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I recently traded for a 1st production run Buck Strider 880 SP and when I first recieved it I was thinking that the knife was exactly like the regular production run 880s with the exception of the blade steel. I guess most know the first prod. run knives were all BG-42 steel and the regular prod. are ATS34.
But aside from the difference in blade steel I noticed right off the bat when comparing the SP 1st Prod knife side by side with my 880 Tanto that the liners are thicker on the first prod. As a result the whole knife is .020 thicker also. The blade is also slightly thicker but not by enough to make note of.
Just thought I'd share this with anyone that wanted to know just in case the opportunity comes up to acquire one of these massively overbuilt first production run knives.
First Prod. Run 880 in BG42 Lock thickness = .083 on my knife, liner is the same.
Regular Prod 880 in ATS34 Lock thickness = .072 on my knife, liner is the same.
See picture. Note: you can really see the difference in thickness where the lock and the blade mate together.
The whole knife is thicker by the same amount as the difference in the liner thicknesses.
But aside from the difference in blade steel I noticed right off the bat when comparing the SP 1st Prod knife side by side with my 880 Tanto that the liners are thicker on the first prod. As a result the whole knife is .020 thicker also. The blade is also slightly thicker but not by enough to make note of.
Just thought I'd share this with anyone that wanted to know just in case the opportunity comes up to acquire one of these massively overbuilt first production run knives.
First Prod. Run 880 in BG42 Lock thickness = .083 on my knife, liner is the same.
Regular Prod 880 in ATS34 Lock thickness = .072 on my knife, liner is the same.
See picture. Note: you can really see the difference in thickness where the lock and the blade mate together.
The whole knife is thicker by the same amount as the difference in the liner thicknesses.
