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Okay, I just picked up a 709 off of evil bay, and I'm bidding on a 704. I really like the look of these 700 series knives. They seem very robust and well made.
While I await word on the 704 and wait for the 709 to ship, I wanted to ask the Buck faithful to post pictures of your 700 series knives. I'm seriously thinking about collecting this series as a first collection, as there aren't too many of them and I can ease into collecting.
As an aside, I've searched this forums and have checked out the various 700 series threads here. I was hoping for updated pics showing these knives.
Thanks.

John

ETA: I won the 704, so now I sit and wait for both to arrive.:victorious:
 
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The 700 series is one I love and I consider it one of if not the best built slip joint designs Buck ever made. Rugged and good looking. The 701 Bronco is my favorite of all the 700's.

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All I have is the 703. As I said in another thread I think the 700 series is one of the classiest pocketknives any company ever produced.
 
I had heard people mentioned that before but I had carried my 703 for almost 10 years edc, until a few years ago I started rotating other knives in.Were there actually a lot of broken back springs?
 
Larry Oden wrote a wonderful article in the June 2003 BCCI newsletter about the 700 series knives. In the article Larry talks about Buck having problems with the back spring braking on the, then new Model 703. If I'm reading the article correctly this was in 1980 and only involved the 703. Rusty and I were talking about this very same thing at the SVKC show this April and IIRC Rusty said he had a 703 that had a broken back spring that was NIB.
 
Here is a few photo's of some 700 series knives in my pile.





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Badhammer said:
Larry Oden wrote a wonderful article in the June 2003 BCCI newsletter about the 700 series knives. In the article Larry talks about Buck having problems with the back spring braking on the, then new Model 703. If I'm reading the article correctly this was in 1980 and only involved the 703. Rusty and I were talking about this very same thing at the SVKC show this April and IIRC Rusty said he had a 703 that had a broken back spring that was NIB.
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So the 703 was the only one with the back spring problem? That's good to know. Thanks.
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Here is a few photo's of some 700 series knives in my pile.





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Those are gorgeous! What type of scales are they?

John
 
They are jigged cow bone. One of the 709's has deep picked bone and the other two are Impala jigged bone.
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My 703 is an older one, it hasn't broken yet (but then it doesn't get any use other than my opening/closing the blades).

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jb: thanks for the information. That bone sure is something.

Old Hunter: the 703 is very nice. Is it just me or is the spey blade a slightly different shape up by the tip? I've got my eye on a 703 at the moment, seriously thinking about pulling the trigger on it.

ITE: are those etched on the blades, or stamped? Either way they are quite impressive and interesting. I don't think I could carry something with the blades decorated like that. Which would work well, as it would make me keep them as collectibles. As I said, I think that I'm going to start collecting this series, but I'd also like to pocket carry a couple.

John
 
street soldier said:
ITE: are those etched on the blades, or stamped? Either way they are quite impressive and interesting. I don't think I could carry something with the blades decorated like that. Which would work well, as it would make me keep them as collectibles. As I said, I think that I'm going to start collecting this series, but I'd also like to pocket carry a couple.

John
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It's deep etched... They made 4 different ones... I looking for more pics... Maybe some one else will post some pics of the other two...
I have one I use... Some where
 
As with any Buck the 700 series can be quite addictive. I've managed to accumulate close to a dozen so far. I've even picked up a couple that have the tip broken off one or more of the blades. I call them my little lame ponies since they are Broncos, Colts, etc. Perhaps over time I'll get enough of them that I can send then to Leroy and get one for two complete knives put together out of the batch. If nothing else I've given them a quiet pasture for their retirement after years of use/abuse.
 
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