Buck Steel Master 137

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harlangspencer

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Hello to ya'll, This is my first question. I am a new member and look forward to gaining much information.
My question. I have had a Buck Steel Master sharpening steel for several decades. I have a memory like Bill Clinton, so i don't remember exactly when I got it, but i know it was a long time ago.
How popular are these and how rare are they. I always take mine to the field with me and none of the other hunters that i have hunted with have ever seen one. Of course some of them will sharpen there blades on a piece of sand stone they pick up off the ground.
What do ya'll know about this steel?
 
I guess that my little sharpening steel is not of any interest.
In a great movie one of the actors said, "I believe she is looking up her nose at you."
Well, have a nice weekend, don't worry about me, I'll just craw in my little hole and wait for the weather to cool down some more.
Spence:
 
harlangspencer said:
I guess that my little sharpening steel is not of any interest. Well, maybe I should go somewhere else to find out what I was looking for.....Well, have a nice weekend, don't worry about me...
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i was not on line for very long so i did not have time to comment on your steel yesterday...
i have seen them used and tryed them... i like them but not to carry in pocket at work... i prefer the round steels to the flat... but that is what i learned on...
i worked in restrants as a cooks helper when 14 and 15 and used ontario meat knives...
as to sharpening a knife at work on a construction site ...
ceramic dog bone in the tool box was the best!!!
for skinning i took a tungston rod and used a diamond hone to micro scratch it long ways like a steel and put a handle on it and it will freshen up and final touch to sceary sharp on 440c
and supper steels .. i cut my self and had to look to see if it was deep enught to bleed as it did not hurt...
takeing hair off the arm is so easy...
getting one sharp as a glass sliver is not ...
as to being rare? they show up on ebay a lot but are not a collector item as a rule unless part of a display on hunting knives...normanly go for 20 to 30 Bucks...
 
harlangspencer said:
I guess that my little sharpening steel is not of any interest. Well, maybe I should go somewhere else to find out what I was looking for.
Who am I to think that a bunch of know it all's like ya'll would be interested any anything that I have. If anyone ever reads this well maybe your get a laugh out of it anyway.
My dad told me one time that there are some people with there nose stuck so high in the air that they can't even see what's under their nose. In a great movie one of the actors said, "I believe she is looking up her nose at you."
Well, have a nice weekend, don't worry about me, I'll just craw in my little hole and wait for the weather to cool down some more.
Spence:jerkit::yawn:
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Spence,
A shame that you stuck this post in here like you did.

What happens a lot of times, and it has happened to you, is that no one had any immediate comments that they could toss out for you.

As long as I have been here, I have seen no one claim to sharpen a Buck using one of the steel masters or the hone master. And yes, I have two of them, just for collectability. One was laying within arms reach and I am fondeling it as we speak.

So maybe everyone was just a watin to see if someone poped in that actually has used one, or uses one on a regular basis.

As for me, I have been working all weekend and this is the first time I have been on in a few days. That happens to others here also.

The 137 steel master is a really cool tool. I do actually carry the user one I have in my backpack during hunting season, but have never actually used it to try and sharpen a knife, other than just playing around.

In my years of hunting, I have used the lansky clamp system as it helps me, being sharpening challenged, at least keep the same angle on a blade.

So, will say welcome to the Buck forum. Come on in and get to know all of us stuck up jerkos, just maybe we aint so bad as we think we are.. :D

Larry

ps...i'm just glad you didn't ask about the hone master,,,,whew... total cold shoulder on that one....:eek::D
 
Well, alright then. I guess I am just like those folks that disgust me some times. "I want it now!!!"
Please except my apology and before I stick my toung out and wagg it, I need to cool down a little. My second post was mostly for fun in that I thought ya'll were just avoiding my question, because you didn't know me. Of late I have been selling off some of my collection due to finance. This hurts a lot. I can't remember how many times I have said, "I will never sell my tools, my guns, or my knives. Granted though I have sold several, I still probably have so many that if for some reason the police came in my house and found everything, they would lay them out on several tables and the press would have a field day.
I hope that I did not offend anyone.
I am thankful for the information that you have given me. I still like to use a steel between sharpening when hunting, a couple of hits on a steel will put that edge back and you can shave again. Just me, but I see all these knives that have been worn out not by use but by not knowing how to sharpen a knife and keep it sharp. I recently had a friend that brought me a knife that he had broken the tip off of and then tried sharping it on a rough bench stone. He wanted to know if I could save it. I told he that I could if all he wanted was to continue to use it, but that it would be a poor selection for a collection.
Thanks again,
Spence
 
harlangspencer...
As for me, you didn't offend me, I felt bad for you in that you took a lack of response as personal.

