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A nice piece of Buck history you have. hkingdom could you please give us some history on these? Thanks
I read that Hoyt made the 117 blades from used files that he bot for $0.01 each in quantity from war surplus in his area.
Is there any visibile or other evidence that the blade was once a file?
Did he use a brass pivot pin on that one?
That looks like a terrific, long and symmetrical and even, nail nick on the blade. I'm guessing that he was a righty because the other side didn't get the nick. It looks machine cut. Maybe he was just playing to the percentages making his first folder for righties since most folk are that.
I RECEIVED MY 117 IN THE MAIL TODAY FROM LEROY. HE DID A GREAT JOB OF CLEANING IT.
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