Buck, is it true fixed, blade CSAR-T?

[draftpick]

In another post about the csar-t couple days ago, someone went to the factory sale a was told a fixed blade version was going to be made. Can we get an offical word from someone at Buck on this? And maybe some things we might see, blade length, steel, release date?

 

[Colt6731]

From what I heard at the Factory Sale last week was that Buck was going to do another collaboration with TOPS to produce Ron Hood's Hoodlum fixed blade. This is not a fixed blade version of the CSAR-T. From what I have heard TOPS does not make their own knives but contacts with various manufacturers to make them. Rowen Machine in Boise, ID, which makes the ESEE knives, made most of the TOPS knives in the past but is no longer doing businesss with TOPS. I'm kind of confused on how the CSAR-T is a collaboration as Buck used the frame from the Alpha/Bravo series and I cant see it as a TOPS designed knife. The Strider, Simoich, and Mayo knives were all very distinct knife models and Buck did'nt use existing production models to base them on.

 

[J Hubbard]

There will be a TOPS fixed, A Ron Hood Colloboration and a couple other TOPS fixed in the works for 2011

 

[A.P.F.]

There will be a TOPS fixed, A Ron Hood Colloboration and a couple other TOPS fixed in the works for 2011

Outstanding! :thumbup:

 

[draftpick]

I'm kind of confused on how the CSAR-T is a collaboration as Buck used the frame from the Alpha/Bravo series and I cant see it as a TOPS designed knife.

I agree not sure what Tops brought to the table on the CSAR-T unless it was the blade design?

Any thoughts on what the Ron Hoodlum blade steel might be? I already have a couple big 1095 blades and that is what the other Hoodlums were. Would Buck use 420HC?