Come and get your...........305

[Hickory n steel]

I completely forgot there was a red bone 305 , but again a great member found a 305 on Ebay that I didn't have and sent me the link.


it looks like there may be a little bit of epoxy or something around the shield, but otherwise seems to be an excellent example, I can deal with that glue or whatever no problem when I get it.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I can't really tell from that picture but it looks like the jigging might be different than on the Buckbone which would mean Buck had 3 different jigged bone patterns.


I'll compare them better when the knife arrives.

 

[Old Hunter]

Nice red bone. Wonder if the bone came to Buck pre-jigged from the supplier? OH

 

[Hickory n steel]

Nice red bone. Wonder if the bone came to Buck pre-jigged from the supplier? OH

I would imagine so.
There's just no way a company who had only been making their own slipjoints for a few years and only using jigged bone on a limited basis could nail it so well especially on a small little knife like the 305.
You've got companies like Bear & Sons who've been at it for a long time and still do jigged bone that looks like it came from Frost cutlery, yet Bucks jigged bone is right up there with Case.

 

[Hickory n steel]

The knife arrived and it's beautiful.

Is there anything else that could come in this box to give them reason to print KNIFE on the side so you knew it had a knife in it ?

It's definitely the same jigging as the Buckbone, but significantly nicer because it has a rocker pin and a shield.


Being a 1988 it's also a single spring which I didn't think about, it happens to have the absolute best snap of all my 305's too but I know that's not just an inherent trait of the single spring knives.


That was just some excess factory glue around the shield, it came right off with a toothpick.

 

[jmh33]

The knife arrived and it's beautiful.

Is there anything else that could come in this box to give them reason to print KNIFE on the side so you knew it had a knife in it ?

It's definitely the same jigging as the Buckbone, but significantly nicer because it has a rocker pin and a shield.


Being a 1988 it's also a single spring which I didn't think about, it happens to have the absolute best snap of all my 305's too but I know that's not just an inherent trait of the single spring knives.


That was just some excess factory glue around the shield, it came right off with a toothpick.

Really nice!!
Congrats!!
BOTM material right there!!
John

 

[Hickory n steel]

Really nice!!
Congrats!!
BOTM material right there!!
John

BOTY material if you ask me.
Too bad they don't make 'em anymore and it's been about 25 years since they made 'em like they used to.

 

[jbmonkey]

title of this thread almost implies you're handing out 305s.........

nice knife and good grab.....

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Nice score, you're amassing quite the collection.

 

[Hickory n steel]

title of this thread almost implies you're handing out 305s.........

nice knife and good grab.....

Well I do have a stag 305 that I scored fairly cheap to pass along to a fellow Buck collector.

 

[jbmonkey]

Well I do have a stag 305 that I scored fairly cheap to pass along to a fellow Buck collector.

keep it for the collection......fits in nicely with the group.

 

[Hickory n steel]

keep it for the collection......fits in nicely with the group.

I have 2 and like my other one more, plus they're all users and I don't need one I'm not going to carry.
If it doesn't end up with somebody here I'll probably just give it to my uncle who favors small knives like the 305 as much as I do.

 

[jbmonkey]

I have 2 and like my other one more, plus they're all users and I don't need one I'm not going to carry.
If it doesn't end up with somebody here I'll probably just give it to my uncle who favors small knives like the 305 as much as I do.

be a very nice gift for your uncle.......that's a good plan

 

[Hickory n steel]

be a very nice gift for your uncle.......that's a good plan

If it doesn't go to anybody here it will.

 

[DeSotoSky]

Engraved (both sides) red bones. Smoky Mountain about '88/'89. Serialized sets.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Engraved (both sides) red bones. Smoky Mountain about '88/'89. Serialized sets.

So those came together as sets and I don't have to worry about trying to get one of those engraved 305's right?

 

[DeSotoSky]

So those came together as sets and I don't have to worry about trying to get one of those engraved 305's right?

As far as I know only in sets.

 

[Old Hunter]

So those came together as sets and I don't have to worry about trying to get one of those engraved 305's right?

No need not to look for one, many sets (think of all the Case sets) get broken up and sold individually. Put it on your list, you just never know. OH

 

[Hickory n steel]

No need not to look for one, many sets (think of all the Case sets) get broken up and sold individually. Put it on your list, you just never know. OH

I'd consider the likelihood of finding one small, but I'll keep an eye out.