Attention Select Your Favorite Brown Tone for Sawcut Bone!!

[BigKurtHaze]

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

That leaves us with Dark Brew, Sepia (maybe) and Tan only.

EDIT: Sabercat beat me to it

Deal!

 

[Kiteman72]

If we vote for a color called Hemlock Green, and then get a green knife, then what? Just sayin!

The dye job could literally come out any crazy way and we would just have to take it.

We know what Sepia looks like tho...

And did we lose 100 voters from the last poll? Who knew Brown was such a deal breaker?!

 

[tejasandre]

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

Let’s disqualify hemlock & substitute black cherry. It’s more brown because it’s not green.

 

[Pàdruig]

It's a fascinating dilemma - are we seeing only what we want to see?

This does not look red to me - how about you all? Top pic is mine, bottom one is from a vendor that I do not recall.

 

[BrotherJim]

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

I don't get it. Did you even read the poll description of the one you voted for? Copperhead (has more reddish in it)
I could maybe understand your point if you'd voted Dark Brew or Tan.

 

[EngrSorenson]

And did we lose 100 voters from the last poll? Who knew Brown was such a deal breaker?!

It took a long time to break 300 on the last poll, so I’m guessing the votes will come in as time progresses.

 

[Easyrider]

Nevermind.

 

[EngrSorenson]

Probably, I mean it is just brown; I know I can’t get excited about.

And yet you can’t stay away, sparkles.

just you wait. This knife will be the envy of anyone who didn’t get one and is envious of someone for having decided to buy one for various superlative reasons!

 

[Jiki]

It's a fascinating dilemma - are we seeing only what we want to see?

This does not look red to me - how about you all? Top pic is mine, bottom one is from a vendor that I do not recall.

Well, I have taken the Munsell color test and passed at the superior level for work. What I see is a black knife with color on the corners in the red-orange spectrum. But yuk science.

Edit. Most browns live in the red orange spectrum btw.

 

[BrotherJim]

Think I just need to step away from the keyboard for a while LOL
Got folks telling me knives in different lighting aren't interesting
And folks voting for reddish covers who are telling me they don't think red should be in the poll
... head spinning

 

[Woodrow F Call]

Give me an option of green?

Yes please.

 

[Easyrider]

And yet you can’t stay away, sparkles.

just you wait. This knife will be the envy of anyone who didn’t get one and is envious of someone for having decided to buy one for various superlative reasons!

I will probably buy one. I need a beater knife for my toolbox and this forum knife should fit bill.

 

[Markeologist]

These antique yellow 15s look a lot like the jigged Hemlock I’m seeing. Everybody should take a deep breath and vote for what they want and be happy with what is finally constructed. We will never know how the final knife looks until it is done…whatever wins will look good!

 

[GaiusJulius]

I think Hemlock is going to be darker, Copperhead is going to be lighter. Beyond that it’s hard to say for certain.

Copperhead (which could be orangey, yellowish, or tan depending on the luck of the day… not a terribly consistent color or naming over the years) is more of a known quantity, in that we have pics we can reasonably say “it’ll look something like this.” Hemlock is an unknown in sawcut …but I’d submit that the color (in jigged bone) is more consistent.

Both can be perceived as reddish. I like Hemlock because it will be attractive, I have no doubt. It also fits the gravitas of the pattern well, and it will be unique. The copperhead (or equivalent) has been used for a number of barlows over the years (yes I know you can’t buy one readily, but they are out there) and many other GECs. It’s one of the most common dye schemes (medium brown with orangey yellows at the bolster.) I’m ready for something different and new!

 

[EngrSorenson]

Here’s a little something to chew on for anyone who really thinks Charlie’s color blind…

“In terms of the visible spectrum, "brown" refers to long wavelength hues, yellow, orange, or red, in combination with low luminance or saturation.[15] Since brown may cover a wide range of the visible spectrum, composite adjectives are used such as red brown, yellowish brown, dark brown or light brown.” - Wikipedia

And here’s a little experiment from the same location. Notice how brown looks different depending on its surrounding light conditions:

https://imgur.com/VMfRVNB

 

[abbydaddy]

Buddha is hoping for a little pop of color...

 

[Pàdruig]

Everybody should take a deep breath and vote for what they want

Agreed. I allowed myself to get a bit wound up in the previous thread - it isn't healthy. The "anything-but-(insert blank)" can be very off-putting - you just have to let it roll off, we're an opinionated bunch.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

I don't get it. Did you even read the poll description of the one you voted for? Copperhead (has more reddish in it)
I could maybe understand your point if you'd voted Dark Brew or Tan.

Actually yes, read it more than once because I initially voted antique yellow. I dont mind it a reddish BROWN, just not basically black with red showing at the bolsters.

 

[Alpha556]

Hemlock seems like the most fitting choice when you think about it. Its still a brown but has reddish undertone . A lot of people voted for brown and red with brown winning out by one vote. Seems like a color everyone could get behind.

 

[Ernie1980]

I just figured out why I can’t get behind Hemlock… it looks the same (to my eyes on a screen of course) a Case’s brown deltrin!! It was JOELSM’s picture that finally made it click for me.