As it has come to pass I am reviewing all
or most of the new jack wolf line from the Jack Wolf Knife company. You know this
by now. I'll be doing another giveaway of them, because I already have a ton of knives I don't
use. So maybe a lucky viewer can also add another knife to their collection they don't use. So head
on over to the instagram feed where you'll be seeing the details soonish. So today we're looking
at the K9 jack, so named as it comes from an olden time where it was ok to remove a leg from a dog,
trace it, hang the picture of the tracing on a wall, and draw a smaller version of the picture,
then trace that onto wood so you could make your prototype handle for a new knife pattern called
a dog leg. That dog was getting old anyway, and it was considered honorable. Just wait until I
tell you the story of how Case was able to perfect it's sheepsfoot blade. The K9 jack isn't a massive
knife but it ain't a tiny one either. We can see by are handy dimensions title card here. The blue
line shots are gone but we live in a different era now, no longer as innocent as like 2 years ago.
We used to think butts were icky and now they're pretty cool, you know stuff like that. I don't
know what that has to do with blue lines, but I don't have a lot of time to write this video due
to needing more personal time this month and that means less time for the flowery prose in my little
Youtube scripts. The world is an unforgiving collection of atomic and sub atomic particles.
So here we have a Jack Wolf K9 Jack. Remember when dogs were called Fido and Rover? Now they're named
like Jeff or Bela. K9 because of the handle shape, but in this section of the video we're talking
about the blade as my video formula states. Like the other Jack Wolf Knives this one has a hollow
grind, made from the M390s. M390 is basically the new S30V of knife steels in the frequency it
gets used in modern knives. The knife committee met and said it would be so, and that it was ok
for smaller boutique knife companies to curry the favor of the influencer community
by remixing the Sebenza finger groove drop point formula, and win rave reviews.
M390 is known for it's corrosion resistance and ability to keep price points in a healthy place.
This time we're looking at a nice spearpoint here with a littles
wedge up top for flair and because it's a traditional style we have a nail nick.
The Jack Wolf Knives are notable for their thin near the edge hollow grinds and sharp edges.
Now the other notable things about all the jack wolves are the good strong pull, and the flush
in all three position back springs. These two go hand in hand. The pull here is a little less than
the previous Midnight Jack coffin pattern, but about on par with the rest. None of the lineup
so far has had a weak pull, or mushy backspring which I think is the worst thing in a slip joint
for my tastes. It can have a dull blade, blade rap, not have perfectly flush liners or scales,
be slightly off center, but a weak backspacing kills it. Here You can pinch and pull the blade
easily, and I prefer a pinch and pull then using the thumb nick on stronger springed knives. It
is flush in three positions means glasslike smoothness in closed, then at the half stop and
fully open. There's no real reason a knife needs a flush at the half stop backspring, other than so
people who make Youtube videos about knives stress it's importance. It's like being drop shut. I
think I only have one or two other like this. The handle itself is constructed like the other Jack
wolf knives, it's made from bead blasted titanium then integral liner bolsters, with your choice of
covers. There are two carbon fiber options this time, and two micarta options. Here are some of
the past micarta offerings side by side, and in my opinion it's a nice looking micarta.
As always these are split up among dealers seen here, and your best chance of scoring a limited
quantity carbon fiber option is have the drop time down, and check out in a minute or so. People who
have GEC scoring discipline can get these. As far as I know Jack Wolf in their introductory release
produces a few hundred of each pattern, then when they're done they'll probably revisit patterns.
All prior patterns have sold out and the micarta options are the ones that hang around
for minutes or days afterwards. There's even an international dealer.
Comparisons. First the K9, the knife isn't massive, it doesn't quite have the
grip real estate to do the four finger grip on the non bolster area, for my
average knife bro hands. I guess you can shift them around and it works.
A lot of my favorite GECs are like that and after you carry enough slip joints you don't care about
this. Now the Midnight Jack. You've seen this one before, we'll go through a size comparison
between all the Jacks here. We have the little bro jack, remember I have reviewed this but it's
still coming in the future. Then the laid back jack their sway back pattern.
I'd like to see in the comments which Jack Wolf you'd like me to give away over on instagram next,
and unscientifically I'll see which one I feel like is mentioned the most in the comments here.
Now the Benchmade proper. This one had it's mushy backspacing fixed by
Sean Yaw. And it is now great. And finally the Northwoods Indian river jack. Now I think
this may sound sacrilegious, but the spearpoint on the K9 looks better. Wrapping it up.
Jack Wolf drops it's run this Friday, on the k9 at the usual sites. As you know Ben designs the
knives and they're made my a high quality OEM in china. Not Reate but Reate like. Let me know down
below which one you'd like me to giveaway. Say Hi to the patrons, they've brought my computer and
camera into the 4k era. So a big thanks to them. So like, subscribe, comment, thanks for watching.