BCCI 2024 Annual Knife, a Beautiful 120

[DeSotoSky]

Wow, my first knife with a "Shokwood" handle. I want more!
Buck 120 General, S35VN steel with no fuller, 1 of 200
Not familiar with what Shokwood is and need to get on Google.
If someone wants to save me the trouble please do.

 

[DeSotoSky]

I want to point out an interesting oops! Look at the tang stamp at 3 o'clock and you will see an "X".
I corresponded with Dale Eichberg (BCCI) about it.
The X was a placeholder in the etching program but missed being replaced with the date code.

 

[howiema]

ShokWood is a material used for knife handles that's made by embedding pieces of wood in resin. The wood used to make ShokWood is often wood that would otherwise be burned.
The result is an interesting handle material with unique shapes.

There it is

 

[Bill Chamberlin]

I was told that the wood used on this knife is maple

 

[pat9198]

This one showed up today, my first 120. I plan to put it to use in the kitchen.

 

[jbmonkey]

these are pretty cool and darn good lookin. still available if you're a bcci member. I'm tempted but I'm trying to slow down and downsize....

 

[DeSotoSky]

these are pretty cool and darn good lookin. still available if you're a bcci member. I'm tempted but I'm trying to slow down and downsize....

I said that when I turned 70 last year. I'm afraid to look at my data base to see how many Bucks I've bought since...

 

[Vaporstang]

Temping. Trying to slow down my knife purchases. Maybe after the New Years...

 

[Last12know]

I want to point out an interesting oops! Look at the tang stamp at 3 o'clock and you will see an "X".
I corresponded with Dale Eichberg (BCCI) about it.
The X was a placeholder in the etching program but missed being replaced with the date code.

I had to look..mine is the same...they mismark all of them?

 

[DeSotoSky]

I had to look..mine is the same...they mismark all of them?

Dale Eichberg did not say but my guess is probably yes if they ran all the blades as a batch.
We will only know if someone posts information about a knife that is different.

 

[wonderboy1377s]

Mine is mismarked also.

 

[Happy Hippo]

Mine also has the "x".

 

[Meadowlark]

ShokWood is a material used for knife handles that's made by embedding pieces of wood in resin. The wood used to make ShokWood is often wood that would otherwise be burned.
The result is an interesting handle material with unique shapes.

There it is

Do some makers offer handles made using the resin only?

It looks like a very nice material and I don't understand the combination of resin and wood--which just looks odd.

 

[pat9198]

What’s not to love? This is one of my favorite Buck knives.

 

[Meadowlark]

I'd like to see what it would look like with just the resin.

 

[WheelingWV]

M Meadowlark Not my photo, but soon to be my knife.
(It’s not all resin, but pretty close on this side of the knife)

https://imgur.com/a/kqG5m0W

 

[WheelingWV]

Enhanced view.

https://imgur.com/WCpIobQ

 

[Meadowlark]

Enhanced view.

https://imgur.com/WCpIobQ

Quite beautiful.

 

[Meadowlark]

I wonder if anybody is making knives with all-resin handles?

And if so........why not?

 

[jbmonkey]

I like the no fuller blade on these. handle is cool with all the variations too. wouldn't mind an all resin handle version either. so far all I've seen here look very good.