World War I Navy Issue Knife

Beautiful! :thumbup: I don't know what that kind of jigging is called, but I love that random style.



(is the beagle/coyote thing some kind of riddle?)
 
Thanks Robb and Rachel!

Rachel, GEC tried to emulate the old Rodgers jigging. It's a close as anyone can get without having the machines that did the work so many decades ago!
I am amazed and grateful that those folks put in such an effort!
 
The pictures on GEC's website look great, I got in on a preorder for an antique amber. I can only find pics of the antique yellow and red jigged bone, are there any pics of the amber jigged bone or are my eyes bad.
 
nyrico said:
The pictures on GEC's website look great, I got in on a preorder for an antique amber. I can only find pics of the antique yellow and red jigged bone, are there any pics of the amber jigged bone or are my eyes bad.
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Charlie posted them on the page behind this one but here is the antique amber again, fantastic~

waynorth said:
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Antique Amber;
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Thank you, they all look great, but, I think the antique yellow is the nicest. The Jigging is phenomenal on all variants.
 
pertinux said:
Thanks much, gentlemen! I realize now I'd seen the 'forward' bail before on some of the older knives, but it hadn't really registered until seeing the picture of the new Tidioute.

I will be interested to learn whatever reasons/preferences there may be regarding the differing location and construction of the bail(s) historically -- mechanical? Field-use preference? Streamlined engineering processes?-- and the trade-offs, if any, on those fronts.

In the meantime, I'm grateful for those who bring these patterns forward, with idiosyncrasies old and new. :thumbup:

Always something new to ponder. :)

~ P.
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I had a brief chat with GEC Bill this morning. He confirmed his reason for the bail placement as follows.
It is, in fact, very difficult to make a nice tightly constructed knife with the bail mounted on the bottom assembly pin. If you leave it loose enough to swing the bail easily, you run the risk of the knife loosening up slightly at the bottom, creating gaps eventually.
This can be avoided by assembling the knife with a hollow bottom pin, and inserting a second, thinner bail pin through the first, but this has some difficulties as well. It is difficult to keep the drilled pin "open" when peening it.
The existing method is traditional, and is straightforward in assembly, so was chosen for these knives.

The second burning question of the hour is what does "the Beagles are Running with the Coyotes"
mean?? Best I can get is, it's a teaser for things to come! No other info was forthcoming!
Hmmmmmm?? More pondering:confused::confused:!
:D
 
Haha, Charlie I was wondering what that meant myself. Great design on your latest SFO....I'm patiently waiting for my antique yellow!
 
waynorth said:
Further info on Percy's Damascus knives:
The ones with the shields indeed have two, one for a name, and one for a person's service number!
The steel is from the designated ship on the two-shield knives only, and they come with a presentation box. Nice present for a Veteran Sailor!

Here are some update pics for my SFO:
Antique Yellow Rodgers jig;
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Antique Amber;
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They turned out great! :thumbup:
 
Jake my friend - once again I agree with you Sir - and how could you not? Stunning version Charlie- again the great minds combined achieve a fantastic result.
 
Dang, that bail certainly ups the "wow" factor considerably. I must agree, the jigging on these is simply off the charts....
 
The GEC image is calling this color cranberry jig bone? Pre production it was Amber. Looks great either way
 
I think there are 3 colors:
Antique Yellow
Antique Amber
Cranberry Red- Seems like this one started off being called "case red"
 
waynorth said:
I had a brief chat with GEC Bill this morning. He confirmed his reason for the bail placement as follows.
It is, in fact, very difficult to make a nice tightly constructed knife with the bail mounted on the bottom assembly pin. If you leave it loose enough to swing the bail easily, you run the risk of the knife loosening up slightly at the bottom, creating gaps eventually.
This can be avoided by assembling the knife with a hollow bottom pin, and inserting a second, thinner bail pin through the first, but this has some difficulties as well. It is difficult to keep the drilled pin "open" when peening it.
The existing method is traditional, and is straightforward in assembly, so was chosen for these knives.
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Fascinating and helpful, Charlie, especially for those of us who geek out about the details! Thanks.

In light of the portion bolded above, I've re-examined my examples of GEC's most recent Scouts and Beer Scouts. GEC sure did a great job with the hollow-pin assembly option, which hopefully wasn't too hard on everyone. :)

... I'm not sure how GEC's jigging keeps getting better, but boy howdy it does. 2015 is, was(!) a year of their taking things to a next level, for sure!

Congratulations on another new-old knife on the cutting edge.
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~ P.
 
Having received and handled the new Rope Knife, I can tell you that the knife is much more impressive in hand than it looks in the photos.

Great job Charlie! Now for some more CE & CF time with 'em.... ;):rolleyes::cool::D:D:D:D:D
 
Ramrodmb said:
I think there are 3 colors:
Antique Yellow
Antique Amber
Cranberry Red- Seems like this one started off being called "case red"
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Thanks for clearing that up for me. I thought it was odd to name a color after another brand name.. This makes sense now.
 
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