Buck Clearance Sale...?

All of the Buck/Striders are now off of the Specials page and back at regular MSRP.
 
oregon said:
I found a message on the machine from the Buck store: "The three 882s I ordered over the weekend are scheduled for delivery today."
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UPS deliverd them this PM (ordered online over the weekend and delivered Thursday). Three NIB 882-BKX. The paperwork said $40 each.

Thank you Buck, Strider and Tarani. You honor me with your outstanding work.

Best,

oregon
 
Nothing today, but my knives shipped Monday, and I assume that they have to come all the way from Idaho.

Am excited about the Police Knife, the more I read about it. Sounds like a good EDC. ATS-34 is a perennial favorite of mine, and Buck gets a lot out of its heat treats (Paul Bos on this one?). I have a Buck Vanguard and a Buck 110 in ATS-34--both good blades. I do wish they'd put the G-10 version of the Police Knife on sale, but hey, I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
 
Guyon said:
I assume that they have to come all the way from Idaho.
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Mine came from the Post Falls, Idaho. The new home of Buck.

Guyon wisely asks, "(Paul Bos on this one)"

The Bos flame and the letters "BOS" are beautifully imprinted in the blade below the thumb hole (along with imprints of the Strider Winged Sword, the words "Strider" and "Buck" and "Tarani" and "USA" and "ATS-34").

Best,

oregon
 
I'm glad to see that oregon and stevekt have gotten their knives, ordered at the end of the short Strider, Mini-Strider, and Police Knife clearance sale. Now, we have to see if Gryffin and Guyon get theirs, though, I'm not thinking that it won't happen. :)

GeoThorn
 
Guyon said:
Nothing today, but my knives shipped Monday, and I assume that they have to come all the way from Idaho.
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Your address, over yonder, shouldn't discombobulate delivery by United Parcel Service one little bit. No more than addresses like, "up the way" or "across the river and thru the woods" or back of beyond.

Any problems and I am absolutely positive that stevekt will be glad to fetch you up one of his.

Best,

oregon, out in the sticks, around the bend, a fur piece and a bit...
 
I received email notification that my 882BKX had shipped on the 19th. No UPS on Saturday so I sure hope I see it on Monday. :confused:

This is my second order. The first package arrived when I wasn't home so the guy just dropped it off. When I got back I couldn't believe the condition that the box was in. :eek: :grumpy:
It looked like the American Tourister Gorilla had his way with it. :grumpy: One end was crushed and the sealing tape looked as if it had been slit with a blade and was partially open. My heart sank....but when I opened it fortunately the items inside were no worse for the wear. :D

I think I'll stay with the USPS when I have an option. I receive a lot of packages and theirs are always in good shape upon arrival. :thumbup:

But maybe it's just me.....anyway come on 882BKX!!
 
Yippes!

After going to the trouble to make the money to make a purchase, choosing the knife, waiting for delivery and then receiving the knife in a bombed out package is like a kick to the you know whats.

It sounds like your packages are being delivered by CDS, Catapult Delivery Service. That would be quite a high arc from Idaho to Florida.

Mine came in pristine boxes, almost too pretty to slice open (used a walnut handled Opinel #8). And, the UPS driver had a big grin on his face. However, I am quite a bit closer to Idaho than you my friend.

Perhaps you can meet them halfway. Move to Nebraska. What other problems do you have that need solving? :D

Best,

oregon
 
Thanks oregon, with the hurricane season upon us Nebraska might not be a bad idea. ;)

I wouldn't have minded the damaged package so much if the guy had at least left a notice indicating the condition that it was delivered in just in case it did turn out to be a disaster. :mad:

Now that I think about it, I did have a USPS package arrive slightly damaged once. It also was while I was out but they HAD attached a label indicating it's condition. Seems like the professional thing to do.

In that case also the item turned out to be fine. A nice Ken Richardson Stag handle Bowie. :thumbup: :D Ken makes a nice knife.
 
...Don't feel too bad Mike...I've seen UPS AND USPS drop kick packages to the area of my door because it was too hot to walk the distance from their trucks to the door down here...It's that "Florida attitude" I guess...LOL...At least you got the knife...I had a BG-42 rebladed 110 FG sent back to me by Buck a few weeks back and all I received was the sliced open box layin' outside of my mailbox...:mad:
 
:mad: ...I woulda got a warmer fuzzier feeling from feeding that slug, who took my knife, :mad: his spleen piece by piece...:mad: :eek: :mad:
 
MikeSEA said:
A nice Ken Richardson Stag handle Bowie. :thumbup: :D Ken makes a nice knife.
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Lets see it. Stop teasing. Please...

Here is a pic of what I got during the speshul:
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oregon
 
Those are good pictures of the police knife. I really like mine and it might turn out to be one of my favorites. My Wife used the $10 Buck pruning shears today and said they weren't very good. Which means Buck makes good knives, but not gardening equipment. It probably is a good thing they are discontined.
 
Thank you kindly peter78. I look at knife pics by coop and I am jealous.

My idea was to put opposites in the same picture. Flowers and knives. Something different than guns and knives.

I keep my pics on photobucket, the free version, so I lose some image density I think. The same pictures on my computer are crystal and I can zoom in.

I'm using this one (Benchmade model 46BK balisongs on a beautiful rose blossom) as background for my desktop: http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/oregun/46BKrose001.jpg

Sorry to hear about the Buck clippers. I might send the nippers back for a refund. I've never had a good set of garden shears. Let me know if you find any.

Best,

oregon
 
oregon said:
Lets see it. Stop teasing. Please...
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This is the one that came in the damaged package but fortunately it was well wrapped in plastic in side. For scale purposes the blade is 6" long.

Mike
 

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MikeSEA said:
No UPS on Saturday so I sure hope I see it on Monday. :confused:
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In my area [Western New York State] UPS only delivers 3 days a week [UPS Ground]. The other days they drop off the Ground parcels at the Post Office for USPS to deliver. (They pay the difference in bulk). DHL does the same. For Overnight or Next Day they send a special truck out from the Airport UPS Facility.

[size=-2]I work at the USPS Postal Facility, Lewiston, NY. I deliver those crushed UPS parcels, too.[/size]

In all fairness, it is mostly the airport/airline cargo handlers who damage the various shippers parcels. With reduced flights, cancelations, and weather diversions, they are hard pressed to get all the parcels into a particular flight. I've seen them have 6 pods ready to go on a 747 freighter only to find 5 cells open. So...one pod gets emptied and the contents crammed/stomped/forced into the other 5 pods. It's "not their problem" what condition the cargo 's in, as long as it's moving along... :(

...sorry...rant over...
 
No problem Trax.....But my biggest beef beyond the damaged package was that the guy dropped it at my front door without so much as a howdy. I would think there would be a standard sticker or something that would be placed on the package to indicate the condition that it was in when it arrived. Like USPS uses. That way if the contents were damaged it wouldn't just be my word that it came that way and I didn't screw it up trying to open it with my axe.
 
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