My BFF ! Buck favorite folder! Even though I am not a big knife collector I have picked up a few great ones over the years. Don't even know that much about it. I bought it used at a gun show and carried it for many years until the sheath wore thin. I have made a new one for it but its just not the same and u didn't want to lose it .I have used and taken good care of this tool and thought it was a good time to bring it our for a cleaning and oiling..

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Kurt

Very nice Kurt.
I had a man crush on those years ago. Very solid.
I see someone has converted it into a button release. Or did Buck offer them that way? Nice engraving. I hope you continue to enjoy it.
Thanks for posting!
Gary

I am not sure if it is factory made or not. All the other Bucks have a very different style of button release ,long rectangular release. I was sure when I bought it it was all origional but after seeing some of your work I don't know!!!! Either way it will have to do till I find me a nice BARNES ( antique) folder hehe

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Kurt

Is that a crack about my age, Kurt? Haha.

Young whippersnappers!

Ill have to make some simplier folders for the gun room, if I EVER get my tools back!!!

Nobody noticed. My NEW old bandsaw on the patio. Craig's List. I couldn't stand it!!! $150 and it was worth every penny in making those stairs.

Gary

Lucky dog. The only things I ever find on Craigslist are more projects, never tools to make projects easier.

Who is Craig? And why does he have a list anyways . That has to be one of the hardest part of moving so far away . Not knowing what you need for certain up and coming projects .and then having to go spend money on tools you know you have. A MILLION MILES AWAY !! That's what Sean had said awhile back only his journey back involved a boat or ferry . Up here in Northern Mich we have a few islands with ferry acess but usually for big construction jobs they wait till ice and hall materials over . It's way cheeper cause you know you always forget something that will hold up progress .

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Kurt

I'm convinced that at least half the reason why commercial plumbers and electricians can get the job done so fast is the fact that they've got a jillion parts out in the van. No trips to HomeDespot, just walk out and rummage through the bins.

Ah NUTZ!!!

I should have waited for ICE before hauling everything to BPS!!!



Hey - we did have ice on one trip. It's been so ... Ah ... "Comprehensive" that we've had the full spectrum.

Gary

As long as you don't have to get all "ice road truckin" on your return trip, everything ought to be OK.

I suppose we'll have to make an exception for ice in your tea, can't be without that, now can we?

Hi Sean,
There would BE no South, without Sweet Iced Tea. My theory anyway.
Can't wait to get back there for a tall glass.

Hey - did you read my suggestion for your spiral staircase railing question?
Gary

Hello Gary,

Yes, I did read your suggestion to fabricate a rail with the lamination method. It's intriguing, but I'm not sure that I'll be able to talk the wife into putting up with a big glue-up project in the middle of the living room. She likes the look of the factory-built railings, but once she sees what one of them costs (and the ridiculous shipping) she might be more amenable, we'll see.

I think you're probably right about the sweet tea down below the Mason-Dixon line, it's undoubted the "official drink of the south", at least as far as non-alcoholic drinks go. In my experience, you CAN get unsweet tea, but only because they assume that you're going to load it up with Sweet-n-low since you must be on a diet. I try not to drink it straight in front of them, they always look a bit horrified.

here is another one of my favorite folders .I carried this blade for quite a number of years also . I wore out the sheath on this one and remade the one that you see now .does anybody out there know what brand this is ?It was made sometime in 1980ish .

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Kurt



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Gee, I'm gonna say one of the gun companies ... Remington? Just a guess

Thks for posting Kurt.

Gary

Kurt,

You know ... I now seem to have a flash memory of one of those marked COLT. You might check that.

Gary

Nope it is not a colt .it is not made by a gun company but a rather famous Knife Company that I have always liked .They make a lot of good quality knives .It does however have a gun name attached to it sort of or I guess you could say gun related .

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Kurt

Camilus perhaps? They used to make bayonets.

No Sean it is a kershaw 22 cal ! Actually made in the late 70s. I bought it off the snap on truck for $60 .I used to scrap paint for welding ground and filet trout in camp. I guess a gerber guy broke off and started the company.

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Kurt

Most of my pocket knives are either Kershaw or Gerber, with a few others thrown in for good measure.

Hi Kurt,
I had a very nice Kershaw once. Went on a trip with family. Bought a lockback folding knife (like a small BUCK) at a shop in Gatlingburg, Tenn. great knife. I somehow begged a short length of Fur 4 by 4 about foot long - from some source I can't recall or even imagine. And then I sat in the room and carved a spiral candlestick from it, for the rest of the trip. Haha. Wow, I should have sought help then. Hahaaaahh. But it was a great knife.
Gary

I haven't whittled in a long time but I have carved my name in a tree or two and maybe a picnic table ! I do however remember seeing that spiral candle stick in a photo on this website somewhere .as with everything you do it was pretty ornate. Some day soon I will show you a pic of my Barnes pocket knife and see if you can remember making it. I don't really collect to stow away but to use and abuse .

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Kurt

For some reason I seem to have a lot of knives. Kershaw, Buck, Case, Camilus (my old field knife that hung on my web gear), Benchmade, Ruana, Randall, Barns, and a few others. I have given away as many knives as I own to my kids who seemed to lose them. I like a good knife and always have at least one in my pocket. Even when I travel, I throw one in my suitcase (a lower priced one since they have been know to wander off). Most of my knives have scratches, dings and whatnot from use (even my Barns), but they can still do any job I put them too even if they are not always as sharp as possible. Of course I can't whittle worth a darn no matter how much I try.

Keith

I've been carrying around one of the Ken Onion designs a lot lately, no fancy steel, just the plain vanilla AUS-8 on this one. I think they call it the "chive", but there's a lot of other onion-related models as well. Guys got a sense of humor with the names, anyway! It's one of the assisted opener models, got a wharncliffe pattern blade with a nice, sharp needle point, fairly delicate but easy to touch up. I'm not thrilled with the "flippers" they seem to hang on all of the assisted-opening models these days, so I grind off the more intrusive ones and use the thumb studs instead.

The Wharncliffe blade is about the most practical for daily Carry. Love em.