Buck 722 Spitfire Custom Shop and Limited Editions

mbkr said:
I have one of each, but don't have a scale. If I balance each on my fingertips and think about it, I can tell the G10 is lighter than the aluminum, but I wouldn't consider the difference significant.
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Thanks. 🤝
Deciding on maybe a Custom Shop version??🤔
I have the aluminum blue line one and was thinking maybe the G-10 would be lighter. 🤞
John 😁
 
plb said:
On my scale, the aluminum weighs 3.2 ounces, while the G-10 is 2.7. The lighter weight of the G-10 is a noticeable improvement, in my opinion.
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Thank you. 🤝
Appreciate your help!! 👍
John 🍻
 
How about the rigidity of Aluminum vs G10 scales, does it have a noticeable give when you squeeze it? Also is the G10 much grippier?
 
Soslan said:
How about the rigidity of Aluminum vs G10 scales, does it have a noticeable give when you squeeze it? Also is the G10 much grippier?
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The G10 is slightly more flexible, but no problem whatsoever. With the full backspacer and lock bar, it's plenty rigid. I can only speak of my experience, but the G-10 wore smooth and became very slick. To make it grippier, I took a soldering iron and stippled the handles with a small pointed tip. It looks kind of hideous now, but feels much more secure in hand.
 
I haven't used my G10 enough to wear it slick, so I can't speakl to that.. P plb is spot on regarding flex.
 
This one is a couple of years old and gets used daily. I don't know about it being slick, but i also know people think that the standard black phenolic is slippery and ive never had that experience either. Imo, it has worn from a solid green, with a nice textured effect. It is considerably lighter than the aluminum. I used to open bottles with the back of aluminum knives. I wouldn't do that with the g10. I just use the back of the blade, which scratches up the ckote a little bit.

Edit: the green bladed knife in post 27 is a good example of what these same scales looked like when new.

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BennyBlade said:
This one is a couple of years old and gets used daily. I don't know about it being slick, but i also know people think that the standard black phenolic is slippery and ive never had that experience either. Imo, it has worn from a solid green, with a nice textured effect. It is considerably lighter than the aluminum. I used to open bottles with the back of aluminum knives. I wouldn't do that with the g10. I just use the back of the blade, which scratches up the ckote a little bit.

Edit: the green bladed knife in post 27 is a good example of what these same scales looked like when new.

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Nice.
If I were to settle on one knife to carry every day, I would chose the G10 over a cerakoted aluminum frame every time.

I would have readily bought the BOTM knife if it were G10.

But that's me.
 
BennyBlade said:
This one is a couple of years old and gets used daily. I don't know about it being slick, but i also know people think that the standard black phenolic is slippery and ive never had that experience either. Imo, it has worn from a solid green, with a nice textured effect. It is considerably lighter than the aluminum. I used to open bottles with the back of aluminum knives. I wouldn't do that with the g10. I just use the back of the blade, which scratches up the ckote a little bit.

Edit: the green bladed knife in post 27 is a good example of what these same scales looked like when new.

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GPyro said:
Nice.
If I were to settle on one knife to carry every day, I would chose the G10 over a cerakoted aluminum frame every time.

I would have readily bought the BOTM knife if it were G10.

But that's me.
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I get tempted every so often to get a spitfire to carry but I dislike a recurve blade....but maybe one of these days I should try it
 
FranklinG said:
This one has definitely seen some light hammering, and there was a lot of gunk to clean, but it'll get a lot of use in the garden this summer.
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Update on my TSA Spitfire: it HAS gotten a lot of use in the garden this summer. I'm not usually fond of pocket clips, but this knife makes a strong argument for them. It clips in easily, and I can grab it with gloves. I'm preaching to the choir here, but this is a fantastic work knife. I'm really glad I tried it out.

Bonus: my kids think mine is ugly and they're still pretty excited about the Spitfires they got from BCCI.

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I also own one of the few (I’ve heard around 23) Spitfires with the uncoated CPM 154/S90V sandwich blade that became available to the public. I also have a micarta handled Spitfire with S30V blade which feels considerably lighter than the aluminum handled versions…I have a S35V bladed model too that I carried for years but my daughter has it right now. IMG_4158.jpeg
 
BennyBlade said:
"I also own one of the few (I’ve heard around 23) Spitfires with the uncoated CPM 154/S90V"

Is it possible for Buck Knives Inc. Buck Knives Inc. to confirm how many of these made it to market?
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It looks like at least 144 knives were produced back in late 2016 to summer of 2017. We did have up to 73 blades available at our Build-A-Buck station during our factory sales.
 
Buck Knives Inc. said:
It looks like at least 144 knives were produced back in late 2016 to summer of 2017. We did have up to 73 blades available at our Build-A-Buck station during our factory sales.
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So assume that number includes both the coated and uncoated blades. I recall SK blades citing the number of uncoated blades sometime back in another BF thread … thats where I got my “around 23” for the number of uncoated blades that were released. I think they were called hornets by SK blades … but I could be confused as there were yellow jackets and wasps too as I recall.
 
Markeologist said:
So assume that number includes both the coated and uncoated blades. I recall SK blades citing the number of uncoated blades sometime back in another BF thread … thats where I got my “around 23” for the number of uncoated blades that were released. I think they were called hornets by SK blades … but I could be confused as there were yellow jackets and wasps too as I recall.
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The good ol' days.

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