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Hello all, Its King of Knights. Today we have the Steel will cutjack I have picked up and EDC'ed exclusively for 2 weeks. and in those 2 weeks, I have learned some things about both of these models, strengths and what makes them weak.
Starting off, I will talk about the steel Will CutJack in the 3.5-inch blade, (Note these are in D2 Steel, not the M390 edition.)
These Knives can be found in various places, personally, I obtained this particular blade from Blade HQ :https://www.bladehq.com/item--Steel-Will-Knives-Cutjack-Flipper--71662 Note that currently, they are out of stock
They can also be found at Knife center: https://www.knifecenter.com/item/SM...nife-d2-drop-point-blade-od-green-frn-handles
At the moment both knives sell for around $42
The First thing that I would like to draw attention to is the fact that this knife is under $50, at this price point there are many knives that are all trying to get our money, but the Cutjack Stands out as a good value for the price, at a sub $50 price point, in D2 and FRN it is a wonderful deal. the fit and Finish is on par with more costly blades.
The competition for this knife is, of course, another knife in D2 steel, the Ontario Rat1, however, we will talk about this later as we will compare the knives a bit later on
As for price, id give this knife a 10/10, it is in a good price range to make it very nice looking, and no corners were cut in the quality and feel of this knife.
Moving on to the use, feel and fit and finish of this knife!
the CutJack is a useful blade, and is 100% useful, 100% of the time! The knife opens all the time, all day and all night, a very smooth action ON WASHERS! That is right, bronze WASHERS, NOT BEARINGS! That is a fantastic thing, this knife manages to have a very respectable action despite being on washers the knife opens smoothly and feels like glass once I took apart and lubricated it, and wish some wiggle it falls shut.
I would use this knife as a larger EDC blade, and I feel comfy with it as a "Weapon" If it needed to be one, but in all honesty, no one carries a knife an knows how to use it as a weapon...
This knife has a thin blade at .12in and is hardened at 58 HRC. The blade has been plenty strong for me, and I've not seen much problems with it, it wants to cut. Anything from cardboard to paper, to hairs off my chin.
The blade features a beautiful finish
as pictured, this blade has a very polished finish that looks very sleek and nice on the eyes, with a swedge and a thumb ramp as well as well as a finger choil, coupled with the FRN texture, this knife will not slip out of your hands, if.
Ergos
EVEN with all the traction and texture, it still feels very comfortable in the hands. the balance of the blade, the feel in hand makes it feel like its an extension of your hand, it glides and smoothly moves as you cut when you choke up on the blade, even without using the choil, the knife still remains very useful!, and the choil is very comfy, not sharp places or anything.
The Cutjack features a liner lock with a very nice detent on the 3.5 inch. it is soft but still good enough to shoot the blade out, I am thankful for this as the flipper tab is a tad sharp, not enough for me to complain but just enough as to where I would say I did note that it was there.
The lockup was good and was what you'd expect, not too early, not too late But I will bring up the fact that when I first got this knife it had a very bad lock stick, but upon disassembly, the problem fixed it'self
Here I'd give the Cutjack an 8/10 on ergonomics, and as far as fit and finish, 7/10, although the fit and finish were good, the inside of the knife out of the box had gunk around the pivot and the liners it was not hard to get off but was not pleasant.
Sharpenability?
The blade being D2 steel was a very rough job for sharpening, I had started off playing with angles trying to get a bur, but after a long time, only a 30 degree would take, and it took a long time to get the knife to start to make a bur, longer than other steels that I have sharpened, and I have sharpened many knives but something about this one just did not wanna work. So I took the knife from decently sharp, (from the factory it could cut but not as much as id like) To scary sharp. Sharpenability?
The stones used were: 70 Grit, 120 Grit, 280 Grit, 600 Grit, 1000 Grit, 2000 Grit. and to finish off, it was stropped.
by the end, the blade had a mirror polish and in all took about an hour and twenty. It did not need to have a full of 200 grit shapen, but because I wanted to see how sharp the knife could get and how keen the edge would be, I took it all the way, but this was a pretty good job, once the initial profile was done, the knife had no problem sharpening.
9/10, would be 10/10 but the initial part of the sharpen was a lot of stress
Edge Retention
Now I did not do a full on edge abuse test where I sat there and cut cardboard for two hours but I did cut it, I cut plastic containers, shrink wrap from packaging, boxes, shaved some wood and in all the knife is still able to cut and with a little touch up, the edge went right back to popping hairs. Not much to say here, D2 is a great blade steel when you need a knife to stay sharp at a reasonable price point9/10, would be 10/10 but the initial part of the sharpen was a lot of stress
Edge Retention
10/10, price considered
Competition?
rat1 is a knife that is available for not many more dollars and is very similar to the Cutjack, but a few things that RAT has, the RAT has G10, and only a thumb stud, I prefer flippers, but the RAT is a fantastic option, and it does cost slightly less however due to the excitement over the cut jack, its new is cool its sexy looking, and its a flipper, on washers for under $50, It beats the RAT in my pockets. However, if you think you want the RAT because of other reasons, you might be right, the rat does have at least a very nice blade shape and the grip is very nice, its a tad heftier aswell, its pretty much prerence, do you like flippers or studs?Competition?
Another knife that this blade might compete with is the Spyderco Delica.. and IMHO with the price increase of the Delica, that means that I think the Cutjack might now gain more traction over the Delica and other knives that are popular because it is cheap compared to other knives out there with similar performance
my prediction is that the Delica sales will drop and the cut jack and RAT 1/2 sales will go up.
UGLY/Issues/problems?
Good
The knife has very nice feel and is very nice in the job its built for and I never felt myself needing more knife, and for the price I would recommend this to everyone, its a MUST HAVE, it has a reversible clip, and a good clip at that, the blade flips smoothly, it is very unique and its reliable and I know It will work 24/7 it holds an edge for a long time and is a great blade for not destroying your bank while having great value and feeling like it should be worth easily $60 with only a few upgrades.Final thoughts
The Steel Will Cut Jack is probably my favorite knives I've picked up lately it has kicked many knives out of my pockets because the knife is slim and just a joy to carry. its big not too big and just great in general. I would wager that if I could have one knife for the rest of my life, I would go with the 3.5-inch cutjack.
If looking for a shorter one, you should get the smaller edition for a little less at $38, an even better deal!
Overall!
GET THIS KNIFE, You'll love it.
I am new to this forum, and I wanna post reivews on here, maybe start a yt channel, so if you could give thoughts and feedback on how I could make better reviews I would enjoy that very much, have a wonderful day knife addicts, keep your blades sharp and your blades oiled!
-King Of Knights
The Steel Will Cut Jack is probably my favorite knives I've picked up lately it has kicked many knives out of my pockets because the knife is slim and just a joy to carry. its big not too big and just great in general. I would wager that if I could have one knife for the rest of my life, I would go with the 3.5-inch cutjack.
If looking for a shorter one, you should get the smaller edition for a little less at $38, an even better deal!
Overall!
GET THIS KNIFE, You'll love it.
I am new to this forum, and I wanna post reivews on here, maybe start a yt channel, so if you could give thoughts and feedback on how I could make better reviews I would enjoy that very much, have a wonderful day knife addicts, keep your blades sharp and your blades oiled!
-King Of Knights
