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[Plumberdv]

Here's my latest Armand. Even the box is in near perfect condition.

 

[ItsTooEarly]

Here's my latest Armand. Even the box is in near perfect condition.

Dave, I don't have that one yet... I saw one on the bay and forgot to bid on it... That's really a nice one and it looks mint...
Do you have a picture of the end of the box??? Or does it just say 424BK Bucklite...

Thanks for sharing and posting some good pictures of it... ITE ... :thumbup:

 

[Plumberdv]

Here's the label. It has been put on over a label printed directly on the box. I can't tell just what the original label says but I can make out "camo sheath" and a catalog number ending in 84.

 

[dogstar]

My not-so-pretty 444 acquired used after cleaning and sharpening, with its little brother.

 

[ItsTooEarly]

Here's the label. It has been put on over a label printed directly on the box. I can't tell just what the original label says but I can make out "camo sheath" and a catalog number ending in 84.

Thanks Pdave, that's a good picture of the label on the end of the box... Thanks again... ITE ... :thumbup:

 

[ItsTooEarly]

My not-so-pretty 444 acquired used after cleaning and sharpening, with its little brother.

Thanks Dogstar, for the cool picture of your 444 Bucklite and your other little buck... ITE

Anyone else have any Bucklites to post... Thanks...

 

[sitflyer]

I hope these belong here...They are both from 1988...I'm putting them here to show the differences. Noted were the different handle texturings, blade etch vs not, and different bail construction on the two. The etched one has been my garage knife, and excells at heavy cutting tasks...the other was picked up to keep for a backup...

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[ItsTooEarly]

I hope these belong here...They are both from 1988...I'm putting them here to show the differences. Noted were the different handle texturings, blade etch vs not, and different bail construction on the two. The etched one has been my garage knife, and excells at heavy cutting tasks...the other was picked up to keep for a backup...

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Thanks Sitflyer, for posting Your Buck workman knives... There are two other ones out there, one with 2 blades and one with 3 blades... I think they go fine with the Bucklites... There made almost the same way... I have one like yours in my bucklite collection... The one with no etching on the blade... ITE

 

[Stumps]

sitflyer....I keep one of those in my garage too. They are VERY handy!!

Since ITE says these are okay here, I'll post a three blade Buck 813 Contractor's Knife. (now that I can post pics again)

 

[spike116]

I'll see your 811 and 813 and raise you the rest of the family.

 

[ItsTooEarly]

Stumps, thanks for posting your Buck 813 (Pro-5000) Contractor's Knife with three blades... ITE ... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[Stumps]

I cataloged my knives in a different way a couple weeks ago. That forced me to see knives I haven't seen in a while. One of the surprises was when I opened up a black handled 486 Bucklite Max folder and held it in my hand. I didn't even remember ever buying it.

I started thinking right away that this was probably going to be my new backpacking knife from now on. I weighed it and I weighed the large Vantage Pro that I carried on my last long walk. Bucklite was 3oz. and large Vantage Pro was 4.2oz.

The Bucklite is 110 size which I really like.

Soooooooo, I put the black handled Bucklite back in storage and bought a brand new orange handled Bucklite thinking the orange colored handle makes more sense for backpacking.

Here is my new long walk knife;

It was sharp right out of the box, but a little time with the leather strop and stuff jumps out of its way!!

 

[ItsTooEarly]

I'll see your 811 and 813 and raise you the rest of the family.

Thanks Spike, for posting your Bucklites... ITE ... :thumbup:

 

[ItsTooEarly]

Thanks stumps, for posting some pics of your new orange Bucklite.... It looks like a nice bucklite... I still need to get one like it... ITE ... :thumbup:

 

[pinnah]

The Bucklite is 110 size which I really like.

Soooooooo, I put the black handled Bucklite back in storage and bought a brand new orange handled Bucklite thinking the orange colored handle makes more sense for backpacking.

IMO, these are perfect backpacking knives. I carry the smaller 482 for exactly the reasons you mention (although, I can see moving up to the 486).

What kills me... just totally slays me is that this knife isn't being sold in any backpacking store that I'm aware off, and I follow that stuff pretty closely. The Boone and Crockett marketing is a part of the problem getting in the way of cross over appeal. It may be that it's actually priced too low too. I dunno.

I have seen Ecolites in our regional Eastern Mountain Sports stores, but suspect that the hunting oriented clip blade is suppressing sales. Don't know that. Just guessing.

How is it that a) locking folders are the knife of choice among backpackers (and many folks), b) Buck defined this type of knife and c) Bucks get less shelf space than tactical? Just kills me.

 

[ItsTooEarly]

I like these ads... :thumbup:

ITE...

 

[pinnah]

Stumps,

How hard do you think it would be to drill/dremmel off that pocket clip from your 486?

 

[Stumps]

Stumps,

How hard do you think it would be to drill/dremmel off that pocket clip from your 486?

The pins that hold that pocket clip on also hold the handle together, so I would say it would be a little more involved as you would have to re-pin the handle.

 

[st8yd]

Just got this one this week to mod. I love the clear blue color but hated the blade. However I will say this, ergonomically the blade felt very good, it just don't look good. The thumb studs felt cumbersome and immediately noticed the difference when they were gone, without thinking about it. I don't care for serrations either so next thing will be to swap the blade with a normal 444.
The photo of the two does not do the color justice so I posted a single picture of it which represents the color properly.

 

[DeSotoSky]

Here is a nice Buck 426 c.1988 I found at the Flea Market last month. This one is interesting because it has a partially serrated blade, a feature I've not seen on this model before. Black stitching on a black sheath doesn't show very well.