Buck 120..... Information please.

rachet197 · Sep 9, 2011

Buck 120, just got one looking for a history lesson and a price.
It's got a flap over leather sheath, 7 inch blade, and fairly dull but fixable.

Also the text on it says
BUCK
120
USA
And the text is facing the blade weird.........

THX in advance

BTW got it fore 23.50!!!!!

Joe Houser · Sep 9, 2011

Hello Rachet,
I cant tell from the pictures but is the BUCK of the blade stamp closest to the guard? If it is, its what we call an inverted 3 line 120 and it was made around 1972, just after we added the model number to the stamp.
Sounds like you got it for a great price too, congrats!

ItsTooEarly · Sep 9, 2011

Rachet, nice 120... How about a better picture of the stamping... ITE ... :thumbup:

David Martin · Sep 9, 2011

Blade is of 440C steel and should be 7.5" . DM

rachet197 · Sep 10, 2011

ItsTooEarly said:
Rachet, nice 120... How about a better picture of the stamping... ITE ... :thumbup:

Here is 20 pictures.
http://imageshack.us/g/153/img1286g.jpg/
and there is a better picture of the stamp in the link.
BTW how much do you think this knife is worth? please look at the 20 pictures before commenting.

Badhammer · Sep 10, 2011

As far as value/worth goes you could search online auction sites and see what similar ones have sold for. I'm pretty sure the board rules are that if you don't have a membership level that allows you to sell on Bladeforums (Gold or higher) then you're not allowed to make inquires as to what something is worth so in that case you'll probably not get any answers to that question.

WHAT IS MY KNIFE / GADGET / SPATULA / TUNING FORK WORTH?!?!?!?!
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Not trying to bust anyones balls just wanted to give you a heads up.

David Martin · Sep 10, 2011

Rachet, While yours is the stamp Joe speaks of making it a harder to find model 120. It has been badly reground thus altering its original shape. DM

BG42EDGE · Sep 10, 2011

DM is not kidding you on that one, Ratchet.

"Badly reground" is putting it mildly.

Who tortured that knife?

I don't think looking at the 120s on e-Bay is going to give you much of a clue to its value.

You'll have to look a long time to see one that awful looking.