#78 American Jack

[Anothername]

Wow beautiful example

 

[Jiki]

A little late to the party.

Just added the Elderberry today. Last one out there I think. I have had the Cocobolo for a little over a year now and it rides with me by far more than anything else I own. I know the collectors here on the porch will think the wood is plain and dark however that is exactly what I like about it. It feels like it is 50 years old to me. Also a 2 blade fan so I wanted to complete the Tidioute set before they were all gone, love all three. Just need to get the other two as smooth as the Cocobolo. I can actually pinch the main open on that because it is so smooth.

 

[OLd_gUY]

A little late to the party.

Just added the Elderberry today. Last one out there I think. I have had the Cocobolo for a little over a year now and it rides with me by far more than anything else I own. I know the collectors here on the porch will think the wood is plain and dark however that is exactly what I like about it. It feels like it is 50 years old to me. Also a 2 blade fan so I wanted to complete the Tidioute set before they were all gone, love all three. Just need to get the other two as smooth as the Cocobolo. I can actually pinch the main open on that because it is so smooth.

Grats on your find Lookin' good!
OG

 

[OLd_gUY]

Last time I posted, I was looking for a blue camel bone...FOUND ONE !!

 

[Jiki]

Awesome, good for you OG.

 

[OLd_gUY]

Awesome, good for you OG.

Thank you
OG

 

[Magizm7]

Nice 78's guys. Here are the three I settled on...... oh and the big bay!

 

[rdave]

Last time I posted, I was looking for a blue camel bone...FOUND ONE !!

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[black mamba]

I just got this cocobolo #78 2-blade off the exchange, and it has one of the best actions I've ever felt on a carbon GEC.
Smooth, snappy and precise.

 

[Camillus]

The 78 does have a great action. All of mine are excellent. It’s a gem of a knife. I would class it with the 73 as one of GECs best allrounders.

 

[Behr95]

Just purchased my first American Jack and I really like it. 2 bladed Golden Brown Jigged Bone. I'm going to enjoy this beauty for a while and start to look for a single bladed version.

 

[black mamba]

Camillus, the consistently best action I've encountered from GEC is their 440C #48 Trapper pattern.
5 pulls and buttery smooth with great snap, but this 78 is close.

 

[Duper]

I own five or more of the recent 78s. Are there similar single blade jacks in stainless manufactured by anyone out there today? I was watching an episode of Jack Ryan a couple of nights back and one of the terrorists used a nice jack knife to open a package of SIM cards. Just made me wonder what brand it may have been.

Just curious. Thanks!

,,,Mike in Canada

 

[JTB_5]

1 of 21. I can't believe I won the bid on this one. I went with a late impulse bid (it was still in my budgeted range) and it stood. No tube perhaps played a part since collectors usually want the whole package. I’ve never had the pheasant feather acrylic before. I really liked the hummingbird acrylic I had on the 35 (now long since gone). These 78s are about the perfect size for my taste and I’m excited to get one with a clip point and nail nick.

edit: the picture is an old dealer picture, not the knife I bought. I’ll post that when it comes.

 

[screened porch]

I own five or more of the recent 78s. Are there similar single blade jacks in stainless manufactured by anyone out there today? I was watching an episode of Jack Ryan a couple of nights back and one of the terrorists used a nice jack knife to open a package of SIM cards. Just made me wonder what brand it may have been.

Just curious. Thanks!

,,,Mike in Canada

The closest thing I've seen is a single blade Barlow, which is smaller, of course (or larger), or a doctor's knife, which is narrower. Many of the French patterns are single bladed, but longer and not as flat. Maybe a Pradel, perhaps by Au Sabot? A little bigger than the 78.
[Except I think Sabot's Pradel is one of two patterns they make in carbon instead of stainless. Sorry, that was a pretty good idea for a minute.]

 

[untytled]

 

[traumkommode]

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Thanks for sending this thread back to the top. I think the 77 might be a little more popular because of barlow-ing that frame, but I think the 78 is one of those ideal-in-hand frames.

 

[waynorth]

I've noticed that GEC usual puts a cam-tang on a round bolstered knife like the #35, but the Northwoods "clone" has half-stops, ie. a square tang!
I guess, just to be different?
OOPS - wrong thread -Sorry!!!

 

[Un-Chained]

I’m really into the two blade American jack, fills the hand and the heart

 

[JB in LV]

American Jacks are among the best GECs.