Buck Custom "E" Mark

[110 Dave]

just ribbin ya,
but sirusly, I do have a Buck knife that was on Apollo 13...what's it worth??

on the 13 it self or on the movie?

humm with paper work like as not over a c note or so ...
is it signed? and if so by who..got picts

any way worth much more if it was with the one i have with the space shuttle etched on it as a set..

 

[chickentrax]

on the 13 it self or on the movie?

A workman in the refractory shop sat it on the outer pressure hull while prying a sliver out...so "it was on Apollo 13"...

Semantics...What a great science...

 

[110 Dave]

beam me up scoty!

 

[Scott Hartman]

You 2 crack me up...'Trax, that was the story, as it was told to me...and I'm stickin to it

 

[tvranesic]

This is the response I received from Joe regarding the "E" marking:

"I know that it used to be a somewhat common practice to engrave a letter E on knives that were specifically to be sold to Buck employees. Sometimes it would be because the knife was a second. I believe that if yours is and Employee knife, it was so designated because the knife was an over run. I believe the original run of those knives was 1500 pieces so it is possible that they actually made a few extra and marked them with an E.
There is no way to know for sure but this is the one scenario that makes the most sense."

 

[ItsTooEarly]

That's coool, all the ones I have are from ex-Buck-employees... The E is ok with me...
E = over run, employee knife... That's what one employee told me... One told me it had a E on it because it was made for him... ... A second is ok too... Well, as long as it's a Buck that is... :thumbup: