The good folks at RoseCraft are prepping their second 14C28N steel model for release. The Hatchie River Jack will make good use of the work-ready steel with its time-tested jack knife characteristics.
We imagine that RoseCraft’s crew loves all traditional patterns, but there’s clearly a special place in their collective heart for the timeless, the classic, always-popular single-blade jack knife. And we get it: if any folding knife design can lay claim to being the Platonic Ideal of the everyday carry, it would probably be the jack knife. A single adequately-sized blade and a super simple, no-frills handle will never go out of style.
The Hatchie River Jack’s clip point has the low-slung proportions of the clips seen on the Muskrat-pattern traditionals – although it’s a bit larger, at 3 inches in length, and wider, than the usual blade on a Muskrat. There won’t be all that much in the usual gamut of everyday carry chores this thing can’t handle, and that performance is underwritten by 14C28N steel – still a new face over at RoseCraft, as they only implemented it for the first time last month.
What can we say about this handle? Have you seen a stick before? Well, it’s like that – only much more comfortable and nicer looking. You get your choice between green or brown Micarta covers with a bomb shield on the show side cover. No clip of course, but the closed shape of the Hatchie River Jack is perfectly suited to be a smooth and durable pocket passenger – and one that’s not overly heavy either, with a weight of 3.9 oz.
This one is coming soon.
Knife in Featured Image: RoseCraft Blades Hatchie River Jack
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