Let's See Your Combo-Jacks

Here are a pair gifted to me by my Father-in-law.
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I’ve got my trusty beast of an 86 matched up with an heirloom. My dad had this aluminum custom knife made for him back in the mid 70’s by a Jack of all trades saddle maker in his home town. The guy would just make them one at a time when asked from a huge old sawmill blade and an aluminum mold he had made. Genius old guy.

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Combo-Jacks... great pattern, good thread idea, fitting terminology Jeff
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Great additions, everyone, but Bruce, that Trapper Jack is VERY special!

My pride and joy is this old S&M English Jack that has been modified by Master Smith Don Hanson, III.
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An old style '70s vintage Electrician
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A nice stag Furtaker Trapper
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Jeff black mamba black mamba , I have a technical question on your definition of "combo-jack". The original post says, "A combo-jack is a jackknife (single pivot) with both a bellied blade and a straight-edged blade." But I've seen a couple of Victorinox Electricians posted here, that have spear and sheepsfoot blades on the same end, but there are tools at the other end of the knife, too. Are most stockman patterns (with clip and sheepsfoot on same pivot) also combo-jacks, even though there's "additional action" at the other end of the frame? Just trying to clarify the term in my own mind.

Anyway here are a couple of GEC combo-jacks.
Horn #85 with a modded secondary blade (thanks, Paul):
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Here's a clip/wharncliffe African Blackwood Northfield Barlow I won in a GAW (thanks, JITDC JITDC ) and then sold in a fundraiser for the late BigBiscuit BigBiscuit 's family.
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- GT
 
Old Hunter said:
The exceedingly rare Case 6207CVTJ (Trapper Jack made only in 2018). OH

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black mamba said:
but Bruce, that Trapper Jack is VERY special!
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I know several of you have seen this knife so you probably saw right through my war story (fairy tale) - the hint was the made-up model number. However, for the sake of history and not leading someone on a wild goose chase, this was not made by Case - it is a standard 3207 that I modified and named my Trapper Jack. It now resides in the pocket of a hunting and fishing buddy who didn't own a decent pocketknife. Gosh, I sure feel better now! OH
 
Gary, you are correct about the SAKs not technically being combo-jacks by my definition, but since someone posted one with just the two blades out, I went with it. Stockmen do NOT fit the definition, or we would have a completely different thread!
Bruce, I didn't want to be the one to "let the sheepfoot out of the bag," but led you into spillin' the beans by my VERY special acknowledgement. I remembered you showing it before.
Great oldies, Eric, Cut Cos always deserve to be shown!
Aji1, that Bell sowbelly is killer!

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black mamba said:
Gary, you are correct about the SAKs not technically being combo-jacks by my definition, but since someone posted one with just the two blades out, I went with it. Stockmen do NOT fit the definition, or we would have a completely different thread!
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Thanks for the clarification, Jeff; what you wrote is pretty much what I expected. :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:

Your curved "Tobacco" Barlow is a great example! :cool::cool::thumbsup:

- GT
 
Jim, I really like that Open Stock knife. I wish they had made that two-blade on the #61's 4" frame.
 
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