Buck nemo 122?

David Martin said:
I miss the Saturday adventures with Lloyd Bridges and his Nemo. DM
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Desoto asked the question, but then edited his post. I'm curious as well and was waiting for the answer. Did Lloyd Bridges use a Buck Nemo on Sea Hunt?
 
TAH said:
Desoto asked the question, but then edited his post. I'm curious as well and was waiting for the answer. Did Lloyd Bridges use a Buck Nemo on Sea Hunt?
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Wait a minute. Dah! Sea Hunt ran from 1958-1961. Nemo was introduced in 1967. Never mind.
 
Gratuitous hijack has been removed. Sometimes I just can’t help myself...
 
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Yep but we didn't get a TV until 62. So, I guess I was watching reruns. His knife looked a lot like it. So, it must have been in the James Bond movie 'Thunderball'. That would be cool. They always had lots of pretty girls in those. DM
 
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In Thunderball bond had a knife with a sheath similar to the Nemo. But the knife was totally different.

Haebbie
 
Ok, Haebbie that was it. Man you guys are in a research mode. A shame they didn't have the Nemo in a movie. DM
 
David Martin said:
A shame they didn't have the Nemo in a movie.
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Perhaps this movie. :)

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You had a good cup of coffee this morning. My kids watched that but I never saw that Buck model in it. DM
 
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The collector value on the Buck Nemo is pretty breath taking, I seen one in excellent condition with sheath sell for $1,295.00 It was the 1967 edition with white spacers, no box ! :eek:
 
I remember when the Buck “Nemo” was advertised in Skin Diver magazine. Dick Anderson, a well-known diver, visited the plant to obtain a first hand story on the new knife. After being shown around Dick asked if the knife could be put to the test and would it chop through a bolt. Sure they said and then Dick produced a bolt from his pocket. Being a bit of a practical joker he did not let on that it was a super hard military hardware bolt. The hammer came down on the back of the “Nemo” blade and a half moon of metal chipped out of the edge. Dirty pool everyone cried and Dick revealed his sleight of hand in bringing a not so ordinary bolt.

The company had the last laugh when on leaving Dick was presented with a brand new “Nemo” in a box as a memento of his visit. You guessed it as when he got home and opened the box the sparkling “Nemo” had a half moon chip out of it.

The “Nemo” was also sold as the “Frontiersman” with a leather sheath.
 
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gedlicks said:
Here is the version with the white teflon spacers which is a 2-line I don't remember there being a tip up 122 stamped 3 line version but I may be wrong. I cannot find my paper on the 122/124 timeline
at the moment. I also have a black/grey micarta NIB serrated 2 liner nemo with thong hole, serrated blade, and nemo sheath complete with included paperwork. I will post pictures of it in awhile when
my camera battery charges up.

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Here is the version with brown spacers
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There is a tip up 3 line stamped 122 serrated as I owned both few years ago.

Knife by the OP is a 1971 which was one of my favourites. The version I had was actually stamped 124 on the guard underneath.
 
I came to this thread (and a related other) as there was mention of Mike Nelson and the "Nemo". I have the entire "Sea Hunt" series on DVD and also watched the show as a youngster during its first run and never saw the "Nemo" used on the TV program. Lloyd Bridges, who was born to play the role, was a diver in his own right and even more so after starring in the role. He probably had a "Nemo" as many sought his endorsement on dive products, or just wanted to express their appreciation of his iconic contribution to the sport of Skindiving and he will never be forgotten. One knife that he did use was the D-guard US Divers "Vulcan" which was good in its day, but was not without faults. Today they are collectors’ items and sell for much more than are intrinsically worth.
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There is a gap in the dive market today which is burgeoning with various blades of countless shapes for another D-guard handle. The advantage in some situations is pulling your knife sight unseen out of its sheath and not dropping it if in real trouble such as freeing yourself from an unsuspected snag on kelp strands. Now this is a rare occurrence, but has proven fatal for freediving spearfishermen. Many divers like myself carry two blades, one as a back-up and of different sizes and for slightly different purposes. In my case a kill knife stiletto with double edges, one serrated, and a hammer butt knife with various combined edges and a line cutter. The latter is worn on my dive belt as it is worn in conjunction with a weight belt which has nothing on it but numerous lead weights. It would be great as an option for a D-guard handle on the primary knife, but no such handles are available as dive knives today. One such as that shown below could possibly be used in diving, but preferably one in saltwater resistant materials and with the D-guard in plastic for improved gripping when drawing the blade from its sheath.
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The key word is "after", but I was not going to change the sentence, and he starred in underwater roles such as "Around the World Under the Sea" in 1966. He didn't give up diving after "Sea Hunt" and there was plenty of time to obtain a "Nemo" for any diving after that, so your second comment does not rule out anything. Personally I don't care who uses a knife, it is what it means to me that counts, not if someone famous used it, the exception being Jim Bowie. Although I am not convinced that the Bart Moore Bowie is the Alamo knife, I bought a replica of it anyway because the saw tooth blade catcher was pretty cool and you can never rule anything out (although the grind on the blade is wrong).

Lloyd Bridges also had a role as a hard hat diver in the 1948 film "Sixteen Fathoms Deep".
 
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