stellar, even if we may not see it again.

 

[waverave]

Hemlock Sawcut? waynorth

 

[knife_fan]

GEC has already done a few Copperhead barlows. They’ve never done a hemlock barlow, let alone one in sawcut.
Let’s make this a special forum knife that stands out from previous barlows, and go with hemlock.

 

[Pàdruig]

Hemlock Sawcut? waynorth
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I like it but I think this is what the anti-Hemlock folks are worried about - this very much looks like a dark red knife. In fact, it looks a lot like Black Cherry when it doesn't look so black.

The challenge with Hemlock dye is that it is a color that isn't all that simple, there is a lot of depth that cannot be captured very well in a photo. The areas near the bolsters tend to be a myriad of colors - browns (light and dark), rusty reds, and in some examples, caramel.

 

[waverave]

I like it but I think this is what the anti-Hemlock folks are worried about - this very much looks like a dark red knife. In fact, it looks a lot like Black Cherry when it doesn't look so black.

The challenge with Hemlock dye is that it is a color that isn't all that simple, there is a lot of depth that cannot be captured very well in a photo. The areas near the bolsters tend to be a myriad of colors - browns (light and dark), rusty reds, and in some examples, caramel.

I agree...very tough to capture. From the photos I have seen of the jigged bone variety, the most common color around the bolsters (wherever it is shaped) is that dark red. I'm really not sure how it would turn out with sawcut. It feels like it would be mostly dark red...with black-ish where it is sawcut.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

I might have to change my vote to copperhead to guarantee a hemlock green victory

 

[traumkommode]

Hemlock is probably getting so many votes because it contains so much red, and there were lots of people who wanted a red knife.

 

[sheep herder]

Red was voted out. Hemlock shouldn't be in the poll IMO.

 

[akaMatt]

I wish GEC's site was a bit more comprehensive with regards to listing patterns and their variants (with accompanying pictures) but it would be a rather exhaustive effort and may or may not be worth the trouble in the end. That said, I did pull a few examples of the different "brown" sawcut Barlows. The pictures are not the greatest (in my opinion) but they might prove to be a valuable reference point for some.

Antique Amber -

Would love for this to be our handles!

 

[sf fanatic]

I changed my vote to hemlock with the hope we can get this over and done with. Let’s get the ball rolling ASAP

 

[waverave]

Red was voted out. Hemlock shouldn't be in the poll IMO.

That is my thought as well.

 

[Leslie Tomville]

The only reason I did not vote for Hemlock is that it is so dark. You will only be able to see whatever color is there in very bright sunlight. I had that problem with my Black Plum Mustang. I knew there was purple in there somewhere, but it was almost impossible to see indoors under normal light. The same is true of the Black Cherry. It’s a beautiful color under a spotlight, but just black looking 90% of the time. It makes for a pretty uninteresting knife.

 

[Pàdruig]

I agree...very tough to capture. From the photos I have seen of the jigged bone variety, the most common color around the bolsters (wherever it is shaped) is that dark red. I'm really not sure how it would turn out with sawcut. It feels like it would be mostly dark red...with black-ish where it is sawcut.
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This 47 in Hemlock Green is the only knife that I have mistook for Blood Red in the past. That said, I wish that I could get more examples posted here because I suspect that these 47s are a bit of an outlier. None of the 66s that I have seen are that red.

Hemlock is probably getting so many votes because it contains so much red, and there were lots of people who wanted a red knife.

Well, to be fair... (queue Letterkenny chorus) A lot of folks wanted a brown knife, yet they are voting for an orange one .

Would love for this to be our handles!

If this is something we could be guaranteed, I'd vote for it in a heartbeat. It's a really nice looking color.

 

[Jiki]

I changed my vote to hemlock with the hope we can get this over and done with. Let’s get the ball rolling ASAP

I might be mistaken, but I don't think it's a point total thing. It's going to run till time runs out. Then we will have to wait for GEC.

 

[Sabercat]

Red was voted out. Hemlock shouldn't be in the poll IMO.

Yellow and white lost too. So Sepia and Antique Yellow should be out.

and Copperhead is the reddest of all the choices...

so I guess that leaves us with Chestnut, Dark Brewed and Tan.

 

[BrotherJim]

Ruling out Hemlock because Red was voted out?
The same could be said of every other choice in this poll that has a secondary color that wasn't voted in ...
Antique YELLOW, Chestnut RUDDY Reddish in there most of the time, Copperhead REDDISH ... lets rule these out too.
That leaves us with Dark Brew, Sepia (maybe) and Tan only.

EDIT: Sabercat beat me to it

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Kinda agree with S sheep herder on this one, I didn't vote and campaign for brown only to get a red knife.

 

[EngrSorenson]

I think there’s too much complaining about hemlock being red. Charlie picked six great variations of brown, and it’d be up for debate except you’re not Charlie. Maybe when you all volunteer to get the GEC forum knife going you will get to show off your art school diplomas and run your spectral analysis and decide the limits of true brown, but until then I’m more than okay with “Hemlock Green” being classified brown.

CAN I HEAR AN “AMEN”?!