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532 made for Herbertz

Haebbie

Haebbie

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Dear Sirs,

I found some posts in the BF concerning that Buck has produced some 532 for Herbertz, the German knife maker and the trade partner form Buck in Germany. As a German I like to own one of these Knifes. 250 of them should be sold in Germany. But I dont know how they look like. Has anybody a pic of a 532EU or a description? It would be nice if you show it to me.

Best regards,
haebbie
 
Haebbie said:
Dear Sirs,

I found some posts in the BF concerning that Buck has produced some 532 for Herbertz, the German knife maker and the trade partner form Buck in Germany. As a German I like to own one of these Knifes. 250 of them should be sold in Germany. But I dont know how they look like. Has anybody a pic of a 532EU or a description? It would be nice if you show it to me.

Best regards,
haebbie
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try a call to :
Telefon (0212) 20 10 61
maby thay can emai you one...or give you more info then we can here...
i see they still offer the 560 but i did not convert to usd ...seems expensive though
dave
 
334dave said:
try a call to :
Telefon (0212) 20 10 61
maby thay can emai you one...or give you more info then we can here...
i see they still offer the 560 but i did not convert to usd ...seems expensive though
dave
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It IS expensive what they offer. And they don't have a picture of the 532EU. But I found this:

bald1 said:
Mike's photos inspired me to share these of my 532 collection which includes:
1991 cherrywood
1994 customized with fossilized mastadon ivory
1997 532JB Limted Edition jigged bone
1997 532EU European only distributor special in walnut
1998 532MS Master Series BG-42
2000 B532-RD-0 limited edition rosewood BG-42 Edge 2000
2000 B532-BL-0 limited edition indago royalwood BG-42 Edge2000
2000 customized BG-42 Edge2000 with fossilized mastodon ivory scales

532s_B.JPG
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It is out of the thread http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222140&highlight=532EU

But: which one ist the EU?

Best, Haebbie
 
334dave said:
left to right it is the one before the green one with the medal...
has walnut wood but it dont show in the pict...
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are you sure dave ?
i think the one to the left of the master series is the jigged bone
so its either the first one or the third or sixth (from left)
i am guessing the third , the scale pins look larger is the only reason i say that
eta thanks for digging up the pic haebbie
 
Hi Guys,

is this one of the mystic 532EU with walnut inlays?



The knife on the pic' was sold in Germany

Best,
Haebbie
 
I'll try it again:

Guys: isn't there anybody on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, in the United States of America,
in the Gratest Forum of the Whole World ho can say me how the walnut inlays of the Buck 632EU looks like?
I'll be very pleased if somebody who is able to identify the 532 inlays to give me a hint what kind of wood
the scales at the picture above are made of.

sincerely yours,
Haebbie
 
Haebbie, my Friend! It sure looks like the sixth from the left would be your EU walnut scaled 532. I paid a tremendous amount of money for this flat panel high resolution monitor screen to go with my computer for just such emergencies and the sixth from the left surely looks to be the walnut one to me. The one you pictured on the hairy (?) rug sold in Germany looks to me to be walnut as well. That is the one version I believe you are looking for. I hope this helps.
As a note: walnut tends to look similar to a 'dark oak'. The grain is not quite as straight and the grain varies from light to dark in a lazy swirl in the walnut more than the straighter grain and lighter general color to oak. Again, is this helping???
 
gd526 said:
Haebbie, my Friend! It sure looks like the sixth from the left would be your EU walnut scaled 532. I paid a tremendous amount of money for this flat panel high resolution monitor screen to go with my computer for just such emergencies and the sixth from the left surely looks to be the walnut one to me. The one you pictured on the hairy (?) rug sold in Germany looks to me to be walnut as well. That is the one version I believe you are looking for. I hope this helps.
As a note: walnut tends to look similar to a 'dark oak'. The grain is not quite as straight and the grain varies from light to dark in a lazy swirl in the walnut more than the straighter grain and lighter general color to oak. Again, is this helping???
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Well, Dave, this helps. Than I'll take it as a truth that I own leastwise one of the 532EU. Many thanks for your detailed answer.

Best regards,
Herbert
 
Its hard to tell for sure from the picture but it does look like it could be the walnut. I checked the computer again and it says 500 were sold in 1998. That means the blade would most likely have a 97 or 98 date code mark. If it has a later mark, I would venture to say it is not the 532eu. Earlier mark could still be ok though.
I hope this helps.
 
By the way, Hühnchen and Dave, the hairy rug is a hide of a badger.

Joe, the date code is the upside down U for 1997. So it is in all propability the

Buck 532 EU

Guys, thanks a lot for your Help!

Best,
Haebbie
 
I will take a guess here and offer the following explination. Buck sold BG42 532s with Brown, Blue and Red Fibron inlays. To me the 532EU looks like the same brown Fibron knife without the BG42 blade but with the standard 420HC blade instead. Could this be the situation with this knife?
 
Richard Matheny said:
I will take a guess here and offer the following explination. Buck sold BG42 532s with Brown, Blue and Red Fibron inlays. To me the 532EU looks like the same brown Fibron knife without the BG42 blade but with the standard 420HC blade instead. Could this be the situation with this knife?
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Richard, it seems that you guessed right. Today I got a real 532EU.

Here it is:

please click the pic



Wich one, guys, do you think is the EU?

Best,
Haebbie
 
Now I'm confused!

I would have thought it would have been the middle one. Top and bottom have all straight grain.

(?)
 
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