Buck 500 series
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Thank you Old Hunter ! This is what i like about Buck collecting: most of the answers are actually known but to become 'one who knows' you need to be devoted enough to spend a few years reading & collecting.
My knife above with script/micarta is from 1978/79 to 1980 because birch handles started 1981. This is a very specific narrow date range possible with many Buck folders. I think it makes Buck collecting very interesting, like trying to solve a knife 'puzzle'.
I just noticed that the 500 is the same length as the 112 but slender. Probably every bit as strong. I really like my Duke !
kj
My knife above with script/micarta is from 1978/79 to 1980 because birch handles started 1981. This is a very specific narrow date range possible with many Buck folders. I think it makes Buck collecting very interesting, like trying to solve a knife 'puzzle'.
I just noticed that the 500 is the same length as the 112 but slender. Probably every bit as strong. I really like my Duke !
kj
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Re: Buck 500 series
kj,kootenay joe wrote:Thank you Old Hunter ! This is what i like about Buck collecting: most of the answers are actually known but to become 'one who knows' you need to be devoted enough to spend a few years reading & collecting.
My knife above with script/micarta is from 1978/79 to 1980 because birch handles started 1981...
I really like my Duke !
kj
Very nice Duke you have and excellent pictures!
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Thank you. I have a fairly basic digital camera: 15 yr old Pentax Optio. I use a tripod and i think this helps a great deal in getting in focus pictures.
kj
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Hello does anyone know anything about a 505 Malachite? Like how many where made. I'd appreciate any info. Thanks. Butch
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I have a Buck Prince with micarta handles. 1st knife I ever owned. Carried it many years and retired it to my collection. They switched to a less desirable handle IMHO. If you want one, go to Buck’s website and click on custom shop. They will make one custom for you in your choice of handle materials. Cost you more but you can even get the 500 series with stag handles if you like and I’m pretty sure they will make you one with micarta which I always favored.
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The 505 Malachite was a limited edition knife offered in the 2001 general catalog.Butch53pig wrote:Hello does anyone know anything about a 505 Malachite? Like how many where made. I'd appreciate any info. Thanks. Butch
The catalog did not list a quantity nor have I seen a number listed anywhere else.
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Hi OleBuck, thanks for the reply! Since the time I asked about that knife I've become a member of Buck collectors club, Tony at Buck history urged me to and I'm glad I did, such a wealth of great info. Just recently I acquired a 503-SS2 red stone that's in the same catalog as the 505 malachite also found a 501 Grand Slam ivory micarta over run and a 2005 55 with the Idaho cut out in the blade. I've been Buck lucky this year! Dose anyone have an idea of the possible value of these 4 gems? Thanks to everyone that has helped me on this forum! Butch
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My very first Buck was a 503 and it really did all I asked in a knife for many years. The wife snapped the blade trying to open a can of peas but since this was 20 years before I started collecting Bucks it was tossed in a junk drawer and lost. I collect 112's and in my research on early drop point I found Chuck himself and Leroy Reamer worked modified 500 blades into drop point 112's but for some reason it was many years later before Buck actually made a factory 112 DP.. The 500 IS one of Bucks best!
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Don’t know what year they changed from micarta to wood. I have a micarta I bought new in 1970. Carried it many years before I retired it to my collection. I prefer it to the wood handles they changed to.
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Oscar, welcome to the Buck sub-forum. If you go back one page in this thread you will find the answer to when the change in handle material was made, as well as the date of the first production of the 501 (to include yours). OHOSCAR wrote:Don’t know what year they changed from micarta to wood. I have a micarta I bought new in 1970. Carried it many years before I retired it to my collection. I prefer it to the wood handles they changed to.
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Does anyone have any information about the history of the Buck 506 with an astronaut engraved on the handle?
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Merry Christmas ya'll!
My best friend and wife of 56 years has a 501 Squire that I bought her new many years ago. Didn't come with a sheath for some reason. I can't remember the details of the purchase but I offered to buy it from her several times. It has the script "Buck" and the micarta scales. I recently purchased a sheath for it.
I also recently purchased one off the bay site, with the impregnated wood scales and script stamp on it. It is also in great shape, and I am carrying it today in my bluejean watch pocket. The squire is a great size and not very heavy, and seems to be a great knife for just about anything.
