j. (jason) Jacobs knifemaker's work

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I have been visiting ebay and this makers name has shown up quite often....is anyone familar with his work????

GH
 
Yes several people are from what has been told the knives that "J Jacob's sell's are from Pakistan with his name on them Keep looking around you may find more than you wish about Him . I Have seen him at "Gun Show's " here in Portland and Every Dealer / Maker Won't touch the Knives, but for $ 40 -$50 dollars do you believe it is a true Custom ? Good Luck in your Search





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Pinoy Knife,

Thanks for the info......I guess the old adage "If it sounds too good to be true it's probably not" holds true in this case...CPM420V blade for $45-$50.

GH
 
It is really easy to figure out that he isn't making these himself by the fact that he has 10 to 20 up there at all times. If he was actually making them by hand he couldn't make that many. He also would be selling them starting at 24 dollars. I figured he had someone with NC equipment making the blades but it makes more sense that he is having the whole knife made off shore. Before I retired last year I set up a Data Conversion Plant for the company I worked for in India. It would have been simple to cut a deal to get knives made over there for cheap. We were hiring employees who were computer trained and proficient for 70 dollars a month and they worked 6 days a week. You could get people to make knives for half of that so you could make some pretty cheap knives.

Art
 
Do you think it is possible that the steel they are using is ACTUALLY CPM420V.....(the web site goes into great detail about this steel in the blade).I have no idea of its cost....BUT if the labor is that cheap, would it be possible to offer this steel at the prices listed??

IF SO IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT BEATER FOR THE PRICE!!!!

GH
 
Like I said in my earlier post. In India ( I'm assuming Pakistan would be the same )they make cars and other mainstream products so I'm sure that he could contract with a small company and get his blades shaped and ground for him on NC machines. If he can get them to do that then then his labor cost for the rest including sheaths is in the range of 30 cents an hour. He would just have to train someone on what he wants and them pay them to produce it. As far as the steel is concerned I doubt if he's using the steel that he says. In India they would produce stuff very similiar if you give them the specifications but they won't let you import they real stuff or they will charge enough duty to make it not practical to do. I've seen his knives and they aren't very well made and certainly don't live up to the standards you see in real custom knives. he's selling them for 25 to 30 bucks for skinners and bowies for 40 bucks.
 
I have seen them on Ebay, but never payed them much attention, because frankly, they look like shiit.
 
Jacobs is buying pre-made blades from one of the materials suppliers. I remember reading a post a while back that mentioned what supplier he was getting the blades from, but I can't remember right now. The steel is not CPM-420V. The fit and finish is at best mediocre.
 
i have one and it has the elk head in ink,i sold stuff in the pendleton round up and came up on this booth full of knives and a guy going hoarse from selling so much.he was busy from when he opened to later than anyone else.i looked and the knives he made and when he peeled the back of another knive i had to get one of his hip knives,i was amazed at his knowledge of knives and how much he shared and how personable he was.i also got some of the nick nak knives....man he had a booth full of cool blades.
 
This issue plagues many industries. What most industries to is develop standards and even if the industries don't do it clients get together and develop their own. In my industry everyone who cooks calls themselves a chef, it drives me nuts. Many discussion boards get sick of their industry not developing standards (to avoid offending members) so the discussion boards start thread after thread saying "This should be and industry standard" and at the end of it all the coin a term for thier findings. You might want to have "Blade Forums approved custom knifemaker" That is a knife maker that follows the following standards in every knife. Blah Blah blah.
Eventually those standards could well be the standards that everyone follows and is considered a hallmark.
 
J. Jacobs has been buying cheap knives, restamping and reselling for a long time.

Back when I was much younger, and uneducated about knives, I bought one of his skinners at a county fair where he ran a booth. He was selling them as knives he had produced.

Turned out, he had just ground off the Pakistan makers stamp and stamped his name in its place. You can sharpen the blade, but it will not hold an edge. Very soft metal. Overall quailty if very poor. You can still find the exact model I purchased online in bulk, very cheap.


I will not buy anything from that person ever again.
 
Another thread over in Custom and Handmades indicates these blades are 40 to 42 on the Rockwell scale. That's crazy soft.
 
I ran onto him at a Northwest sportsman show awhile back. I asked him some questions on his blade work that anyone in the business of building blades would know...he had no clue. I left thinking he was just a salesman for some back alley tin can pounder.

40-42 on a Rockwell C scale won't stand up to very much use, I'll tell ya...:thumbdn::jerkit:
 
I am Joshua Jacobs, the only son of Jason Jacobs. Since this forum post has come up repeatedly, let me set the record straight once and for all.
1. We do make 10+ knives a day every single day.
2. We are now based out of Hunt Texas.
3. We use D2 Tool Steel.
4. Many people have purchased our knives in the past and sold them through unauthorized third party sites such as ebay.
5. At one point over twenty years we were using 420 Steel manufactured in Pakistan but not Pakistani steel. That was over twenty years ago.
6. I invite anyone who is actually interested in knowing the truth about our product to see our website www.jacobscustomknives.com or email us. Or visit the shop. I have ample proof that we make knives. If anyone chooses to believe a lie, please do so, but you have been offered proof. Thank you.
 
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Jacobscustomknives said:
I am Joshua Jacobs, the only son of Jason Jacobs. Since this forum post has come up repeatedly, let me set the record straight once and for all.
1. We do make 10+ knives a day every single day.
2. We are now based out of Hunt Texas.
3. We use D2 Tool Steel.
4. Many people have purchased our knives in the past and sold them through unauthorized third party sites such as ebay.
5. At one point over twenty years we were using 420 Steel manufactured in Pakistan but not Pakistani steel. That was over twenty years ago.
6. I invite anyone who is actually interested in knowing the truth about our product to see our website www.jacobscustomknives.com or email us. Or visit the shop. I have ample proof that we make knives. If anyone chooses to believe a lie, please do so, but you have been offered proof. Thank you.
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1. I just went to the link in this posting and got a message saying, "Website Expired: This account has expired."

2. You provide no email address, so how would someone email you?

3. You provide no specific address, so how would someone visit your shop? Not to mention that it is laughable to expect people "actually interested in knowing the truth" to make a trip to Hunt Texas for that purpose. I have nothing against Hunt Texas, but a person would have to be crazy to spend time and money just to travel there and go door to door searching for you.

I clicked on the Bladeforums Profile for this poster (Jacobscustomknives) and found no information whatsoever, and no means to contact whoever this might be.

Sorry but this posting does not "set the record straight once and for all." The unavailable web site and lack of real contact information just arouses more suspicion.
 
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