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<blockquote data-quote="Blackhorse" data-source="post: 574817" data-attributes="member: 1365"><p>Jimping…or “filework”?</p><p></p><p>“Once upon a time there was an old word, "jimp" that came from North England and Scotland, meaning neat, handsome, and slender in form. The early knife industry designated these machined cuts or cross-hatched patterns on the back of the spine of the knife to improve traction of the fingertips "jimping." They still call those regular spaced machine made cuts jimping, but in the custom and handmade knife world artistic filework is the dominant version and king of technique. Jimping may be machine cut by automated slitters, mills, or blades, but filework must be hand-cut.” - Jay Fisher from his comprehensive knife website.</p><p></p><p>Jimping</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]4974[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Filework</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]4975[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackhorse, post: 574817, member: 1365"] Jimping…or “filework”? “Once upon a time there was an old word, "jimp" that came from North England and Scotland, meaning neat, handsome, and slender in form. The early knife industry designated these machined cuts or cross-hatched patterns on the back of the spine of the knife to improve traction of the fingertips "jimping." They still call those regular spaced machine made cuts jimping, but in the custom and handmade knife world artistic filework is the dominant version and king of technique. Jimping may be machine cut by automated slitters, mills, or blades, but filework must be hand-cut.” - Jay Fisher from his comprehensive knife website. Jimping [ATTACH type="full"]4974[/ATTACH] Filework [ATTACH]4975[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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