Buck 310

[HeathH]

Nice one! I'd be quite happy if they keep the basic delrin ones in production but wont complain if they start making them in Stag again
These have my favorite clip of any small knife. With that minute amount of belly the tip is quite pointy, almost a pocket Seax

I always think of it as an ugly wharncliffe, but Seax works too!

 

[boy&hisdogs]

Alright, I did it, I bought one. I had just the right amount of money in my paypal account from selling another knife that I had forgotten about. Seems like it was meant to be.

I've been burned by sitting on the fence too long before. There is this shotgun I seriously considered buying a few years ago, a CZ Bobwhite. I never got around to it, and of course it got discontinued and now nobody makes one with the right combination of features for a similar price. Of course they are still available 2nd hand, at or above new MSRP plus the $100 fee that the FFL's in my area charge for receiving online/mail order guns.

But not this time! I don't really care much for special editions or gift boxes, I would have rather bought this knife in normal packaging for a few dollars less, but it's better than paying twice as much on Ebay after they are gone!

 

[solphilos]

Alright, I did it, I bought one. I had just the right amount of money in my paypal account from selling another knife that I had forgotten about. Seems like it was meant to be.

I've been burned by sitting on the fence too long before. There is this shotgun I seriously considered buying a few years ago, a CZ Bobwhite. I never got around to it, and of course it got discontinued and now nobody makes one with the right combination of features for a similar price. Of course they are still available 2nd hand, at or above new MSRP plus the $100 fee that the FFL's in my area charge for receiving online/mail order guns.

But not this time! I don't really care much for special editions or gift boxes, I would have rather bought this knife in normal packaging for a few dollars less, but it's better than paying twice as much on Ebay after they are gone!

Same here, you gotta strike while the iron is hot! Mine came with the litt wooden box as well, nice box but a little out of character for the knife that comes with it.
I'm having fun with mine, just deveined and butterflied a pound of shrimp for lunch.

 

[5K Qs]

I haven't really done any cutting yet that would reveal the difference, but I'm already expecting some drag as opposed to a flat grind.
Although, the primary grind is noticeably hollow so not thick behind the edge. The transition from spine the ground portion is where I would expect the most drag.
On knives this small I don't expect too much of a problem, not with the small tasks I'm likely to put it to.

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If you compare the springs and blades on this Victorinox to the Buck 310, you'll see the stock thickness is very thin on the Buck 310.

On the larger 301, the difference in performance between the old full flat grinds and the present saber grinds is more noticeable.
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I do prefer the older full flat grind used in the late 80s by Buck and earlier by Camillus and Schrade for Buck. But the present saber ground Buck 301 is also a very nice knife with lots of uses... e.g. good for push cutting through plastic, etc.
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Buck uses that grind on almost all their knives. It's a super hollow grind that they used to call "Edge 2000", as they developed it using a CATRA machine in the last year or so before 2000. The CATRA machine works by having the blade cut sandpaper, and this profile outperformed all others. It significantly out performed a flat grind. So, no, this grind does not make for a poor slicer.

Here is a post from C J Buck in 2001, in which he describes the development. Unfortunately, the graphs are no longer posted. But the text is still reasonably clear...
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/catra-edge-testing-results.127499/

Here is a description of the CATRA machine:
http://www.catra.org/pages/products/kniveslevel1/st.htm

I still have my Camillus Buck 303, which I carried daily for many years, and which was flat ground. But if I am going to carry a Buck these days, it is a new Buck with this improved profile. It cuts better.

solphilos, Jake, and Frank, thanks for the informative and helpful replies to my question about Buck's saber ground blades.

Sorry to read that this could be the end of the line for several Buck 300 series models.

- GT

 

[DonJGiles]

Back in stock, $35.00.
Buck date code 2017
Marked 310.

Don

 

[Corso]

Hmmmm wonder if they ship to the UK

always fancied one of these since a 309's been my EDC for a while

 

[screened porch]

Guess I'd better bite on a solitaire pretty soon.
Those Buck Barlows were made by Camillus; Buck doesn't have the tooling. If I remember correctly a thread I started in the Buck subforum.