Attention Select Your Favorite Brown Tone for Sawcut Bone!!

[abbydaddy]

In my own collection of traditional knives, I am struck by how the slightly redder brown of the Italian Jigged Bone of my Northwoods pops without being outside of the ivory to brown-black spectrum of most traditional knives. We missed out on smooth slabs, I hope we can manage something a little more distinctive than another beige knife.

 

[Pàdruig]

I honestly never thought Hemlock would take off like it did - I was prepared to be stubbornly entrenched with a small minority. I think the lighter tones feel safer for a lot of folks and one can't begrudge them that. I will usually fall on the side of richer, darker tones most of the time so if Hemlock wasn't going to be in the poll, Dark Brewed would have been my choice and because I am not really into yellow, Sepia would have been next on my list.

 

[BDubbs]

Hope no one gets too disappointed over the result. I’m really happy with the possibility of getting a forum knife made by GEC on an 86 pattern with a single clip. Really like the reddish brown hue from a copperhead on the edges but any of the options is going to look great, of course I would have been just as happy to let Bill and Charlie surprise us completely.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Double post

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

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

Looks like he's pretty happy about being brown to me

 

[Pàdruig]

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.

That is an interesting observation and it immediately made me think about the delrin that is on an old Camillus Barlow that I used to have. It looks a lot like Copperhead Sawcut - which also could be another reason why it's a desirable color.

Really old pics I have of it.

 

[Fox79]

This is going to be a great knife. Clip point blade, cool bolster, and sawcut bone.

Copperhead of hemlock will look good in my opinion. I like the idea of hemlock since we have never seen GEC use it with sawcut bone. Both colors have not been used in a while.

we just have to wait and see how it all plays out

 

[Jiki]

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

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

I thought that is what I said.

 

[Sacto]

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.

If nothing else, I think this shows us that GEC’s dye jobs can be a little inconsistent. Sometimes I wonder if they try to do a certain dye and it doesn’t come out the right color so they give it a new name.

I got two different colors of muscadine on one knife.

 

[Markeologist]

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.

I’m not of the “anything but crowd” as it’s all a crap shoot anyway. I love Copperhead on the early TCs but it’s nothing like the Copperhead on the #12 toothpicks.

 

[waynorth]

Hemlock Sawcut? waynorth
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It's pretty Red, but if it came out like that mock up, I could definitely live with it!!
But I hope it comes out with more Brown!!
Thanks Darren!!

 

[KnifeandEasy]

This is a tough one for me to pick. Tan would be my first choice, followed by sepia. I’ve never had a knife in copperhead and it doesn’t particularly wow me in sawcut either, those copperhead jigged Abilene’s definitely wow me. I do very much like the Hemlock green 66 I have. I may have to go grab it and throw it in the pocket to think on it.

 

[akaMatt]

Well, I’ve read all the arguments about too red, too orange, too purple, too brown, too black, too yellow. And I’ve looked at all the pictures posted in this thread. And I’ve done a lot of thinking.

And I’ve decided to switch my vote back to smooth, beveled ivory bone where I started!

 

[unwisefool]

What color do you think Hemlock Green actually is? Asking for science. Think "is the dress blue or is it gold".

The biggest challenge for us folks who are backing Hemlock is the fact that we have no sawcut examples to draw our conclusions from. We might think it would look terrific but we can't know for sure - one equally cannot assert that it won't look good either.

I am on the side of adventure. (I'm also on the side that is not yellow and/or orange )

That dress looks blue

 

[waynorth]

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

If I was Red-Green color blind, I shouldn't be able to see Hemlock at all!!
Where is it????

 

[meako]

Dyed To Appreciate ? Oh and er BTWThe Murray forms most of the NSW/ Victorian border....it is if you will Australias Mississippi....

 

[AntDog]

I think sawcut hemlock green might turn out to be an abomination… On the other hand it might be nice if they go light on the dark dye so it has more depth than “zero”.

On the jigged knives posted it’s not brown or green. It’s freaking black with red edges. It just has that cheapo plastic look. Who knows how it would look sawcut? (Cheapo plastic?)

Hell, if I had known you guys were gonna go for black I would’ve voted for red.

 

[Markeologist]

Here is one of my favorite “brown” sawcuts and it’s NOT GEC’s work…very significant color change between sawcut area and bolsters. Not a color preference but it would be great if GEC tried a perpendicular cut with the saw like on the bone from Culpepper seen here rather than the diagonal cut we usually see.

 

[cbr1000]

Hemlock Sawcut? waynorth
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Wow, looks amazing! Thanks for posting the mock-up. Very classy looking.

 

[Snoopy1]

Hemlock Sawcut? waynorth
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Thanks for this it looks close. I hope it has a little more brown.