What is the difference between good jigging and bad jigging?

[Will Power]

r8shell The Howard is a beautiful oldster I think it's right that some people are questioning certain GEC jigging, CASE is more dependable (less so their dye skills though..)

 

[Will Power]

I don't think you're being overly critical either.

Example

Your image seems to have temp disappeared, Forum playing up weirdly here today...

But when I saw it earlier I was aghast. Off Roader drives through wet tar.. Looks kind of PRESSED OUT rather than jigged Now I've got hat fine Smokey Robinson song in my head 'The Tracks of My Tears'

 

[r8shell]

r8shell The Howard is a beautiful oldster I think it's right that some people are questioning certain GEC jigging, CASE is more dependable (less so their dye skills though..)

Thanks. I wonder what it looked like when new.

 

[SteveC]

Your image seems to have temp disappeared, Forum playing up weirdly here today...

But when I saw it earlier I was aghast. Off Roader drives through wet tar.. Looks kind of PRESSED OUT rather than jigged Now I've got hat fine Smokey Robinson song in my head 'The Tracks of My Tears'

Looks like GEC took it down but here is another pic

 

[K33ncutter]

Pile side on this Moore Maker.

 

[cudgee]

Pile side on this Moore Maker.

That is sweet.

 

[sitflyer]

Looks like GEC took it down but here is another pic

Nothing about that jigging draws me to this knife...it looks crude and ill thought out, and to me it destroys the lines of the whole package. In a word...ugly.

 

[K33ncutter]

That is sweet.

Thank you very much my friend!

 

[Mike Robuck]

Older NYK Co. jigging:

Later NYK Co. jigging

Catt. jigging:

Ka bar jigging. (Tony and Reese Bose do this same type of jigging and call it "pin feather.)

 

[urbantrapper]

Personally I dont mind machined looking jigging or sawcut, but in these cases I dont like when the jigging is unclean. I would like it to have smooth and even grooves without flakes or shreds or "splinters". That said my two GECs with this style jigging both have some questionable spots, but I presume they will smooth out with use.

 

[SteveC]

 

[Onebigbill]

GEC is getting better at jigging.

 

[Will Power]

Mike Robuck Superb examples and rare items Additionally impressive is the NYK Co. jigging as the Pruner demands curved bone rather than flat slabs.

Thanks, Will

 

[TheJon]

I agree that generally I like the less machined look, but I will say that there are a few that look good like that, more purposefully done. Such as a lot of the beaver tails look fine or the new 33s that someone already posted a picture of.

 

[Mike Robuck]

Thanks Will. New York Knife Co. jigging is some of my favorite.

 

[Will Power]

Here's a Pruner of more recent vintage. CASE/Bose did a grand job on these, well I think so at least

 

[Will Power]

I was unable to resist.... Metal Machine Jigging

Too uniform I hear you cry Symmetry is in the eye of the beholder.....

 

[Will Power]

Puerile interlude over Another good example

GEC Rust Red shown with another 14 but Ivory Bone Smooth.

 

[K33ncutter]

This Schrade Cut Co. was already worn slap out when my great aunt gave it to me back in the early 1970’s. It belonged to her late husband and I only keep it for sentimental value. Made in the 1917-1946 time frame.

 

[veitsi_poika]

Mostly a matter of taste. I tend to prefer deep, random jigging, that doesn't immediately look like it was done by a machine. Some modern machine cut jigging is pretty good, but if it is, it looks more like hand cut.

Good

Not so good

I agree totally with Jeff... the difference to me is to have it look more random than to be obviously done mechanically.

If someone hasn't mentioned it already, there is a thread dedicated to some of our favorite bone examples:

https://bladeforums.com/threads/gettin-jiggy-with-it-jigged-bone-photos.1520452/

This knife below is one of my favorites and the one below it has one with real "groovy" character...