Buck 591 Paradigm Shift Auto - Worth the Wait

[Culprit99]

Happy new knife day! I was ordering Christmas gifts for my kids and this Buck 591 Paradigm Shift Auto was rolling around in the bottom of the box when it arrived.

As a Southpaw with a mechanical engineering degree and a love of all manner of various mechanisms, I’ve wanted this one since the day it came out but never pulled the trigger on it for three reasons. 1. I’m cheap. 2. Virginia needed a law change. 3. I miss the good old days of going down to the I. Goldberg Army Navy store and holding a knife or gun in my hands to see if I bonded with it. As a lefty I was apprehensive if this one would click with me. Well, a few years later, I’m happy to report that it, in fact, does. I’m really looking forward to getting to know this fella.

Here’s something interesting - below the model number and 2023 year mark is a faint 591 and 2022 year mark. The engineer in me who’s been in plenty of manufacturing facilities and conducted plenty of production readiness reviews and first article inspection testing would love to know the story there.

I’m always a fan of traditional steels over powder metallurgy, but the edge on this S35VN is among the top three sharpest factory edges out of the box of any knife I’ve ever bought new. Probably in the top two beside a 1991 110 in 425M that Grandpa gave me as my first or second Buck.

Did I mention that I’m really looking forward to getting to know this knife? Thank you again, Buck Knives Inc. !

 

[BuckBladeBuff]

Happy new knife day! I was ordering Christmas gifts for my kids and this Buck 591 Paradigm Shift Auto was rolling around in the bottom of the box when it arrived.

As a Southpaw with a mechanical engineering degree and a love of all manner of various mechanisms, I’ve wanted this one since the day it came out but never pulled the trigger on it for three reasons. 1. I’m cheap. 2. Virginia needed a law change. 3. I miss the good old days of going down to the I. Goldberg Army Navy store and holding a knife or gun in my hands to see if I bonded with it. As a lefty I was apprehensive if this one would click with me. Well, a few years later, I’m happy to report that it, in fact, does. I’m really looking forward to getting to know this fella.

Here’s something interesting - below the model number and 2023 year mark is a faint 591 and 2022 year mark. The engineer in me who’s been in plenty of manufacturing facilities and conducted plenty of production readiness reviews and first article inspection testing would love to know the story there.

I’m always a fan of traditional steels over powder metallurgy, but the edge on this S35VN is among the top three sharpest factory edges out of the box of any knife I’ve ever bought new. Probably in the top two beside a 1991 110 in 425M that Grandpa gave me as my first or second Buck.

Did I mention that I’m really looking forward to getting to know this knife? Thank you again, Buck Knives Inc. !

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Beautiful knife! Congratulations!

 

[Daniel]

Happy new knife day! I was ordering Christmas gifts for my kids and this Buck 591 Paradigm Shift Auto was rolling around in the bottom of the box when it arrived.

As a Southpaw with a mechanical engineering degree and a love of all manner of various mechanisms, I’ve wanted this one since the day it came out but never pulled the trigger on it for three reasons. 1. I’m cheap. 2. Virginia needed a law change. 3. I miss the good old days of going down to the I. Goldberg Army Navy store and holding a knife or gun in my hands to see if I bonded with it. As a lefty I was apprehensive if this one would click with me. Well, a few years later, I’m happy to report that it, in fact, does. I’m really looking forward to getting to know this fella.

Here’s something interesting - below the model number and 2023 year mark is a faint 591 and 2022 year mark. The engineer in me who’s been in plenty of manufacturing facilities and conducted plenty of production readiness reviews and first article inspection testing would love to know the story there.

I’m always a fan of traditional steels over powder metallurgy, but the edge on this S35VN is among the top three sharpest factory edges out of the box of any knife I’ve ever bought new. Probably in the top two beside a 1991 110 in 425M that Grandpa gave me as my first or second Buck.

Did I mention that I’m really looking forward to getting to know this knife? Thank you again, Buck Knives Inc. !

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I recently bought this same knife. It is a very nice one. However, I am also a lefty and I am having great difficulty opening the bolster release with my left hand.

I have owned and used right handed autos for over 30 years, including bolster release ones. I usually can do a simple “reach around” with my index or middle finger to actuate the opening. I have failed with the Paradigm auto!

 

[Culprit99]

Daniel , don't give up! It's a tricky one, for sure, but do-able. I'm sure it'll take me some time with it before it's second nature and I can open and close it absentmindedly. I'll also freely admit that there is currently a band-aid on my left index finger. LOL! I was opening and closing one-handed while driving back to the office from a meeting this afternoon and nicked myself a little. But the learning curve will be worth it when I get over the hump.