I don't know anything about that sharpening gizmo, but that is not to say I am not interested. Though I have been waiting for someone to chime in, I didn't write as I would add no value to your inquiry.
However, I am interested in the who, what, where, why, and how regarding the tool. Don't think I have even seen one. The only Buck labled sharpening gizmo I ever owned was a Washita stone.

As for your gizmo, never know when I will run into an opportunity to get one and a little knowledge would be cool. So I've too have been waiting for replies.

Sometimes peeps get heated and disagree on things here, but no one will ignore you intentionally (unless you've been an ass with them before). It's just that no one knows.

So, there ya go. I just wasted drive space on the forum to tell you that I don't know sheet. ;)
 
harlangspencer said:
I still like to use a steel between sharpening when hunting, a couple of hits on a steel will put that edge back and you can shave again.
Spence
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Spence, I really would like to hear about your methods of using the steel. There have been plenty of times I could have used a touch up out in the field.

Bummer that you have to sell off some of your knives. Guns also... Stuff happens.

Hang with us here, hasn't been a lot of comment from anyone that actually uses a 137 that I remember. So fill us in. Maybe we can get some use out of these things instead of them just being something we have collected.

:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Can't believe you don't have one Goose. They really are cool tools. Jump in the bay, I think there is one listed there now. Sorry the cam is not available..
 
Pack Rat said:
Can't believe you don't have one Goose. They really are cool tools. Jump in the bay, I think there is one listed there now. Sorry the cam is not available..
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Pack Rat, May I help you with two pic's?





It is NOT for sale, just to have a look.

Please excuse the bad quality.

Best,
Haebbie
 
Cool Deal Haebbie. I will also mention that the steel part has Buck (in script) 137 USA (three lines) on the opposite end of the chisel tip. Least this one does.

And that the sheath is a nice leather sheath resembling a 110 sheath that is trimmed down in thickness for the 137.

The paper that is in my minty says to use the coarse and fine sides as you would a sharpening stone and the edges as you would a butchers steel. The chisel tip is for cutting through gristle and bone and is not tempered for use as a cold chisel.

The steel locks into the metal frame as a handle.
 
Patience, friend. Sooner or later someone will see it and have an answer. Some folks only get online occasionally. I recently spent three months out of the loop because of illness. Believe me, this place is one of the best resources you'll ever come across for knife stuff.

Regarding the sharpener: I believe we found one of these in my grandfather's toolbox/fishing box years after he died. No sheath, pieces were separated; we found out they go together by accident. We thought it was some kind of file, or something like that. I've always loved cool mechanical 'gizzys' (my dad's name for 'gizmo'), so they gave me this as a keepsake. Lost track of it later, much to my regret.

thx - cpr
 
harlangspencer said:
I guess that my little sharpening steel is not of any interest. Well, maybe I should go somewhere else to find out what I was looking for.
Who am I to think that a bunch of know it all's like ya'll would be interested any anything that I have. If anyone ever reads this well maybe your get a laugh out of it anyway.
My dad told me one time that there are some people with there nose stuck so high in the air that they can't even see what's under their nose. In a great movie one of the actors said, "I believe she is looking up her nose at you."
Well, have a nice weekend, don't worry about me, I'll just craw in my little hole and wait for the weather to cool down some more.
Spence:jerkit::yawn:
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Hi hlsr,

:eek::mad: now hold on there pal....some weekends not many folks are around this forum and some weekends there are a lot of folks around. When I was new to this site like you are now....I asked a question about how folks here build/displayed their knives and I got zero response...:(:o:confused:. So I will say this to you...Welcome to the Buck forum :thumbup:. Remember "If at first you do not succeed; try, try, again". About one year after I had asked the display question...another fellow asked the same thing and got two pages of response...go figure. This site has a bunch of wonderful folks that are my extended family...Buck family that is...we may rub each other wrong from time to time....but, hay that's what family is for:D.

