clamshell packaging

mars5l said:
Do you keep it for your user knives or toss it out?
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The important word here is "user". I'd say once the knife is used having the clamshell adds no value so I say pitch it.
As a collector I avoid clamshell although I do have some. I have tried various methods of opening from the rear so it still looks intact from the front.
I have to be able to fondle my knives and it's tough to open a clamshell neatly and still call your knife "as new in box"
 
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I have three Buck Knives that I bought in the last two years that came in clamshell packages; two versions of the current 110 50th Anniversary models and a Buck 113 fixed blade skinning knife. I opened them all very carefully with a thought towards keeping the packages, however I ended up keeping only the papers that came packed inside with the knives and tossing the clamshells. I have used the 113 to skin a couple of deer, but I intend to keep the 110's in pristine shape - the packages wouldn't allow me to handle or open my knives - so the plastic is gone! OH
 
thats kinda my issue right now. I bought a 110 Boone and Crocket Collecter tin from Dicks sportings goods. I can acutally put it all back in the clam shell just find since it was a snap together type. But they have a 50th aniv 110 I wouldnt mind adding for the collector part of my collection. Just bought my 340 from BPS I kept the packaging mostly in tact, but it has become my EDC. But im also the type to keep all my boxes for anything hobby wise I have for that just incase scenario I can still say I have the packaging if I need to sell it. I have all my boxes for all my fishing reels that came with one, same for all my camera equipment. I guess I want a box I need to find a retailer that does them or order from buck. Too bad you cant order empty but labeled boxes from buck for a $1
 
I don't have the patience or the skill to open a clamshell carefully enough to make it worth saving, so after that new Buck is in my hands, everything else goes in the trash.
 
The last time I bought a buck in a clamshell, I used another buck to slice it open and get out the new beauty! :)
 
Bighaze51 said:
The last time I bought a buck in a clamshell, I used another buck to slice it open and get out the new beauty! :)
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Ha - me too! The Sheepfoot blade on my Buck 301 freed my other Buck's from their clamshell prison cells!
 
Once it is a user then I would say the box/clam shell is of little value. I had a large collection of boxes to match my large collection of knives and I got rid of several of the less important boxes a few years ago....
 
If my knife is going to be a user then the package will go. If I am going to save a BUCK and it is in a clamshell packaging I do not open it. For some reason if I do not get rid of the packaging or box for a user it will get pulled from rotation and back in the box.
Bighaze51, Old Hunter
I do the same on opening my new knives and go one step farther. I open new Buck with a Buck and open a new Case with a Case.
Bob
 
Liberando said:
I don't have the patience or the skill to open a clamshell carefully enough to make it worth saving, so after that new Buck is in my hands, everything else goes in the trash.
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Ditto for me, plus I'm not collecting knives with any idea of preserving them in mint condition. Every knife a user knife.
 
You guys are talking a valid point from the collector point of view. When buying a clamshell packaged Buck, what is the proper thing to do to make it the most valuable as a collector piece. My first reaction would be to, not open the package. If you want a user sure get it out. But, are opened clamshells even with unused - mint knives a strike against you. Like having a box with no papers is a strike or a torn up box is also.

I don't know what to say that is absolutely correct. I do have a couple of the first knives in clam packing and the package is starting to break down, getting brittle and break if bent. Could they have been in a store window with sunlight on them or in a store fire with heat or smoke damage. I don't know. I have never opened them up. One of them is a Bucklite Workman series.

Has anyone read anything in a knife chat area or mag about this..... I will say I do not like clam packs but I realize they cut costs.

300
 
I would think they cost more than a just a simple box with a label. I think its more about being able to display and have the security tag inside. I guess I can stick to buying a clamshell version, and if I like it ill just order one that comes in a box
 
I tried to open and keep a clam pack for a 529 Buckskin with sim lizzard. Came with a wallet. Like 300 said, got brittle and cracked. Never again, if I want one for collection, I'll hold out for a box. User? Toss it.
 
Just an fyi, if you are unsure if a product is even available in a box, look in the pricelist and it will tell,,, I know BCCI people get a catalog and pricelist every year,, not sure about the rest of you and catalogs!
 
Interesting thread, I have this clammie still sealed from an ebay purchase. Tried a few times to narrow down its age and closest I could come is about 2004, give or take. one of these days I'll take another buck to it.

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