Jack Wolf Knives- Any Good?

[TouhouFan]

I am very biased and concerned in regards to Chinese products that require tight tolerances, because they made their first ballpoint pen in 2017 after many years of trying and government push and investment - it was all over the news. I am still not sure whether they made just a single specimen, or started mass production.

Not my answer, but this is the answer to that:

This makes it sound sillier then it is. The ballpoint pen was invented and produced in the US where the extremely small and precisely sized ball bearings for the pens could be made. Once manufacturing of pens were moved overseas there was no incentive to move the ball bearing production because that is by far the hardest part of the pen to make.and you can fit a million of these balls in a normal size box so shipping is not an issue. Its not that the couldn't. They just didn't have a good reason to make the balls themselves.

China makes a lot of things, much harder to make than a knife, including stuff like iPhones. There are going to be bad quality Chinese manufacturers as well as good ones, they are an entire country after all. I can understand not wanting to support China through knife purchasing, but saying they make a bad product is simply not true overall, and they do have access to up to date manufacturing processes.

 

[TouhouFan]

I've just watched the video from July 11, and in 2:18 the guy made a statement that the Jack Wolf sent the knive to him for reviewing, and that he will review it differently from all these unboxing reviews. Still looking for somebody to share eperience after prolonged carry and use, not just testing/trying.

I also just said watch the video to see someone using one, not to see someone who has owned one long term. I doubt that anything you do on a daily basis would change the knife much, but an opinel would get people through life for decades.

 

[vinprom]

I remember using ballpoint pens from China in the early 2000s.

I assume you must have a reference for the 2017 comment.

With imported tips.

 

[calm]

With imported tips.

So, you are not saying that they were not making pens. They were just importing the ball for the pen.

I never thought the ball will be that hard to make, for an advanced manufacturing country.

 

[vinprom]

So, you are not saying that they were not making pens. They were just importing the ball for the pen.

I never thought the ball will be that hard to make, for an advanced manufacturing country.

China's inability to produce a complete, high-quality ballpoint pen came to widespread attention in 2015, when Premier Li Keqiang singled out the products at a seminar in Beijing, noting that his writing was “rough” when he used Chinese-made ballpoint pens. For Li, China's failure to manufacture a complete ballpoint pen was indicative of the Chinese economy's weaknesses. “That's the real situation facing us,” Li said at the time. “We cannot make ballpoint pens with a smooth writing function.”

From "Finally,China manufactures a ballpoint pen all by itself", Wasington Post, January 17, 2017. So, I am precisely saying that they were not making pens, they just assembled them with at least one imported part. And, this was not because for the efficiency, but they were not able to produce the tip. They finally succeeded and they are proud with this.