Buck 124

[smoakie976]

Is this thing truly one of the first ones made? I looked at the Buck year guide and according to it my knife was made from 68-72'. I was just wondering if I could get more info.

Thanks

 

[Badhammer]

If that is a bone fiber spacer I'd guess 1967 according to the info on the BCCi website, (Dec 06 Newsletter).

 

[sudonym]

When I enlarge your photo it appears your knife has red spacers. It is not clear enough to see if they are bone hard spacers or red micarta but they look like bone hard red spacers. My red micarta spacered Frontiersman/Nemos have a more checkered appearance up close. I think the very first model has a hole in the center of the pommel and white spacers. These were supposedly prototypes. They were followed by Frontiersman/Nemos with white spacers and a lanyard hole similar to yours. From Joe Housers wonderful history of the 124, there were 300-500 white spacered Frontiersman/Nemos made. This is from my very limited knowledge of the 122/124/Nemo. Very cool knife by the way.

 

[smoakie976]

Thank you, I did not mean that it was one of the first ones, I meant one of the earlier ones. I think that it is red micarta although I am not sure, it does not look like bone to me (I could be wrong though).

 

[jb4570]

The short answer is yes. The "first ones" as you put it came with the phenolic handles.
jb4570

 

[mbjannusch]

Thank you, I did not mean that it was one of the first ones, I meant one of the earlier ones. I think that it is red micarta although I am not sure, it does not look like bone to me (I could be wrong though).

The spacers in the photo are bone hard fiber. The term bone has nothing to do with actual bone in any form or faction. The term is completely misleading.

 

[oregon]

What mbjannusch said: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/878145-Question-for-mbjannusch-or