103 Skinner vs 426 Bucklite: Skinner is so tiny, AKA precise, and Bucklite Huge

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Until this compare I thought that the skinner was massive. I suppose due to its wide blade. The 426 seems swordlike by comparison. I like the 103 as a spreader, if it only wasn't so dang sharp!:thumbup:
 
Great pictures of the two... Is it a purple 426... or a maroon one...

But if it's purple, I want one... That skinner is small...

Now I have to look at mine... :eek:
 
It is not purple. The light coming into my office is giving it something extra today:)

Another early drop point 426 added to the collection... Gotta get another glass display case as the current one is bulging at the seams!
 
Boy, I was going to have to start looking for a purple one...
That was close... I'm sure glad it was maroon... :eek:

That is a good looking Drop Point, for sure... Hard to find in good shape...
Did you get the box and sheath with it... :)
 
No box, no paperwork but it is new. Not sharpened by end user, not used, flawless, brilliantly sharp, perfect lockup and self close, centered when closed, no dents, no scratches and not a hint of lint! :)
 
oregon said:
No box, no paperwork but it is new. Not sharpened by end user, not used, flawless, brilliantly sharp, perfect lockup and self close, centered when closed, no dents, no scratches and not a hint of lint! :)
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So it's a PRETTY ONE... I like that... It's Beautiful to me...

I wish mine was that Sweet... Good find... Did you get it on the bay... :)
 
The knife thanks you for the kind words. It is blushing purple at the moment.

Source: I have this terrific window where the light hits just right so I put a 525 Bucklite in a pot full of resin and steel and it grew into the 426 you see. Had I not pulled it up by the roots who knows what might have developed... :)
 
The 103 has the longer blade. The 426 is listed as a 3 5/8" blade. I got one new from Larry O. with a olive handle. It just wasn't our style of drop point and we quickly sold it and I made us some drop point blades. Those are good history as they were Buck's first attempt. DM
 
oregon said:
The knife thanks you for the kind words. It is blushing purple at the moment.

Source: I have this terrific window where the light hits just right so I put a 525 Bucklite in a pot full of resin and steel and it grew into the 426 you see. Had I not pulled it up by the roots who knows what might have developed... :)
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Oregon, you quack me up... So you grow them like purple beats...
Send me some seeds... Please, I want to grow me some purple 422s... ;)
 
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David Martin said:
The 103 has the longer blade. The 426 is listed as a 3 5/8" blade. I got one new from Larry O. with a olive handle. It just wasn't our style of drop point and we quickly sold it and I made us some drop point blades. Those are good history as they were Buck's first attempt. DM
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Thanks David, for the good info... Like always... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
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