Buck 120 General, 7 1/2 " blade

jill jackson

jill jackson

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My Dad had one of these back when I was a kid. Somehow his Brother wound up with it, in one of their many trades.
I thought they was long discontinued and had noticed a few around with "ProLine" lettered on the blade in big letters, recently. (which Dad wouldn't like)
Anyway he always liked that knife and his B/D is coming and I was happy to find a special run of brand new ones without the lettering, so I ordered it this morning.
I think he will like it even better than his old one because the newer Bucks are a sharpened at a different angle than the old ones and come a lot sharper, IMO. So, I'm waiting to get this and hope it's gonna surprise him.
 
I cannot remember, but you should check out Cabela's catalog for one or Bass Pro Shop. I think those are the ones marked Pro line. If anything, contact Buck's custom shop or ebay.
 
Yes that's where I saw them, but Dad doesn't like lettered blades.
At least letters that big, so I found the same thing made up without the letters and the same price.
So he should be pleased , as I've heard him say he wished he still had that knife.
 
I also saw several of them being sold at eBay... and some brand new... less than a hundred. The old model I mean, The General (120+). I have one that I bought for my father years ago and that he also liked very much. I now have it since he passed away.
 
This one I have coming is a 2008 model that was made up for a dealer.
It's absent the pro line in big black letters on the blade and it was 70 dollars. (it is made in the USA)
I don't know if it's the same as the older models, but most of the older ones I found were used (I don't like giving a used gift) and I know older Bucks don't have the same edge geometry as the newer. The newer come a lot sharper.
 
I bought my first 120 in 69 and it was stolen. It's replacement I bought in 71 and am still carrying it. It goes with me whenever I travel by car, camping, hunting and fishing. I even used it to batton down a whole plum tree.
 
The reason a lot of people like the older Buck knives, is the steel. The older ones had 440C and then there was a time when they were 425Modified and the new ones are 420HC with BOS heat treatment. It was around 2000 that they started the edge geometry that they use now if I recall.

That is pretty general information, and there is a lot more detailed information on the Buck website or the Buck forum in bladeforums. The older fixed blade knives also had the "flap" or foldover sheaths.

Peter
 
I have a Pro-Line 120 and a 120BR, now discontinued in that model. I have the 120BR with a 119, 105, 103, & 102 - all BR variants - on display - too pretty to use. The 'ProLine' 120, and you can easily polish those letters off, is my user. It resides sheathed, along with my 119, in a kitchen drawer. They are now my big butcher knives. The 'BR' suffix indicates rosewood handles and brass finger guard and pommel, in lieu of the black phenolic and aluminum... they are heavier, too.

Great gift for your Dad... he's lucky to have you!

Stainz
 
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