Beware of your display cases!!!

Man, I'm sorry to see that. I don't even own any Buck knives, but I can imagine how you feel. I'd try to buff it out myself.
 
So Dave, over what period of time (how long) was involved for the "corrosion" to occur?
 
Sorry is all I know to say.... I feel your pain though. :(

Thanks for the "heads up", at least maybe it will save someone else's knives. :thumbup: :)
 
Tin Sue said:
So Dave, over what period of time (how long) was involved for the "corrosion" to occur?
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I bought the case in Oct. 2009 and I believe that I put the knives in as soon as I got it. That would be about 6 1/2 months ago.
 
Plumberdv said:
I bought the case in Oct. 2009 and I believe that I put the knives in as soon as I got it. That would be about 6 1/2 months ago.
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That is a very short time for this type of corrosion to occur! There must be something very volatile in the materials used to line and pad the case. I doubt it would be the wood or glass, so you could probably gut the lining and padding and replace it with something archival. Unless a super volatile wood finish was used, but I've never heard of a wood finish that would do that.
 
Sorry for your problem Plumberdv, I know it must feel awful. Years of dealing with old guns always taught me, no holsters, scabbards, padded plastic cases, gun socks, padded display cases, ect. I keep all my guns in safes with dri rods running or in a wooden cabinet I have or in the corner of my gun room if I'm using one soon or working on it. Believe it or not, if it isn't in a basement, most guns do better leaned in a corner of the room or closet just exposed so to speak than "protected" in some moisture absorbing plastic case or soft case ect. I once bought a used Automag 44 that lived in its original foam padded case for a few decades before I bought it and the foam degraded and left tiny pits around the ejection port. And that was on stainless steel!
 
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Maybe look at your COLLECTOR tins as well,mine are like that in the collector tine,the folding set and the folding hunter with polished blade and signatur are pitted up.
 
RAZORBLADES said:
Maybe look at your COLLECTOR tins as well,mine are like that in the collector tine,the folding set and the folding hunter with polished blade and signatur are pitted up.
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I gutted my founders edition collector tins when I first got them (took out the liners) and put the knives in small cardboard boxes to place inside the tins. That plastic-felt-like liner was off-gassing something fierce. I would smell it. After my experience with my camera case I simply don't trust plastic non-archival liners. The founders edition will never be extremely valuable, they're just cool knifes. Purists want everything in its original presentation, but I'd prefer a non-corroded knife.
 
It's been quite a few years since our local camera repair guy retired. I last used my Koni Omega Rapid 6 x 7 format camera for my younger son's wedding some fourteen years ago - the three 120 backs all had felt light traps that finally, and finely, disintegrated. Fine camera - useless. Heck, my old Graflite flashes used #497 batteries - an old 510V C-Zn - expensive and hard to find nowadays. I joined the digital 'point and shoot' crowd.

I am horrified by your fine knives' rapid deterioration, P-Dave. That's just horrible. I recently looked over my knives - stored in vertical glass collectible store glass cases - with glass shelves. I don't leave the quartz lights on very often - just enough to keep the cases dry. Still, while looking at the older Marbles and Bark River fb knives, I found them to be dry - the oil I had left on them, household mineral oil from the pharmacy and RemOil alike, was gone. They cleaned up well - no 'patina' on them or the CS folders (Boker Tree Brand classic slippies). Most of my 110s are in 5X Buck stands - held by the blade edge and scales/liners in those plastic stands. Obviously, the blade edges aren't dulled by the soft plastic, either. These cases are in my office - a BR upstairs with heat/ACing - and the locking glass door keeps out a lot of dust and cat hair. A static display, it won't travel!

110-Dave, their just aren't words to help in this most horrible of times. Please stay focused on life - you must endure this pain somehow - and persevere. There will be better days ahead. Take care - you are still in my prayers.

John
 
I just received an e-mail from Joe Houser:

"Dave,
I saw the knives and think we have a pretty good chance of removing the pits without changing the shape of the bolsters. If they are only as bad as the one you cleaned first, those pits don’t look too scary.

By the way, several years back we had an issue with our wood box supplier. This supplier made boxes for our Yellowhorse and other "fancy" knives. Apparently he changed something, the foam, felt, or adhesive, because suddenly we were getting back knives with little pits all over. Mostly on the blade though.

I have to say I have never seen anything like the bolsters on your knives. Just send them in and let me see what our shop can do ok?

Take care,

Joe Houser
Director of consumer Relations
Buck Collectors Club Administrator
Join the club, ask me how!

Is Buck a great company or what!!
 
Pretty impressive for Buck Knives to step up and offer to give these knives a going over.
 
Plumberdv said:
I just received an e-mail from Joe Houser:
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"Dave, Just send them in and let me see what our shop can do ok?

Take care,

Joe Houser
Director of consumer Relations
Buck Collectors Club Administrator
Join the club, ask me how!

Is Buck a great company or what!!
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this is why i buy buck knives!!!
hope they can do some thing for you dave!
 
Yes, with Buck and people like Joe.......I honestly feel it's wrong to even think about buying another brand......(besides, they make or have made every kind of knife anyone could possibly need, so there's no reason to buy another brand).

On the topic of damage......some of the younger folks may not know this--don't buy an old knife with celluloid slabs and put it in with other knives.

Some of those old celluloids emit a gas which will cause corrosion on any metal in the vicinity.

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That is devestatingly brutal. I am so sorry.

Id be going to small claims If i were you. That case was not "fit for use" inherently flawed as they say. In such a short time too. Awful!
 
It took me awhile to mail these off to Buck, but when I did, the service was beyond belief! Buck received them last Monday the 24th, and believe it or not they were back to me in today's mail. Here's the finished product and as far as I'm concerned, I can't tell that there was ever a problem! I'll be forever grateful to Joe Houser and everyone at Buck who had a hand in their restoration.

Trust me, they are not going back in that case!

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