Thread: Jack versus old Jack

So would you call this a slightly smaller lighter Jack style knife ?



Made and gifted to me by a good friend.
Only had it about a year and it's broken down a lot of deer.
Faultless style of knife for my type of hunting.
Maybe a little lighter than @Tentman's type.
But I'm not feeding farm dogs
It's in its sheath and in my pack.
Both knife and sheath have hi viz tape on them because I usually finish up my animals in the dark

Definitely the type, possibly the best refinement of the blade shape Ive seen . . .

that blade style is called a semi skinner , a very practicable style

Originally Posted by Tentman

Definitely the type, possibly the best refinement of the blade shape Ive seen . . .

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About the only interesting thing I have since you were last here !

Originally Posted by akaroa1

So would you call this a slightly smaller lighter Jack style knife ?

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Made and gifted to me by a good friend.
Only had it about a year and it's broken down a lot of deer.
Faultless style of knife for my type of hunting.
Maybe a little lighter than @Tentman's type.
But I'm not feeding farm dogs
It's in its sheath and in my pack.
Both knife and sheath have hi viz tape on them because I usually finish up my animals in the dark

Nice. I avoid those front quillions (the brass guard sticky down bit) 'cos they catch in the body cavity when gutting. But most good knives have them, so the smaller the better for me.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Nice. I avoid those front quillions (the brass guard sticky down bit) 'cos they catch in the body cavity when gutting. But most good knives have them, so the smaller the better for me.

I very rarely gut my deer
Skin and take the wheels off
Back straps through to the neck
Don't take the eye fillet because then I don't need to gut.

All that and it's all I can carry anyway and I'm usually some hours from the truck

I get a real thrill every time I take this knife out to use it

Cheers for the review mate ! My new jacks sheath is pretty much full length and I’m now using a wax mix to harden and mould to the knife, I was getting taurus leather company that make the tool belts to do my sheathes in bulk as it helped me keep the cost down but now I’m making them all myself by hand. D2 two or K110 is a bloody awesome steel, I’ve worked with a lot of different steels and it’s my favourite for a field dressing knife, almost a semi stainless so easier to look after for the lazy buggers and holds an edge for ages, I did 2 stags last week and it’s still very cutty!
NGA.

Originally Posted by Tentman

Recently I got a secondhand example of Nga's "Jack" knife for no 1 son. It's a Mk 11 I think. Said son has left the knife with me for a while during a Aussie mission.

Since I had to do a mutton today I thought I'd give it a spin. Now my main knife of 43 years is an Robert Uddstrom custom knife that is remarkably similar to the Jack in many ways, it's also D2 steel, the blade shape is of the same family of "modified skinner" and the length is very similar.

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I don't do too many muttons these days,so am way out of practise . . . When I was in the Canterbury High Country we'd do 4-6 muttons every fortnight, and up to 30 wethers for dog tucker every week, you get pretty slick doing those sorts of numbers, and become very attached to a knife that works.

Anyhoo the Jack went well, it's edge was as good as I can put on the Uddstrom (bear in mind D2 is an absolute chore, if not a challenge to sharpen, it's very tough and diamond stones are about all I've had much luck with). It held up well, I only had one sheep to do but I'd say it would have easily got through 3-4 before it needed any attention. The shape was better for some things like taking out the ring gear and splitting the brisket, but for some reason I didn't feel it went as well skinning, but there's not much of that on a sheep. About a draw on everything else.

My biggest beef with the Jack is its sheath, I feel it's about 25mm to low, my homemade Uddstrom sheath conversely is 25mm to high! I wouldn't take this Jack hunting in its current sheath, just too much chance of losing it in tough going.
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Cheers

Here is the new Jack 3.0 and sheathes I am making. Completed this one today.

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

A guy i used to know in South Africa took a slip and ended up with a knife in his kidney, because it was in his pack at the time. Swings and roundabouts!

F...K that wouldnt be pleasant.

The knife on belt thing.... Old saying here in NZ. Probably goes back to shepherding. "A man without a knife is like a dog without a dick". If I'm not wearing sheath knife I have a folder clipped in my pocket.

The knives shown here remember me on one I made for a mate.
He lost it on the first hunting trip! Somewhere near Mt Cook!