Buck 124..... Questions.

[BG42EDGE]

if it dont have buckness yes it is easy to tell !
have seen a few..
but you have to know what buckness looks like!!!
.
but.. what if it has buckness ? ...
then there is no way to tell ...

Excellent description of one dilemma faced by the collector, Dave!!!

 

[peppercorn]

My next question is:

What type of steel was used in the pre-1973, 124?

 

[I4Bucks]

Peppercorn according to all known information that I know of, Buck was only using 440C at that time for blade steel. HL

 

[peppercorn]

I4, Thanks alot.

At what point did they change, or, to be more specific, what steels were in the evolutionary sequence and at what point in time did they appear?

 

[BG42EDGE]

Courtesy an old thread, post from Chris Bear Claw.....(I copy these things)

Before 1981.---440C
1981 to 1994.--425M
After 1994.-----420HC

 

[peppercorn]

BG42,

I'm glad you copy!

Thanks alot.

 

[David Martin]

That older information Joe has since updated . The use of 420 came about in 1993 across the production line . DM