New Swell Center Jack

[D.P. Hunter]

Just letting you all know that I was in the factory this morning and the first 25 Swell Center Jacks in Amber Stag Bone are completed - just awaiting their seals and numbers. I was promised that I could pick up my first order tomorrow. If you saw the prototype/model at the Blade Show you know that this is a beaut!

[D.P. Hunter]

also - unlike the Blade Show Model - these work

[D.P. Hunter]

Oh - Brass Liners, D-2 Tool Grade Steel Blades, and heat-treated stainless steel liners that follow the swell. The Butt is a particular thing of beauty.

[D.P. Hunter]

They're here!!!!

[johnny twoshoes]

Very nice.

[D.P. Hunter]

correction - Heat-Treated Stainless Steel Springs that follow the Swell

[ea42]

Just picked this one up from Mike's shop, what a unique design, it's a beauty!!! Great fit and finish, springs are just right, and it's SHARP!

It's a real treat to see an actual brick and mortar knife shop for a change, hasn't been one around here in years. Good luck to ya Mike!

Eric

[Aimus Moses]

Very Nice! What's the closed length on that beauty Eric?

Aimus

[ea42]

Aimus, it's a hefty one at 4 1/8"

[Aimus Moses]

I really like the sound of that! Gotta get me one or four of those. You sure got it right when you said it was sharp! In more ways than one. Thanks Eric.

Aimus

[D.P. Hunter]

thanks for posting those pictures eric and for the kudos

we're having a good time over here. we may have to have a party and get all those southern boys to come up here and play with us

[philco]

thanks for posting those pictures eric and for the kudos

we're having a good time over here. we may have to have a party and get all those southern boys to come up here and play with us

Have a half price sale and I'm there!!!

[boggs]

I'm really liking this revived pattern........I noticed AG Russell is offering them to his Knife Club members in stag and SMKW had them in oiled rams horn......so who's bringing them put in pearl and I'll be there.........

[justold52]

Why is it called a jack now?

In the older days a knife like this one was 4 1/4" swell center was called a hunter. To day a 4 1/4" swell center is called a cokebottle.

What makes this a reversed swell center a Jack?


Who is Mike's shop???

Ken or justold52

[ea42]

Ken, Mike's shop is droppointhunter.com, which is also an actual store over in Pine Bush, NY. Speaking of which, to answer Boggs' question I think he's expecting some pearl examples of this model around August 14th if I read his announcement correctly

Most knives with the blade or blades hinging on one end only are referred to as a jack. The names were added to distinguish between styles, like teardrop, barlow, serpentine, toothpick, equal end, swell center (Schrade referred to this pattern as a balloon pattern jack).

The hunter pattern and cokebottle looked more like these (Schrade - hunter, Ulster - cokebottle):

[boggs]

EA.............

thank you and I went to his site.....some nice examples of Canal Street knives....oh Pearl my heart................

[D.P. Hunter]

Boggs,

We will be coming out with a pearl version of the Jack ~ but it's proving to be a challenge. This Jack will need major pieces of pearl because of the swell center and length - and the butt may need to be slightly modified too. The preliminary handles are looking pretty nifty though. We will post it on our site as soon as they are out.

[D.P. Hunter]

Courtesy of ea42 here is the new Mother of Pearl Swell Center Jack and they are almost all gone

[philco]

brake job on my car or that new pearl knife.............

Maybe if I drive REAL SLOW .....................

[Jeffrey]

Does anyone know where Canal Street gets their scales at?

[ea42]

Jeffrey, I believe they have a number of sources, some of which supply solely to the knife industry. Some of their covers (they're not scales), such as hardwoods (osage orange, chestnut, mesquite, etc) old red bone, possibly the sunset bone, are done in-house.

Eric