Attention Select Your Favorite Brown Tone for Sawcut Bone!!

[Alex.Y.]

Am I the only one who doesn't see any green in Hemlock?

 

[Pàdruig]

Am I the only one who doesn't see any green in Hemlock?

There is supposedly green in the dye itself but I have never seen it manifested in any way. Anyone who is touting this as a green knife or thinks it's a green knife would be mistaken but it's understandable, given the name.

 

[abbydaddy]

Am I the only one who doesn't see any green in Hemlock?

I don't either, but that is because it is layered over the red. It is just a component color.

 

[unwisefool]

Ok dark-brewed folks, you aren't going to win. Time to face facts. We salute your choice, but now you need to evaluate the other options and select hemlock.

 

[mb>]

It’s been a fun diversion from work Dylan. Definitely more fun than debating politics or religion, but about the same outcome. (Not many opinions are changed.)

Let’s see, we’ll still have some debate and decisions to go after this…sterile blade or not, bolster finish, pull style, …

 

[Leslie Tomville]

Just an idea or two here...
What if we said "Hey Bill... Hemlock Green please, but could you go a little lighter"?
Maybe it's as simple as saying "buff the saw cut slabs!". It'd be like the "pocket worn" treatment that Case does.

This is almost the same as saying, Hey Bill…Hemlock Green please, but could you make it pretty this time?

Hemlock Green reminds me of the Winchester Black Box knives or the GEC Black Box 72. They both look good with Jigged Bone, and are tasteful enough. Yet, at the same time, they are also middle of the road. The kind of Brown knife that sits in your collection and never gets the nod to be carried. That is in Jigged Bone. In Sawcut, they might look even that good, sort of like the Black Delrin Buck 301 shown in the last photo.

Tomorrow, we are going to choose either a knife with very little color in a Blackish Brown package or a very colorful Copperhead Sawcut Barlow.

 

[abbydaddy]

Ok dark-brewed folks, you aren't going to win. Time to face facts. We salute your choice, but now you need to evaluate the other options and select hemlock.

Why? Hemlock is still winning. I don't see why anyone should change their votes frankly.

If it comes down to an "anything but" vote, fine, but copperhead and hemlock are both pretty rich. I personally strongly prefer hemlock, but I have a hard time understanding an "anything but" mentality when the choice is between two of the three darkest brown options on the table.

I encourage everyone to stick with their top choices. This really doesn't need to be a partisan struggle. It can just be people picking their favorite option. I've always loathed the idea that votes cast for a non-winning choice are wasted.

And hey, if anyone is hoping for a later release in a favored color, then holding firm will only help demonstrate market interest. Change your vote if you change your mind. Don't change it to block other people's hopes.

(But if you do change your mind, you should change it to hemlock )

 

[Alex.Y.]

Change your vote if you change your mind. Don't change it to block other people's hopes.

Why there is an option to change a vote in a first place? I think it's better to be a permanent vote, it would be fair.

 

[Ramrodmb]

Why there is an option to change a vote in a first place? I think it's better to be a permanent vote, it would be fair.

fair? lol.
What is life if you can't re-evaluate and change your mind.

 

[Pàdruig]

Hemlock Green reminds me quite a bit of The color of Winchester Black Box knives or the GEC Black Box 72.

Just so that we are clear, you think the knife in the first picture (not mine, it's GE Jr 's) looks like the knife in the second picture (mine)?

 

[huntnfishin]

“...down the home stretch they go...Hemlock looking strong with a mighty lead at several lengths...Copperhead trailing but still in this race folks! Who will it be? Will there be a last push from Copperhead? Old Tan broke a leg...threw his rider, and is likely not to race again for a season or two...hope he mends well enough to run again another day...”

 

[Pàdruig]

Why there is an option to change a vote in a first place? I think it's better to be a permanent vote, it would be fair.

It can be frustrating, for sure, but I would be loathe to change it. I think I've only changed my vote once in past years and I did so because I changed my mind - it's good to have that option.

 

[Leslie Tomville]

They are very similar Pàdruig , the same Black/Brown spectrum. Depending on the light they could be close to identical. So yes, they remind me of each other as I stated. Many of our photographs are taken using high resolution cameras in good light. The subtle differences we see under that lens will not be visible under normal conditions. The bottom line is we are choosing between a very subtle subdued knife and a much more bold vibrant one.

GEC's Hemlock examples and the Black Box series are perfectly nice knives no doubt, just not all that interesting. They are exactly the type of okay but average knife many hoped to avoid. They are certainly not adventurous.

 

[Sabercat]

I realize my Hemlock 66 isn't quite as "mahogany-ish" near the bolsters as most of the others are, but here it is next to an S&M Black Sawcut.

This is just a photo taken today that I'm sharing for you to look at. I don’t think you need me to tell you whether to like it or not, or what the handles look like...that's up to you...and I'm okay with that.

 

[EngrSorenson]

Why there is an option to change a vote in a first place? I think it's better to be a permanent vote, it would be fair.

As R8shell usually points out, a strict "win by popular vote" method only provides a voice for the majority.
By allowing voters to change their vote, we can institute a somewhat ad hoc "rank choice" scheme, in the sense that a person can influence out comes with a second or third choice by changing their vote.

For instance, if you really wanted Tan but there's only 2 people voting for it, you could then choose to vote for a more viable option that might not be your first choice, but you'd be just as happy with.

In a sense it's more "fair".

 

[Rhinofly]

I would be willing to bet that the folks at GEC are watching this thread laughing their asses off. I would also be willing to bet that, no matter which color we choose, Bill will not produce an ugly knife. If he agrees to do the color it's because he thinks he can do it well - and he knows full well that Hemlock does not equal black. I have confidence in the man's knowledge and experience.

 

[Terdl76]

Hemlock sawcut? Oh my! This is shaping up to possibly be the best annual piece ever!

 

[Alex.Y.]

As R8shell usually points out, a strict "win by popular vote" method only provides a voice for the majority.
By allowing voters to change their vote, we can institute a somewhat ad hoc "rank choice" scheme, in the sense that a person can influence out comes with a second or third choice by changing their vote.

For instance, if you really wanted Tan but there's only 2 people voting for it, you could then choose to vote for a more viable option that might not be your first choice, but you'd be just as happy with.

In a sense it's more "fair".

That's totally makes sense. Thank you for the explanation!

 

[Ramrodmb]

It's very hard to capture beauty (or lack of) in a photo.
The toothpick shown a few times is not representative of what our sawcut Copperhead will end up looking like.
The Copperhead 14 TC turned out fabulous. IMO

 

[Duvel]

I’ve always loved my hemlock 66. It’s a little lighter around the bolsters than some of the other examples shown. Outdoor (direct sun) and indoor pics shown: