Anyone own any of the Cabela's Alaskan Guide Bucks?

[DrMegabyte]

A 543 open season caper?
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I wasn't aware of an AG version.
....if that's even what it is.

That does look "close" ... but man, this one seems to me a mystery!!

 

[pjsjr]

That does look "close" ... but man, this one seems to me a mystery!!

I think the one you're asking about is the AG 474. DeSotoSky Roger you posted about one in an earlier(2015) thread on Cabela's AG knives, but the photo was gone.
This thread, post #5 https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/is-there-a-cabelas-ag-only-thread.1290659/

I searched and could not find a picture. But then I'm limited in the tech dept.

 

[GPyro]

So it's a modified mini mentor?
Sorta looks like one.

 

[GPyro]

The 2008 catalog has a 477 caping knife that's pretty similar. But it has a gut hook. But not one without a guthook.

 

[pjsjr]

Maybe Roger will post that photo of the three.

 

[DrMegabyte]

Found it in the 2008 Special Projects list!!!

 

[GPyro]

I think the one you're asking about is the AG 474. DeSotoSky Roger you posted about one in an earlier(2015) thread on Cabela's AG knives, but the photo was gone.
This thread, post #5 https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/is-there-a-cabelas-ag-only-thread.1290659/

I searched and could not find a picture. But then I'm limited in the tech dept.

I think you nailed it.

 

[DeSotoSky]

(repost) The other Buck Caping knife. The model 474. This is an Alaskan Guide Series knife done for Cabela's. It's a beautiful and unique knife and must have been an exclusive for Cabela's as this is the only example of this 474 pattern being used that I know of. A rosewood handle and a nice glossy black titanium nitride coated blade in S30V steel and as found on all knives in the Alaskan Guide Series. No model number or date code is imprinted on the blade. I found this knife listed in the 2008 special projects list with a build quantity of 1,000. I find it hard to believe that they built 1,000 of these as this is the only one I have ever seen. (I've now seen another) It's a tiny knife, just like its 475 Mini Mentor sibling. Too small for my big hands. What differs it from the Mini Mentor is the Choil/Tang area which is formed for a choked up hold. A related knife is the 477 Caping Knife with a guthook. The last picture shows a 475 Mini Mentor, a 474 Caping knife, and a 477 Caping knife.

 

[pjsjr]

(repost) The other Buck Caping knife.

Thanks, Roger, much appreciated.

 

[DrMegabyte]

So now the question is, which is harder to find? This 474 Caper AGS, or the 126 Fillet knife AGS?

 

[DeSotoSky]

So now the question is, which is harder to find? This 474 Caper AGS, or the 126 Fillet knife AGS?

Surely it is random but I've only ever seen 2 474's, the one I own was purchased at a flea market and the other was in a local pawn a few years ago (should have bought it) I know I've seen more fillets than that .

 

[tiguy7]

This is an Alaskan Guide 110 blade made of S-30-V and coated with TDLC (Tungsten Diamond Like Carbon) which is actually Tungsten Carbide at 72HRC. The handle is a take apart Aluminum BCCI knife with G-10 scales.

 

[GronK]

Here's mine. I EDC'd it for years. The gold logo bothered me so I removed it. The fit and finish on this one matches the best custom shop versions I've had.

 

[kyhunt]

I’m a huge fan of the AG series. I wish I picked up more but once again thought they would be around longer.

 

[kyhunt]

Y’all have seen these but since it’s an AG thread I’ll add them just because I like the AG.

 

[kyhunt]

 

[Pack Rat]

Somewhere buried in these threads I wrote about Mom taking a liking to my AG192 with the S30V. I had cleaned it from some deer doins and it was still laying on the kitchen counter and she went to using it.
So it ended up in her kitchen knife drawer. Time went on and Mom passed on a few years back. I bought the house from her estate and now live here after we lost our home in the Hurricane Harvey flood. I protected that knife from the family scavengers and it still lives in that same kitchen drawer.

It is an Alaskan Guide 192 S30V that I bought two of from Cabelas in 2005. Yes it has the Idaho tang stamp and is one with the rubber handle. Just no telling how many times that one has been run through the dishwasher and with a little polish would look nearly new...

Not bad for a 20 plus year old that has seen years of kitchen duty,

Just a tidbit..... And buried somewhere in my knife doins is the sheath..