What is a "Jack Knife"
- tongueriver
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Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
Can a jack have three blades, like this GEC made Bulldog?
Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
Here is a Case one blade and a couple Case two blade Jacks a Kutmaster, Ace cutlery, Gamble stores.
What would you call the last?
What would you call the last?
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- tongueriver
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Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
That Gambles knife is a cattle knife, whose popularity predated the stockman and suchlike serpentines. I don't think cattle and stockman knives are USUALLY called jack knives. (?)
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Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
I would call that Bulldog a 3 blade trapper which is a jack knife. I guess I'd call this one a jack as well, although it borders on being a multiblade because of its saw and guthook. Whad'ya think?
Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
I'd call that thang_______________ah ""'Thinga-ma-jiggy-sawin'- ma-jiggy-- jack-ah-ma-jiggy-knife"" ___________________but it may just be a ""JACK""
I'm not young enough,____to know everything !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
Allrighty then guys, I've decided everthying I own is a Jack knife
Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
Bonehead___________I'm with you,they are all ""JACKS""
By the way__just saw you are fro S.C.______what part of Soth Carolina,are you from ????????????
I see that LuckyPaul is from Lexington,S.C. and RangerBluedog is from Anderson_____AAPK members
Gino----has one of the blades been removed from that first one??? or what model is it??? You got some dandy's there
And the little ""Rogers Bone Jack"" is still one of my favorite________hey Gunstock,have you got any Case ""Jacks""???????
By the way__just saw you are fro S.C.______what part of Soth Carolina,are you from ????????????
I see that LuckyPaul is from Lexington,S.C. and RangerBluedog is from Anderson_____AAPK members
Gino----has one of the blades been removed from that first one??? or what model is it??? You got some dandy's there
And the little ""Rogers Bone Jack"" is still one of my favorite________hey Gunstock,have you got any Case ""Jacks""???????
I'm not young enough,____to know everything !!!!!!!!!!!!
MONK****
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- jerryd6818
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Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
This morning, I found this at http://www.knifecollector.net/PocketKnifePatterns.html and posted parts of it on another thread.
"The jackknife is reportedly named after Jacque de Liege. He was a French knife maker who is said to have invented the first back-spring assembly. The term is used today to describe many different types of knives. It is most commonly used to describe any knife that has one or two blades that open on the same end. It is also used to describe any knife that has two blades that open in opposite ends and measures more than roughly 3 1/2". You will find that some folding knives do not have any special name and often go only by the generic name "Jack knife". Note that premium jacks are slim, while regular jacks are wider in shape. "
Of course, in the knife world, there is very little solid ground. Everything seems a matter of perception and open to interruptation.
"The jackknife is reportedly named after Jacque de Liege. He was a French knife maker who is said to have invented the first back-spring assembly. The term is used today to describe many different types of knives. It is most commonly used to describe any knife that has one or two blades that open on the same end. It is also used to describe any knife that has two blades that open in opposite ends and measures more than roughly 3 1/2". You will find that some folding knives do not have any special name and often go only by the generic name "Jack knife". Note that premium jacks are slim, while regular jacks are wider in shape. "
Of course, in the knife world, there is very little solid ground. Everything seems a matter of perception and open to interruptation.
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The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
Jerry,
Excellent research, Jack knife for the most part is a very generic term. Thats what I originally thought but had to ask the question, why don't know. It always confused me for eg. a Sway back gent is refered too as a Jack Knife when it already had a descriptive name. Now on the other han never heard of a 098 pattern refered to as a Jack knife, its always been a toothpick....... Thanks I'll rest better tonight. BH
Excellent research, Jack knife for the most part is a very generic term. Thats what I originally thought but had to ask the question, why don't know. It always confused me for eg. a Sway back gent is refered too as a Jack Knife when it already had a descriptive name. Now on the other han never heard of a 098 pattern refered to as a Jack knife, its always been a toothpick....... Thanks I'll rest better tonight. BH
Re: What is a "Jack Knife"
Theres more than one answer to this question, and no real answer. The French answer is above, however, the term jack knife seems to be of American origin. The folding knife is centuries old, but the first use of the term jack knife doesn't appear until the early 18th century.
The Scots had a clasp knife they called the "jockteleg knife", Scottish immigrants may have Americanized it to the "jack leg" knife. The German term for any hunting knife is "jagdmesser", Americanized its a "Jagd" knife. "Jack" or "jack tar" was once a slang term for a sailor, and large folding knives were carried by these jack tars for cutting rope. A folding knife was a sailor or "jack" knife. Take your pick, all of the above, some of the above, or none of the above. Nobody really knows for sure.
The Scots had a clasp knife they called the "jockteleg knife", Scottish immigrants may have Americanized it to the "jack leg" knife. The German term for any hunting knife is "jagdmesser", Americanized its a "Jagd" knife. "Jack" or "jack tar" was once a slang term for a sailor, and large folding knives were carried by these jack tars for cutting rope. A folding knife was a sailor or "jack" knife. Take your pick, all of the above, some of the above, or none of the above. Nobody really knows for sure.