Back in 1978, those LB7's were......

I see the 78 model had four pins in the handle. I'm sure it's been discused before, but what was the first year for the LB7?
 
Now for my second question(which I'm sure has also been discussed before but there are just to many hits on a LB7 search).
Who was first, the Schrade LB7 or the Buck 110?
 
I'll answer that, then go pop some popcorn.

From Buck's history page:

"In 1963, Al Buck designed the Model 110 Folding Hunter, and when it was brought to the market in 1964; this lockblade literally revolutionized the knife industry. It propelled the Buck brand name to a position of prominence, establishing a leadership role it has never relinquished."

Codger and away...we...gooooo!!!!...
 
Well thanks Codger, now if I can just find my 110 (which has been missing for two years), all will be well.
Thanks Rick
 
Yup, I remember well, when the Buck 110 came out. There was nothing like it, and it wasn't known as a "Buck 110"; just a "Buck", or a "Buck folder". It also came out before Leatherman tools, so when you saw a black leather closed case on someone's belt, it was a Buck.

I now have a Schrade LB7, and don't miss my old Buck at all! :D
 
i know this is a little off the LB7 subject but whene was the LB5 lockback first made i bought mine at the PX in 81 i still have it although it's on it's 2nd blade schrade replaced it free of charge in 99 also the new blade is stamped uncle henry where the old blade was not any idea whene they went to the UH stamp. just wondering! Thanks, CAV.
 
Hi all,

I have an old OT7 with four pins,what year??

I also remember PUMA knives having lock back late 60's, my be early 70's, in South Africa at least. A friend of mine worked in a gun shop in Johannesburg and remember seening BUCK and PUMA lock backs together in the knife display, or am I dreaming??? :confused:

Derick
 
Nope, you're not dreaming, I bought a Puma "Deer Hunter" like this one in 1970, after I was discharged from the Army. I skinned my first bear with it the same year.

 
Nearly every company has made a version of the lockback design. Rigid Knives, a shortlived company from the early eighties made one with the brass frame and bolsters integral. It was a Bill Duff design.

Codger
 
The 110 made folding knives popular big time, hell alot of people call any folding knife a "Buck" knife in my parts

Kap

p.s. IMHO Buck quality has really slipped from the old days
 
kapt kopter said:
p.s. IMHO Buck quality has really slipped from the old days
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I just a BG42 blade put into a 110 by the Buck Custom Shop.......I have no complaints. It is NICE. It is so sharp that if I get it within 3 inches of my arm the hair starts jumping off of it's own volition! :D

Dale

PS- The price of the BD42 blade was only $35.
 
Lots of people including me think one of the best knife deals going today is the Alaskan Guide Series Buck 110 from Cabelas.com. Anodyzed titanium coated S30V blade (Heat treated by Paul Bos to boot!), Rosewood handles, and very nice burgundy leather sheath all for $59.95. Fit and finish on mine are fantastic, and that seems to be the consensus on the Buck forum as well.

I also think the general run of American made Bucks (Alas that we must even be able to make that distinction) which includes the 110 and 112 is still very good in terms of quality, fit and finish. Amazingly so considering the volume they do through Walmart, K-mart, and other huge chains that don't immediately come to mind.

If the Buck 110 is a prototypical American classic, and it would appear we all agree it is, I think the Schrade Sharpfinger is as well. Like the 110 it's a true original, often imitated, never duplicated.
 
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