I was out of town this weekend and did not see this until now. I'm sorry to say that I don't have one of those sharpeners and can't comment on it for you. I use a lansky set up to get my Bucks hair popping sharp;).

jb4570
 
harlangspencer said:
Well, alright then. I guess I am just like those folks that disgust me some times. "I want it now!!!"

Please except my apology and before I stick my toung out and wagg it, I need to cool down a little.
I hope that I did not offend anyone.

I am thankful for the information that you have given me.
Thanks again,
Spence
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hi again spence -
you can edit your post- or did you know that ...
would be nice if you did edit out thejerk and some langauge..
the quoted by others wont edit but may be they will on there own and all will be right for the younger buck collectors that will read what dad it typeing...
tho it is a multi purpose tool i still like a reg steel better my self...
 
334 Dave, thank you for the information about editing. I had not noticed that those words were in my message. It appears that someone can also edit my reply. I know that I did not put them there, though I am impatiant, I am not pron to use those kinds of words that followed my name at anytime.

Anyway, to those that asked how I use the little tool. I use it just like a regular steel. For those that prefer the round steels; the edges are convex and will work just like a regular steel. I have taught myself how to sharpen a knive with out all the gadgets. Infact, I have a Linsky's and I only used it one time. The consept is good, but because of my experience sharpening knives all it did for me was let me know that yes it will sharpen a knife, but it is a slow process and takes too long, if your trying to get a job done. I have found that the problem most people have in sharpening, is that they push to hard on the stone or steel and instead of making an edge they make a good knife into a club. The blades are all scratched up and are rough. I began sharpening years ago with a soft Arkansas stone, I now us the diamond processed stones and really like them. I finish off with a strop that I have added a buffing compound to.
Thank ya'll for helping me fit in a little better. I will strive to be more patient and I do understand that not everyone with this specific knowledge will be on line all the time. I am only getting to spend about 15 minutes a day on the forum myself.
Let the Buck stop here,
spence
 
Spence - One other reason for lack of responses is that "chitchat" on these forums is not allowed and warnings and points are issued to offenders, like me and others who have little to offer in the way of knife related knowledge...

I have never seen a Buck sharpening steel; my Remington R-3 came with a short sheath-mounted round sharpening steel that is pretty much useless but is an interesting addition to a display, so now I have two of those...

I don't really display my knives (I'm not a collector), but a vintage Buck sharpening steel sounds like a cool item to have to display your collection with... :)

Anyone have any pics of other vintage Buck sharpening steels??? (Thanks, Haebbie!) ;)
 
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chickentrax said:
...I don't really display my knives (I'm not a collector)...
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You have got to be kidding?
How many Bucks do ya have Chickadee?
 
Buckaholic said:
You have got to be kidding?
How many Bucks do ya have Chickadee?
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40+ assembled and functional; but that includes about 6 that are composite Buck+homemadeparts knives...and another dozen of "parts" knives not yet cannibalized...

But my point is that I have no definite pattern of acquiring Buck knives; I just accumulate what I think looks [cool/neat/insert adjective here]...To be a collector, you *have* to have a subject for your collection...

I have no pattern, or subject, or goal...just a bunch of closet queens... :rolleyes:

(They don't even get used...my most used knife is an Italian stiletto that I open letters/packages with) :o
 
chickentrax said:
40+ assembled and functional; but that includes about 6 that are composite Buck+homemadeparts knives...and another dozen of "parts" knives not yet cannibalized...

But my point is that I have no definite pattern of acquiring Buck knives; I just accumulate what I think looks [cool/neat/insert adjective here]...To be a collector, you *have* to have a subject for your collection...

I have no pattern, or subject, or goal...just a bunch of closet queens... :rolleyes:

(They don't even get used...my most used knife is an Italian stiletto that I open letters/packages with) :o
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Geez,,,I just learned that I am an accumulator instead of a collector. :eek::D

Or, maybe I'm and eclectic collector. Whatever.... cool/neat/adjectives are fun to accumulate eclectically.. :D Is it ok if that was an adverb instead of an adjective?

Back later,,,gotta go splain to these steels that they are now adjectives.
now where are those meds.. :rolleyes:
 
Sorry; I'm not an English major... :D

The word I was searching for is "theme"...a collection has to have a theme...my local gun show promoters won't even allow an exhibit unless it has a theme...no theme; you get put in with the vendors, not the exhibitors... :grumpy:

I have no theme... :rolleyes:
 
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