Ben Belkin, founder/creator of Jack Wolf Knives, joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 444 of The Knife Junkie Podcast (https://theknifejunkie.com/444). 

Ben got his first knife from his grandfather, after whom he’d later name his knife company, Jack Wolf Knives. Ben’s design philosophy is not to reinvent the wheel, rather deliver an awesome and enhanced wheel.

Ben has been collecting knives, traditional folders and others, since childhood. Over years of high-end custom slip joint collecting, Ben developed a friendship with knife maker Enrique Pena, who provided mentorship in a number of ways, including assisting in his first production knife venture.

He showed off prototypes of the Jack Wolf Knives starting lineup at Blade Show 2021, and less than a year later, he officially launched the wide sale of his knives. With the Gunslinger Jack, his first locking knife, Ben embarked on the second pass of the Jack Wolf Knives lineup, utilizing familiar profiles for reinterpretation.

The bolster lock Gunslinger Jack enlarged the profile of the Sharpshooter Jack while redesigning the mechanism to accommodate a very useful and perfectly calibrated front flipper.

Each Jack Wolf knife comes in elaborate packaging—Ben teamed up with an acclaimed comic book artist to create characters around each knife. Since his first release, the Sharpshooter Jack, Ben has expanded the roster of JWK authorized dealers to 33 and counting.

Find Jack Wolf Knives online at https://www.jackwolfknives.com and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jackwolfknives. Find Ben on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/BennyB357. 

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