The " Roosters " are crowing for the " Farmers"

paulhilborn said:
For Campbellclanman Campbellclanman Duncan ;) :)

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That's killer jigging , done maybe before Bill's hand in the bone room became ill, as happened during the making of these . These are the samples I received of the jigging pattern (not the coloration) that I had ordered ( that Bill and his jigger had come up with) for my farmers jacks:


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That Bone would have a chance of outclassing any of the Oldies- brave statement I know - beautiful! any plans for that Bone Lyle?

Imagine being a fly on the wall in that Jig room! wow! something many of us have dreamed and thought of!
 
Those were sample photos of what was proposed. I've never seen anything in production to match it. It must have died with the gentleman who became ill. I don't remember if he passed, retired afterwards, or just never returned.

Remarkable bone though. We can only imagine the color iterations.
 
wlfryjr said:
That's killer jigging , done maybe before Bill's hand in the bone room became ill, as happened during the making of these . These are the samples I received of the jigging pattern (not the coloration) that I had ordered ( that Bill and his jigger had come up with) for my farmers jacks:


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Love that bone, wish they could have done it, would have been epic. Looks a lot like old Remington bone.



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wlfryjr said:
That's killer jigging , done maybe before Bill's hand in the bone room became ill, as happened during the making of these . These are the samples I received of the jigging pattern (not the coloration) that I had ordered ( that Bill and his jigger had come up with) for my farmers jacks:


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Oh my! This is some epic old style jigging. This is what I wished GEC would move to as their standard jigging.

I noticed that GEC stopped doing the occasional awesome runs of jiggling around 2015. They now only do the same one or two styles of basic not very random jigging. Sorry to hear about the employee who did the jigging. It looks like that employee had a great understanding of what traditional bone jigging looked like and the skill to replicate it.
 
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Travman said:
Oh my! This is some epic old style jigging. This is what I wished GEC would move to as their standard jigging.

I noticed that GEC stopped doing the occasional awesome runs of jiggling around 2015. They now only do the same one or two styles of basic not very random jigging. Sorry to hear about the employee who did the jigging. It looks like that employee had a great understanding of what traditional bone jigging looked like and the skill to replicate it.
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We See some amazing Bone on the older GECs, the beautiful Ruby Red on the 792312s that I had looks similar to this..received_1215684185726239.jpeg
 
Will Power said:
Whether in active use or in the collection, this pattern is one of the finest ever made 😍
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And, it’s built on such a versatile frame! From the Grinling to the English Whittler to the Willamette and the Farmer’s Jack. The 38 Special model is a bit lackluster, but I think if it had the #1 clip, it’d be more desirable.
 
Thanks for the interest . I used to work at Ashtabula quite often and my cousin lived in Mentor for a while.

I'm just back home from an extended vacation and have just noticed my picture in the hall at GEC.

I have no information about this.
 
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