Buck 102 Woodsman

[bertl]

That white horn (?) version is nice! Any info on it? Are they easy to find?

That's bone, not horn. That variety was made for BassPro in about 2010.

 

[Haebbie]

That's bone, not horn. That variety was made for BassPro in about 2010.

Bert, date code is 2012.

Haebbie

 

[bertl]

Bert, date code is 2012.

Haebbie, I was going from memory and maybe 2012 is "about 2010" or maybe they were made for a few years.

Bert

 

[Haebbie]

Haebbie, I was going from memory and maybe 2012 is "about 2010" or maybe they were made for a few years.

Bert

Bert, thanks for information.

Haebbie

 

[DeSotoSky]

It is white bone. There’s no info about the knife. I bought it at ebay and the seller couldn’t give me any info. These knifes are hard to find. Much luck for you. Haebbie

The white bone handles were offered for many years as a Bass Pro exclusive. Available in the 102, 105, and 119. They were a regular stock item in stores. Discontinued in the past year or so I believe. For sure still offered in 2017 as I drove to Bass Pro to buy a 119 with the 75th tang stamp. I always found it funny that eBay sellers always asked more than the store price thinking they were something special. Not hard to find at all if you shop at Bass Pro. Pays to do your homework. Although discontinued you may get lucky as some stores may still have old stock. Be sure to ask them to look in the cabinets, my experience with the local Bass Pro & Cabela's is they have a lot of unsorted stuff hidden away underneath.

 

[eveled]

Here is a thread on them. I never saw them from Cabelas only BassPro.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bass-pro-smooth-bone-discontinued.1569266/#post-18244959

I’ve been hoping someone would order more models to complete the set.

I think they were made in multiple years. Not sure how long they were made and how many of each.

 

[DeSotoSky]

Eveled, you are correct, it was Bass Pro not Cabela's. Realized it as soon as I reread my post.
I was always wanting them to do a 103 so I could do a 102/103 twinset in white bone.
It was an ongoing offering at Bass Pro for many years.
Copper and Clad has picked up the white bone 119 after Bass Pro dropped it.

 

[Haebbie]

The white bone handles were offered for many years as a Bass Pro exclusive. Available in the 102, 105, and 119. They were a regular stock item in stores. Discontinued in the past year or so I believe. For sure still offered in 2017 as I drove to Bass Pro to buy a 119 with the 75th tang stamp. I always found it funny that eBay sellers always asked more than the store price thinking they were something special. Not hard to find at all if you shop at Bass Pro. Pays to do your homework. Although discontinued you may get lucky as some stores may still have old stock

thank you, Roger. I’mgetting old. Slowly I do remember. I was lucky to find a bass pro 102 at the German ebay. I have a white bone bass pro 119 too.

Haebbie

 

[st8yd]

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[cbach8tw]

Cool ones, thanks for sharing.

 

[eveled]

Eveled, you are correct, it was Bass Pro not Cabela's. Realized it as soon as I reread my post.
I was always wanting them to do a 103 so I could do a 102/103 twinset in white bone.
It was an ongoing offering at Bass Pro for many years.
Copper and Clad has picked up the white bone 119 after Bass Pro dropped it.

Ironically it seemed to be the sale/merger of the two that was the demise of this series. I wanted them for awhile but figured I could get them whenever.
when I heard about the sale in a moment of inspiration. I went on line and ordered all three. Within a week they were unavailable from BassPro on line.

that twin set would have been sweet! Maybe C&C will pick up the torch. I hope.

 

[st8yd]

Ironically it seemed to be the sale/merger of the two that was the demise of this series. I wanted them for awhile but figured I could get them whenever.
when I heard about the sale in a moment of inspiration. I went on line and ordered all three. Within a week they were unavailable from BassPro on line.

that twin set would have been sweet! Maybe C&C will pick up the torch. I hope.

May have been that they just didn't sell well enough.

 

[Der Verminator]

I think there were definitely some negative impacts when Bass Pro acquired Cabela's.

One that I know of is that the Gun Library employees don't get their good discount on guns anymore.

The ones I've talked to about that have been pretty disgruntled about losing it.

I just hope the whole operation stays viable. We've lost too many good sporting goods stores lately and I'd hate to see this one go down.

 

[Old Hunter]

As independent companies I liked going to Bass Pro for fishing stuff, and for waterfowl and upland hunting clothing (their Redhead line). Cabelas was always tops for big game hunting and reloading. They have both stores in the Raleigh Durham area and both seem to still be about the same although I do see some Bass Pro private brands in the Cabela's fishing department now. I bought this Buck 105 at Bass Pro in Cary (Raleigh area) several years ago (2014) and as you guys say, not available any longer. Cabela's still has their Alaskan Guide Buck S30V big game knives though. OH

 

[eveled]

I remember the Museum of Fine Arts as a kid. I don’t remember seeing anything as pretty as a Smooth Bone handled Buck knife.

 

[crumpet8]

Do these bone handles get slippery when covered in fish blood/guts?

 

[Old Hunter]

Do these bone handles get slippery when covered in fish blood/guts?

Never used a bone handled Buck for those purposes, but used plenty of the phenolic handled Bucks - I’d imagine that they perform similarly- not a problem for me but could be for someone else. OH

 

[Der Verminator]

I think the notion that knives get slippery from blood and guts is way overdone.

First of all.......if you do things right--you never puncture the guts.

Second.......blood and interior fluids are tacky substances. Blood actually wants to coagulate and thus turns less slippery than most liquids rather quickly.

All I know is.......I've never had a problem with any knife being slippery and I've used all kinds of handles from Phenolic to Lucite to wood and bone.

 

[crumpet8]

I think the notion that knives get slippery from blood and guts is way overdone.

First of all.......if you do things right--you never puncture the guts.

Second.......blood and interior fluids are tacky substances. Blood actually wants to coagulate and thus turns less slippery than most liquids rather quickly.

All I know is.......I've never had a problem with any knife being slippery and I've used all kinds of handles from Phenolic to Lucite to wood and bone.

I use “Blood and guts” as a general term for slippery stuff here. I guess you got me on a technicality, but I assume people understand what I meant It is mainly fish slime or whatever is on the outside that seems to get on my hands and knife. Ever use a puukko style or traditional Scandinavian style knife? Some of those rounded wood handles will get uncomfortably slippery...

 

[Der Verminator]

I use “Blood and guts” as a general term for slippery stuff here. I guess you got me on a technicality, but I assume people understand what I meant It is mainly fish slime or whatever is on the outside that seems to get on my hands and knife. Ever use a puukko style or traditional Scandinavian style knife? Some of those rounded wood handles will get uncomfortably slippery...

I've filleted many hundreds of crappies and sunfish with various knives including the type you mention.

If those filet knives with the wooden handles were a huge problem they simply would not exist because nobody would buy them.......but there are zillions of them in service, so that should tell us something.

The good old Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) is about the slimiest fish around and we always managed them (although I remember wiping some of them down with a fish towel).

Anyhow.......slippery knives have just never been a big problem for me.