Here’s another one of the new for July Rosecraft pieces, the Buffalo River Jack. This one sees RoseCraft returning to the very core of its brand identity with a straight putt take on the time-tested principles of slipjoint knife design.
While there is plenty of appreciation in the traditional knife community for the multi-bladed patterns, it seems like RoseCraft CEO and designer Andy Armstrong favors the single-blade jack models – and it’s easy to see why. The jack knife is really the root of the entire, enormous, multi-branched EDC knife tree, the concept of a daily utility tool distilled down to its very essence. It’s so ubiquitous and intuitive that even the most knife-averse person would be able to pick it up and use it with little to no fuss.
So, the Buffalo River brings a single main blade to the table, measuring 2.7 inches and made from the company’s preferred D2 semi-stainless. The low-slung and pleasingly thin clip point blade shape brings all the expected geometries to the table: tip, belly, and straight edge. The swedge up top gives this mostly very traditional-style traditional just a kiss of modernity, but this one is historically-minded at its core, and opens as befits that lineage: with two hands and a nail mark.
The handle is a well-worn, slightly humped shape that is comfortable in the hand and in the pocket (it probably goes without saying, but the Buffalo River is clipless and designed to be carried loose). There are two cover options available: an OD green Micarta for the synthetic material fans, or Bora Bora blue bone for the boneheads. The shield in use here is the RoseCraft “bomb” shield, which, believe it or not, looks like a bomb.
The Buffalo River Jack is available now.
Knife in Featured Image: RoseCraft Blades Buffalo River Jack
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