Obut Black Jack

Bending down to pick up the jack at the end of every "mène" adds up over a long tournament day, and the Obut Black Jack solves that by letting you lift it straight off the ground with the same magnetic boule-lifter you use for your boules. It has been on FIPJP's approved list since 2013 (after an initial rejection was reversed that same year), though it is worth knowing it is a genuine outlier among legal jacks: it exceeds the standard 10-18g weight limit and is paramagnetic, which would normally disqualify a jack under the rule that jacks "may not be paramagnetic." FIPJP's official equipment-approval list simply names Obut's black jack as an explicit exception to that rule, without stating the legal reasoning behind it. It remains legal to use, but if you play in strict club competitions, it is worth checking your local federation has not issued its own restriction before relying on it as your only jack.