All About Pocket Knives

garddogg56 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:04 am David the two dot is the first Buck I bought for work in 1975 and I'm still using it today,she is my favorite LB bar none shown with her repaired sheath and sum ware::tu::

garddogg56 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:04 am David the two dot is the first Buck I bought for work in 1975 and I'm still using it today,she is my favorite LB bar none shown with her repaired sheath and sum ware::tu::

Doc B wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 3:10 pm I only have a handful of Buck knives. Picked this up: 110 LT , S30V steel and OD micarta; just to check it out.
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Old Hunter wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:20 am

Doc B wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 3:10 pm I only have a handful of Buck knives. Picked this up: 110 LT , S30V steel and OD micarta; just to check it out.
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Doc, have you used it yet? I have some of the old Bucklites and the newer 110LT but haven’t bought the LT Slim yet. Just interested in your view of handling and feel in the hand. I know an S30V blade will cut! OH

Old Hunter wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:12 am Doc, thanks for the detailed sharing of your impressions. Blade wobble over the long run is a concern with heavy use of the knives with synthetic frames. I have Bucklites that remain tight after many years of use, but haven’t been subjected to heavy stresses. OH

Railsplitter wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:27 pm Old Hunter is correct. Buck made that blade swap to all of the 300 series Stockman knives in 1988 when they also added a third back spring. The blade swap was necessary because each spring acted as a spacer and therefore, two spacers could not be next to each other. The sheepsfoot is wider than the spey from edge to spine and unless it was the center blade, it would cover the nail nick of the spey blade making it difficult or impossible to open the spey.

Tsar Bomba wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:49 pm

Railsplitter wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:27 pm Old Hunter is correct. Buck made that blade swap to all of the 300 series Stockman knives in 1988 when they also added a third back spring. The blade swap was necessary because each spring acted as a spacer and therefore, two spacers could not be next to each other. The sheepsfoot is wider than the spey from edge to spine and unless it was the center blade, it would cover the nail nick of the spey blade making it difficult or impossible to open the spey.

I have a 301 that I believe was assembled wrong at the factory. See if you can spot the error.

Baykeeper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:58 am Here is something you don't see that often, a '72-'86 Buck #307 Wrangler in Yellow Sawcut Delrin made by Camillus for Buck. I've seen this handle color in post '86 Buck-made knives, but this is the first one of this color and vintage that I've seen for sale, so I couldn't resist, (I have seen other models of this era in Yellow Delrin but this was the first yellow #307 I've seen). I have Yellow Delrin knives of models #301, (post "86), #303, (also post '86), #332, #331 Barlows & #322 Congress, (all '90's SFO's for SMKW). Found this one on the bay, mislabeled as a #305 Lancer, which was weird, so I ended up getting it for substantially less than it could have brought if correctly labeled, and less than the price a regular '72-'86 #307 in Black Delrin would usually go for. Of course it's considered as one of my 300 Series collection now, but it has been used enough to warrant being put in my edc rotation as a user. Already found a sheath for its' 4.25" closed length, (too big for my pocket so I carry it in a sheath). Still sharp, still tight, still snappy, just gently used; doesn't get much better than that in my world. Now if I could only find the elusive #313 Muskrat in yellow, they are rare but I know they exist, there may even be a #311 Slimline Trapper or even a #317 Trailblazer out there, (or maybe a #309 Companion or a #315 Yachstman, (which both exist), or maybe even a #319 Rancher? Oh yeah, I also have 2 different #329 Trappers in smooth Yellow Delrin, (90's SFO's for SMKW). The Buck hunt never ends and the "versions" are infinite.

"the sawcut yellow Delrin Buck 307 was made by Camillus as an exclusive for SMKW in 1995. One-thousand of them were made, and since it was a Camillus knife no date code was used. Nice find." Here is a corrny but true statement:, "if you don't look you don't find".

Breeze wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 1:56 am Nice find Baykeeper

I picked up a 301 and a pair fo 319's recently.
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cody6268 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:47 am A minor boneheaded OCD mistake. I occasionally browse Etsy for stuff on my knife and multitool list. I saw this Buck Tool Bucklite one for $27, and bought it without hardly thinking. It's rusted, and the right handle is floppy where it pivots at the pliers. I've whacked it a few times with a ball-peen hammer and it hadn't helped. For $8 more, I could have had a near-mint one. I'm thinking I'll buy that one, and save this one for parts if I can't fix it. If I can--beater user.

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cody6268 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:47 am A minor boneheaded OCD mistake. I occasionally browse Etsy for stuff on my knife and multitool list. I saw this Buck Tool Bucklite one for $27, and bought it without hardly thinking. It's rusted, and the right handle is floppy where it pivots at the pliers. I've whacked it a few times with a ball-peen hammer and it hadn't helped. For $8 more, I could have had a near-mint one. I'm thinking I'll buy that one, and save this one for parts if I can't fix it. If I can--beater user.

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Railsplitter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:05 pm A Christmas gift ordered the day after Christmas from the Buck Custom Shop. Just arrived today. Model 503 in Buckeye Burl.