Locking Jack Wolf Knives (with their slip joint brothers): The Knife Junkie Podcast (Episode 672)

Locking Jack Wolf Knives (with their slip joint brothers): The Knife Junkie Podcast (Episode 672)

From The Knife Junkie Podcast by Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco

May 20, 2026

About this episode

In this episode, Bob DeMarco explores the lineup of locking Jack Wolf Knives and their slip-joint counterparts, while also discussing recent knife releases and the history of the Kephart knife.

What happens when one knife brand builds its entire identity around traditional American slip-joint patterns and then starts making locking, flipping versions of every single one? You get a collection that is hard to look away from. In Episode 672 of The Knife Junkie Podcast, host Bob DeMarco puts the full lineup of locking Jack Wolf Knives folders on camera, showing each one beside the slip-joint sibling that inspired it. Designer Ben Belkin has been at this for a while now, and seeing the whole collection together tells a story that no single knife can tell on its own. Before getting to the main segment, Bob runs a pocket check featuring the Spyderco Military (the original, not the Military 2 he is thinking about buying), the Great Eastern Cutlery #15 Boy\'s Knife, the Brock Blades Magni XL in 3V steel, and the CRKT HZ6 (ESK) from designer James Williams. Knife Life News covers four standout releases: the CRKT M16 nearly 30th anniversary edition at $48, the long-awaited TOPS Badger Creek at $300, the We Knife Notchline at $254, and the Civivi High Grass bird-and-trout fixed blade at $63. Bob also walks through the history of the Kephart knife in the show\'s \"First Tool\"…

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