Kilby Tradition Flop Eared Jack Antique Jigged Bone

Excellent service by Eagle Valley and a great value on the Kilby jigged bone piece.

Bought this knife on a whim and was worried about what I'd get for the low price. It's actually a great knife! Love the jigged bone. Both blades are well centered. Nice fit and finish. Acceptable half stop and snap. The blade steel is not marked but it did arrive acceptably sharp out of the tube. Hope to see more of these with the spear point blade in a single blade option with other Micarta and bone scale variations. That would be cool.

Fit and finish is fantastic. Very robust knife for the price

This was an “out on the limb” purchase as I had no idea what this knife would be like…it is a surprisingly well-made inexpensive traditional jack knife…two blades, unknown steel, fit and finish is way above the price point and it is assembled in the USA. Grab one while they are still around.

I have two of these. The wood handled version and this lovely antique jigged bone version.

The wood one is very well put together. Good half stops. Strong backsprings. Good snap. No blade wobble. Everything nice and smooth.

Then I got this bone version. At first glance, it's beautiful. Now the bad news. The center pins are sharp on the edges. The main blade wobbles and has no snap. That's because the backspring is weak. I can easily close it with my index finger. Fortunately the half stop is good. The bone looks great, and the pen blade had no issues. Unfortunately, these issues take a potential five star knife and knock it down to two stars. I'll happily carry the wood handled one.

This bone one looks pretty on the shelf, but I doubt I will carry it.