Buck may be older than we know...

WilltheBarb said:
What the heck is this? http://cgi.ebay.com/EARLY-ANTIQUE-B...608276859QQcategoryZ43331QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem. The tang says Buck but I bet Hoyt never needed a button hook.
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Some current models of Swiss Army Knives (SAKs) also come with a hook.

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Some say that it's used to carry packages tied with string, and others say that it's used to gut birds.

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Skaters, climbers, hikers etc with lace-up boots use a tool with a hook, too (for lacing up boots). The one I had when I was a kid had a wooden T-handle. I could use one now myself... :)

But what is "gretsnap"??? :confused:
 
Those wacky Swiss. I think they still where those high button shoes. They look so good with those big horns and natty little hats.
 
chickentrax said:
Skaters, climbers, hikers etc with lace-up boots use a tool with a hook, too (for lacing up boots). The one I had when I was a kid had a wooden T-handle. I could use one now myself... :)

But what is "gretsnap"??? :confused:
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Ahh yes Chickentrax...Gretsnap...I met her one night in Germany. She was from Switzerland, going to school in England, but visiting Germany.
Memories...
Goose.
 
Buck DID make a small pocketknife with "one slender skinning blade plus gutting hook for feathered game" - Model #321

Buck also collaborated with Wenger for a series of Swiss Bucks in the early 90's - as well as distribute SAK's in the US. From what I can see in the catalogs, none of the Swiss Bucks, nor any of the SAK's shown, have the bird hook.
 
I frequently carry a 321 and this ain’t that. A gut hook is generally bigger, big enough to grab all the junk that goes through the bird’s neck and yank it out. I really don’t think this would do a clean job of it, to small.
 
I doubt that's a Buck at all, none of the "Swissbucks" had a bail and that tang is coldstamped and the blades are carbon steel. Even in it's earliest days, did Buck ever use anything but stainless?
 
The Last Confederate said:
I doubt that's a Buck at all, none of the "Swissbucks" had a bail and that tang is coldstamped and the blades are carbon steel. Even in it's earliest days, did Buck ever use anything but stainless?
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Weren't the fixed blade knives in the early days carbon steel?
 
chickentrax said:
But what is "gretsnap"??? :confused:
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I had to go back to this to try and figure it out...I read his/her other offerings; lots of mis-spellings...I think this is his/her attempt at "great snap"... ;)

...Although I have no idea what that means either... :rolleyes:

I'm going to bid on this... :)
 
Mike Kerins said:
Weren't the fixed blade knives in the early days carbon steel?
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Yeah, I had a brain fart, I was focused on folding knives. Buck's fixed blades were second hand files in the early days.
 
What about that shield [or whatever it is] on the back side??? Isn't that an odd place to put it??? :confused:

Just checked Buck's website on History...No mention of a Ct. (Connecticut?) presence...

TLC - In my basement junkpile, I have a Nicholson file "blank" [no teeth] that was stocked by a paper mill I worked in years ago. They had two tangs, and were used to scrape the huge [20 ft long +] rolls used in the supercalendar stacks. Ground finish; high carbon steel. A lot of custom knives came out of that old Kimberly-Clark mill. It's entirely possible that old-time knifemakers ground at least some of their knives out of file blanks. (Much less work)
 
chickentrax said:
It's entirely possible that old-time knifemakers ground at least some of their knives out of file blanks. (Much less work)
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For sure, many knifemakers have used files for blades, Anza knives does it still today www.anzaknives.com all of their knives are made from old files.
 
chickentrax said:
I had to go back to this to try and figure it out...I read his/her other offerings; lots of mis-spellings...I think this is his/her attempt at "great snap"... ;)

...Although I have no idea what that means either... :rolleyes:

I'm going to bid on this... :)
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I am sure this has already been answered - Great Snap. If you haven't experienced this, pick up an old 303 in good condition and open and close the blades a few times. As I am sure some others do... Keep your fingers out of the way.

As far as Gretsnap, I think I dated her when I was stationed in Frankfurt back in '66. :D
 
It was a semi-interesting knife but I don't think it was made by the Buck company we all know and love though. There must be a Buck Tool Company in England because I often see draw knives and spoke shaves on eBay that are Bucks and I don't think they were made by our Buck. It is funny because it is not a common name.
 
Buck & Hickman of the UK and Buck Bros are(were) tool makers with the possibility of having made the knife in question.
 
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