This is my Great Grandfather's Jack Knife (which I just finished a little while ago ...



Ok. Actually it's blade and spring are high carbon tool steel. I've developed the aged patina.



Handles are dropped whitetail stag.



Liners are brass with a rope cut polished file work pattern all around.



Carved scroll and leaf. Dyed and polished.

Serial no., date, signature engraved on the liners before assembly.



Extension for ring, chain, or the leather fob attached. These make it easy to withdraw from a sheath or pocket.



Really nice "Primative" folder - nicely finished. Good blade for actual hunting usage. These hold a fine edge.

The knife looks 150 years old. Should last at least another 150 yrs.



Nail nick each side of blade for right or left hand users. . Pull open, snap shut.

$435us. First posted here or to my PM. (TEMP. OFF THE MARKET FOR UPGRADE)

Thanks for reading. There are advantages to checking in here.

God Bless,
Gary



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2014 05:24AM by barnespneumatic.

Blade is thin - bevel ground. Like many older tools. 1/16" steel blade. Blade 3 3/8" with handle at 7 5/8". Not including leather.

Postage and ins. Would probably be about $15.

Gary

Thats a great little gem there! Good fer fishin and whittling . Stream side trout knife .

Thanks
Kurt

Wow Gary, another nice knife. I do like the patina finish on the blade. Super Cool!

How do you open and close this knife?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/30/2014 07:00PM by Julio.

I have put the "nail nicks" in the blade (both sides) since the pics above. You just pull it open. There is spring tension to make it stop half way open/closed, and it snaps shut.



Gary

Jack Knife is Temp. Off the Market.

I noticed a tendency to pinch upon closing. I've found that the Stag has warped just enough to pull the case. Natural materials.

I've taken the knife apart to confirm.

Since its apart, I decided to correct with a heavier spine and bushing the blade. The new spine is file worked to help make the whole effort partially pay something for the effort. I'm doing various alterations and will reintroduce it again.

Since the whole Primitive motif didnt have people lining up for a cheaper knife - I guess everybody wants them more expensive. My misjudgment. .

Back in a bit.

Gary

Darn natural materials! Glad you caught it before it went out.

Hi Jerry,

That is a reality. You are correct.

I'd get the rap rather then the materials, I fear.

One of the "Names" in knife making used to frequently say ... "No Dead Animal Parts" ... Haha - partly for this reason. Anything natural expands, contracts, warps. You have to nail it down and anticipate. My bad. Targeting a simple build, I didn't see the old "knife in the back trick ". Haha.

Gary

"No dead animal parts", eh? If you're gonna follow that rule, I guess you'd better make sure you don't use steel from any Great Lakes area mills. All those banded iron ore deposits are just FULL of dead bacteria parts, after all.

On the other hand, I got a catalog in the mail with dozens of little folders with four digit prices...and all of them seem to have chunks of seashell or mammoth bits on them somewhere. Guess there must be a loophole in the rule somewhere...

Pearl is "inert".

Mammoth is a min. of 10,000 years old. Pretty completely dry by now.

As "inlays" in an "Innerframe" design like my Mdl. 97s, the materials are ok. When you use them in a large pc., and count on them as a structural member ... they are gonna move.

I will get into several of the methods I used to stabilize this project, in "Knifemaking 601". The psych. of why we desire the use of natural materials and especially tortured specimens, in 701. Sign up now.

Gary

Bring on the walnut burl !