Blackjack Model 1-7 Stag

Blackjack Model 1-7 Stag

Blackjack 1-7 Stag

Jun 29, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by GPKNIVES. Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest. L-R: 1-7 Leather, 127 Leather, 125 Micarta, 125 Commando Leather, 124 Stag These five patterns make up most of my sales. Starting on the left, the model 1-7 Leather is unique not only due to the larger blade and guard, but it is one of the few Blackjack’s that have a CPM3V blade. If you don't need, or want, the full 7' blade the Model 5 is the same knife, but with a slightly shorter blade. I prefer it because the Model 5 balances perfectly for me, while the 1-7 feels slightly 'blade heavy'. What I do like about the 1-7 is that it is extremely light for a 7' blade, and very fast in the hand.

Blackjack Model 1-7 Stag

So, there I was, sitting in the Chat Room (I know, right?? Who'd a thunk it??) and somehow the topic in the room gets around to packages in the mail and whatnot. Just at that moment, my kid heads up to the mailbox to check what's there. Jan asks me if I've received anything yet. I figured she meant the knife sharpener that I am waiting very patiently for. (Ya right!! HURRY UP!!) 'Nope', says I...must still be stuck in that magic place between countries that I believe lies somewhere under Chicago. Deep under...then Jan asks if I got anything from her. Nope as well...I didn't think I should be waiting for anything else. Enter kid...

'Nothing for you, Dad...just stuff for Mom.'

Blackjack Model 1-7 Stag

Silly me, I believe him. Sooo...as I am up grabbing a coffee, I happen to double check...lo and behold, the name on it is mine, not the wife's! (Says alot for my kid's education, huh??) so I wander to the couch and am looking at this..

Well now. A day with a surprise parcel is almost always a good one, right?? Sooo...after fetching my ZT0300 Parcel Removal and Extraction Tool (PRAET...gonna copyright that) I got to work. What I wasn't expecting was this...

Blackjack Model 1-7 Stag

Blackjack Model 1-7 Stage

Stag

Blackjack Model 1-7 Stages

To Be Continued...says I am over 4000 characters. ??

I haven't really paid attention to these lately. I picked up a model 1-7 with a stag hilt a couple of years ago only becuase it was there and at an unreasonably cheap price. I never liked it and had the opportunity to trade it for a Model 1-7 Subhilt with black micarta a few months ago.
I wanted the Black Jack model for the same reason many other guys bought them. It's Randall style with lower pricing and much better availability. Now that I have a Randall (my loving wife got it for me for our anniversary), I no longer have much interest in the Black Jack and I'm considering putting it up for sale. In doing a search on several websites that offer them, I was floored to see the price that was being asked for the old 'Classic' models made in Effingham, Il. Are these things really selling for $500?