Jack Wolf Knives are renowned for their classic designs, utilitarian functionality, and high-end steels and scale materials. That being the case, it’s hard to pick one to highlight, but all the same, the Diamondback Jack, specifically the model with green linen micarta scales and a stonewashed S90V sheepsfoot blade is a good one.
Here’s what makes it great.
Blade Steel, Profile and Scales
First, let’s talk about the blade profile of this variant of the Diamondback Jack. It’s a sheepsfoot blade, a profile that has become increasingly popular and ascendant over the past few years.
If you’re not familiar, a sheepsfoot is a profile with a downturned spine such that the edge of the knife remains fairly flat. It creates a relatively oblique point. A picture offers a better experience than this description, though.
But what makes the sheepsfoot so utilitarian is that it retains most of its ability to pierce and do detail work with the point, but it also entails a point that is much more robust and less likely to suffer damage than, say, a needle point or a clip point.
So there’s that, but the steel, S90V, is another thing to love about this knife.
Again, if you’re not familiar, S90V is a Crucible Particle Metallurgies steel (AKA a CPM steel) is a banner super steel if there ever was one.
It contains 2.3% carbon(!) and 9(!)% vanadium. If you’re familiar with steel, you know what that means. One, that much carbon enables it to take a crazy heat treat for high hardness. And as if that weren’t enough, that astronomical vanadium figure creates some serious vanadium carbides which are even harder.
So what you get is a knife that keeps its edge for an eon, literally. This steel is very hard and very wear resistant. The one drawback is that it is monstrously hard to resharpen.
It also contains a smidge of molybdenum (which together with vanadium improves general toughness) along with 14% chromium, so it’s actually a pretty corrosion resistant steel, too.
The steel alone justifies the high price of the knife, as S90V, despite how hard it is to sharpen, is one of the best steels in the industry as far as edge retention and toughness are concerned. The stainless aspect is just another feature to sweeten the deal.
Lastly, the green linen canvas Micarta scales are not just handsome, they are bombproof. Like all Micarta, they won’t absorb liquids and require no maintenance at all. And, as is typical of Micarta, they offer a solid, warm, tactile feel in effectively all conditions.
And, the knife is just generally handsome. Some modern folders are intended to catch the eye with gaudy aesthetics. That is certainly not the case with this knife, which is driven by prospective performance, not show.
It’s expensive, but it will definitely serve you well as an EDC knife assuming you actually put it to work.
Where Can You Learn More About This and Other Jack Wolf Knives?
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