Buck display ideas

Badhammer

Badhammer

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Picked up a Buck countertop display at an auction a year or two back and want to display some of my Bucks in it. Was looking for any photos you all might have of similar displays and how you have your knives set up? I kind of wanted to mainly display slipjoints as it would allow the most knives to be displayed but the little plastic keepers in the display aren't wide enough to just place a 301 inside.

Also would it be better to leave blades closed or open? I seem to recall reading something about causing issues with a slipjoint if you open all the blades at once and or leave them open.
 
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Also would it be better to leave blades closed or open? I seem to recall reading something about causing issues with a slipjoint if you open all the blades at once and or leave them open.
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Long term I would say all the way open is the same as closed. It's the partial open position the stresses the spring.
Look at the spring while opening and closing the knife and you will see what I mean.

When the slipjoint knife has 2 blades sharing the same spring on opposite ends, having both blades partially open double stresses the spring. After about 90-91, each blade had it's own spring.
 
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Thank you both for the replies. The display is in pieces at the moment. In order to mount the little holders you have to slide them onto the display wall of the stand from the ends which means you have to take the top off the display and pull the wall sections out. I'm hoping to figure out a nice pattern by laying the display sections out on the table. After I get the holders in place I can reinstall the wall sections and the top of the display and then the knives. Not the easiest display to setup/change.

I shouldn't complain. Bought it "as is" for $30 at auction. They had no keys so once I got it home I had to take it apart to get the locks off and open it up. Nothing on the display side however the storage on the rear had quite a bit of inventory inside. Found a couple of NIB fixed blades, (two Case and one Buck) as well as six or seven Buck Trappers, 301 Stockman and others, all NIB. Thought it felt kind of heavy but nothing was rattling so figured it was just the pressboard construction giving it the weight. I figured the display was worth at least the $30 I paid for it. Everything inside was just gravy. Wish it would have been full of BG-42 110's.
 
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First off I would say try to fix yours up so it can't be carried off or broken into easily. Here is photo of my old 300 series knife show display. The uprights are old Buck counter top displays. The one in the middle was two sided and on a swivel. The others were just one sided. They came with locks. I bet you end up redoing the inside back board to something you can get more knives into. The counter top displays on top were re-worked with plexi shelves and the edges highly polished. I made the shelves just wide enough for the blade of the particular model to be upright. But I don't think you want that. Likely you will want it where the main blade is open, or in special cases of ID on reverse of secondary blades, maybe one of those open also. That angle will be so you can have knife open and read the tang but will effect spring tension in as minimum a way as possible. If you use shelves you will have to fix something to hold them at an angle to increase the number you can get on any shelf, maybe a bent piece of plexi. Thin polycarb clear can be easily bent after heating with a hair dryer. If you plan to get them out and handle them that will have to be considered also. If not you could tie them to a backboard with heavy mono fishing line. Magnets have been used by some, but in this day an age powerful magnets are not something you want to hold close to certain electronic devices. Home display and show display has to be somewhat different. Display cases at shows have to be locked. I keep my upright displays set up in my man room but do not store knives in them for security reasons. I have a small 2ft by 2ft wooden shelf wall display by my desk that I keep stuff on to look at an fool with. Some are junk, or ones maybe I am taking photos of. Knives are to be enjoyed, but I can enjoy a few at a time without risking high dollar loss to thieves. I go thru and fiddle with them once in a while, but keep 99% locked up. I have thought about making a small glass top (heavy plexi) chair side wood table to put out a few extra ones but haven't so far. Go to a bigger show and most of the folks will talk about the satisfaction of hearing that heavy metal 'thunk' as you close an lock you collection in a safe at home.
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This is my old display, not used anymore.
 
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