Let me explain: I was at a gun show a few weeks ago, and there was a knife dealer there who always I always visit. His table is "open" where people can pick up stuff and look at it, so it is always busy. I kind of like the Big Sky and I usually look at it. I picked it up, unsnapped the keeper, and darned if that thing did't slip out like it was greased and hit the concrete floor. The tip was *barely* damaged, but I told the guy I had just bought it.
My family accused me of making this up just to buy it.
Not true, but it will be my knife for deer season this year. Not having much emotional attachment to it, I'll feel free to use it hard. My wife likes its size and feel, so it may also be her knife on those infrequent times she is in the field.
Some observations: the sheath has no "grip" to it -- it's like a loose scabbard -- and without the keeper snapped it will fall out easily. Duh. I like the grip very much as it has a great ergonomic feel. It has a nice finger choil up front, but I sort of wish it had a bit of a finger guard. It may be just fine as is. The knife is quite sharp (like all the Bucks I've bought) but the tip is almost too rounded to be a good GP knife -- but it's not a GP knife to start with, right?
How are the sales of the Big Sky? And it seems I read here that Buck made some with stag scales for its sales staff -- that would be a beauty!
My family accused me of making this up just to buy it.
Not true, but it will be my knife for deer season this year. Not having much emotional attachment to it, I'll feel free to use it hard. My wife likes its size and feel, so it may also be her knife on those infrequent times she is in the field.Some observations: the sheath has no "grip" to it -- it's like a loose scabbard -- and without the keeper snapped it will fall out easily. Duh. I like the grip very much as it has a great ergonomic feel. It has a nice finger choil up front, but I sort of wish it had a bit of a finger guard. It may be just fine as is. The knife is quite sharp (like all the Bucks I've bought) but the tip is almost too rounded to be a good GP knife -- but it's not a GP knife to start with, right?
How are the sales of the Big Sky? And it seems I read here that Buck made some with stag scales for its sales staff -- that would be a beauty!
