BlackJack Knives Classic Blades Model 1-7.
Saber Handle, Black & White Ebony, Single Quillian Guard.
To quote Mike Stewart:
"The Blackjack Knives Model 1-7 is fast in the hand and razor sharp."
Here are the Model 1-7 posted specs:
Overall Length: 12 Inches
Blade Length: 7 Inches
Steel: A-2 Tool steel @ 58rc
Blade Thickness: .215 Inch
Weight: 9.775 Ounces*
Measured specs from this saber handle 1-7:
Overall Length: 12 Inches
Blade Length: 6-7/8 Inches
Cutting Edge: 5-7/8 Inches
Blade Height: 1-3/16 Inches
Handle Length: 5-1/8 Inches
Blade Thickness: .218 Inch
*My Saber Handle knife is lighter then the posted specs.
Introduction:
This knife started life as a standard Model 1-7 with a large Double Quillian Guard. I quickly modified it by removing the top quillian and slightly shortening the bottom quillian. Back when Mike Stewart owned BlackJack, the 1-7 with these modifications was know as the Hunter model.
To quote Mike Stewart again, in reference to the "hunter" model:
They were made in pretty large numbers back in the Old Effingham Blackjack Days.
The comments and opinions in this review reflect the use of the modified knife.
Blackjack Knives - Model 1-7 - As Delivered.
Also of note: This Saber Handle design is one of two standard design for the Model 1-7. Approximately two thirds of the knives are delivered with the Pommel style handle, the remaining Saber style. So instead of the Aluminum pommel, this handle ends with just the polished block of Ebony.
It was my love of the BlackJack Knives - Model 14 - HALO Attack, a knife that is an integral part of my camping/ bug-out/survival gear, that got me interested in the slightly smaller Model 1-7. When I saw this knife up for sale at a very attractive close-out price, I could not pass up the deal on this sweetheart of a knife.
On to the review:
This knife features a razor sharp convex edge, as is usual from the knives coming out of the shop of Mike Stewart's Bark River Knives, the manufacturer of BlackJack Knives Classic Blades Series, which they make for the BlackJack owners (Blue Ridge). Fit and finish on these knives is also first rate, as good as the edge is sharp.
As always, I started my testing in the kitchen.
The handle on this knife is unusually light for a knife of this size, that combined with the ability to slide way up on the handle gives this knife the kind of balance that really shines in everyday cutting tacks like cutting fruits and vegetables, as well as enough blade for bigger task like breaking down primal cuts of meat.
I used the knife extensively on vine ripened tomatoes and soft stone fruits (always rough on knife edges). It sliced like a demon and held its own against my thin bladed kitchen cutlery, in fact it took the abuse of stone fruits better then the knife I usually use. For a tough A2 blade like this even the de-boning of joints and cutting of cartilage was as easy as removing silver skin and other unwanted material.
Big Mike
Saber Handle, Black & White Ebony, Single Quillian Guard.

To quote Mike Stewart:
"The Blackjack Knives Model 1-7 is fast in the hand and razor sharp."
Here are the Model 1-7 posted specs:
Overall Length: 12 Inches
Blade Length: 7 Inches
Steel: A-2 Tool steel @ 58rc
Blade Thickness: .215 Inch
Weight: 9.775 Ounces*
Measured specs from this saber handle 1-7:
Overall Length: 12 Inches
Blade Length: 6-7/8 Inches
Cutting Edge: 5-7/8 Inches
Blade Height: 1-3/16 Inches
Handle Length: 5-1/8 Inches
Blade Thickness: .218 Inch
*My Saber Handle knife is lighter then the posted specs.

Introduction:
This knife started life as a standard Model 1-7 with a large Double Quillian Guard. I quickly modified it by removing the top quillian and slightly shortening the bottom quillian. Back when Mike Stewart owned BlackJack, the 1-7 with these modifications was know as the Hunter model.
To quote Mike Stewart again, in reference to the "hunter" model:
They were made in pretty large numbers back in the Old Effingham Blackjack Days.
The comments and opinions in this review reflect the use of the modified knife.

Blackjack Knives - Model 1-7 - As Delivered.
Also of note: This Saber Handle design is one of two standard design for the Model 1-7. Approximately two thirds of the knives are delivered with the Pommel style handle, the remaining Saber style. So instead of the Aluminum pommel, this handle ends with just the polished block of Ebony.

It was my love of the BlackJack Knives - Model 14 - HALO Attack, a knife that is an integral part of my camping/ bug-out/survival gear, that got me interested in the slightly smaller Model 1-7. When I saw this knife up for sale at a very attractive close-out price, I could not pass up the deal on this sweetheart of a knife.

On to the review:

This knife features a razor sharp convex edge, as is usual from the knives coming out of the shop of Mike Stewart's Bark River Knives, the manufacturer of BlackJack Knives Classic Blades Series, which they make for the BlackJack owners (Blue Ridge). Fit and finish on these knives is also first rate, as good as the edge is sharp.

As always, I started my testing in the kitchen.
The handle on this knife is unusually light for a knife of this size, that combined with the ability to slide way up on the handle gives this knife the kind of balance that really shines in everyday cutting tacks like cutting fruits and vegetables, as well as enough blade for bigger task like breaking down primal cuts of meat.
I used the knife extensively on vine ripened tomatoes and soft stone fruits (always rough on knife edges). It sliced like a demon and held its own against my thin bladed kitchen cutlery, in fact it took the abuse of stone fruits better then the knife I usually use. For a tough A2 blade like this even the de-boning of joints and cutting of cartilage was as easy as removing silver skin and other unwanted material.

Big Mike