My MBH's (much better half) squire is shown first.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
My best friend and wife of 56 years has a 501 Squire that I bought her new many years ago. Didn't come with a sheath for some reason. I can't remember the details of the purchase but I offered to buy it from her several times. It has the script "Buck" and the micarta scales. I recently purchased a sheath for it.
I also recently purchased one off the bay site, with the impregnated wood scales and script stamp on it. It is also in great shape, and I am carrying it today in my bluejean watch pocket. The squire is a great size and not very heavy, and seems to be a great knife for just about anything.
My MBH's (much better half) squire is shown first.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
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Very nice Leon, your new one was made between 1981 (birch handles introduced) and 1984/85 (Olde English script BUCK tang stamp changed to BLOCK style letters). Enjoy! OH
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I like the 500 series also. Here are mine.
The 503 has had a hard life. I broke the tip years ago prying out a fence staple. One day I will send it out for a blade replacement.
The 501 hardly gets used.
The 500 has had a well used life. I used to carry it when the 112 and 110 were a little big for what I had in mind to do that day.
Sorry about the picture. I am not a photographer.
The 503 has had a hard life. I broke the tip years ago prying out a fence staple. One day I will send it out for a blade replacement.
The 501 hardly gets used.
The 500 has had a well used life. I used to carry it when the 112 and 110 were a little big for what I had in mind to do that day.
Sorry about the picture. I am not a photographer.
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Good looking Bucks Nev52. I've been wanting a 500 lately. I've never owned one but I like the looks of them and the Nickel Silver bolsters.
Here is my meager 500 series collection. Three 503's and a 505. All are from Buck's Custom Shop. The Elk 503 and the Buckeye Burl 505 are the only ones that I've used so far.
Here is my meager 500 series collection. Three 503's and a 505. All are from Buck's Custom Shop. The Elk 503 and the Buckeye Burl 505 are the only ones that I've used so far.
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Thank you Railsplitter.
I think you will like the 500 Duke. It is a good knife for work. Not as big and heavy as a 110 or as wide as a 112. I have also carried it hunting perfect size for a lot of jobs.
I really like your collection! Very nice.
Nev52
I think you will like the 500 Duke. It is a good knife for work. Not as big and heavy as a 110 or as wide as a 112. I have also carried it hunting perfect size for a lot of jobs.
I really like your collection! Very nice.
Nev52
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I stated in this post earlier I was going to send the 500 and 503 out for blade replacement. I got them back from Buck!!! They look like new knives.
Great company to deal with.
Great company to deal with.
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You can send your Dad's 503 in to Buck for a Spa treatment,tell them it does have sentimental value and they can fix the lockup. They may have to replace the lock bar. If it's the blade that is the problem they may be able to re-cut the notch. If they can't they will let you know before any blade replacement.Either way a Spa treatment is only $6.95 and well worth it.Drukai wrote: ↑Sat Jul 14, 2018 4:39 am Anyone have any production numbers or guesses on 500 series knives produced with Micarta handle covers? And which models they did with Micarta? I think it's a 503 my Dad has with brown/Burgundy Micarta it's so worn out the back lock doesn't hold under any pressure. I have always wanted a White Knight! But really want to get my Dad another 503. I have offered to send it into Buck but he sys it has a lot of sentimental value to him and doesn't want a new knife. Is their away to fix a worn lockbar? I don't even know if that is the knifes issue..any info greatly appreciated I really enjoi those old Script "Buck"s in Micarta mainly because that's what my Dad has always carried...Rant Over
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AR thanks so much, I will contact Buck for spa treatment and how to go about sending it in!
Thanks
Paul
Thanks
Paul
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If you are patient the Micarta handles variations show up at reasonable prices, check here, check Blade Forums in the Buck Knives for sale section and check eBay (my LAST choice). All of the Micarta handled 500 series knives were early and had the Olde English style BUCK tang stamp. In fact when Buck switched to wood laminate handles they still made the 500 series with the Olde English tang stamps for a short time. OH
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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I just received my first 501 for Father’s Day and it may have started something...just pulled the trigger on this one.
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Nice addition, Clay. Good luck in your 500 series hunt.
PS: Replied to your post at BCCI.
PS: Replied to your post at BCCI.
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