Custom Rigid knives made by Buck knife Employee

[jb4570]

hi JB 4570
btw did you see thge email 300 sent on what a 4570 can do? speachless..

thanks for the link to what sharpe was quoteing from ..
i will copy and save that and this for referance in the future
i had some one tell me of that once but mostly
when you are sittiing around with a bunch of buck nuts and hear them thak
some times you learn some thing ...
even at the gater show some one asked of the link of the two...

for me i have seen some of the work Frank Buck did and another custom shop worker
and some of rigid's large bowies have the ghost of that stile in them
as to the 112 type rigids i have seen them for sale and they look like a 112 copy
as to what Vern said ...
well i have to believe that a rigid clone may have a real buck 112 blade in it ....

Yep Dave,

The 4570 will do the trick on four legged or two legged critters. I just love that short stubby cigar cartridge and it's mean with both black powder or smokeless.

As to Rigid knives, I could care less what the old politics were, stolen ideas or liberated parts as rumored with hearsay today, to me it's not polite to speak ill of the dead and some of those folks have gone to meet their maker and can no longer defend their names in a public forum (Nuff said on that from me).

I have fond memories of those days as a young boy in Big 5 sporting goods, standing in front of two glass top wood display cases sitting side by side. One had the tried and true Buck's knives and the other had those larger than life Rigid knives, those displays looked just like the ones I posted above and I wanted them all (some things never change). I was 13 in 1973 and had to mowed a whole lot of grass to get each knife I had back then. The test of time, I have 1 old Rigid knife and I have many, many Buck knives!

I see the ghost of many folks from the past in a lot of knives that are getting made by others today. It makes good business since to copy an innovators product when it's "hot" and try to get some of their market share, Capitalism at it's best. The vintage Rigid shop 70-80 died. I have no idea what their knives were like at the end, I only remember the ones in that display case and not one of them looks like a Buck 112. In 1980 the Rigid name was sold to Smoky Mtn. and they did manufacture knives with the Rigid name did they copy the 112? I don't really care, Smoky Mnt. had the name from 80-87. In 1987 Smoky Mountain Knife Works took over as a retail brand name, I think they have United Cutlery making those knives with the Rigid name today.

So as to what has been said in this thread, believe what you want. I hope folks learned a little from the spotty history of a short lived company. Though the name still lives today, it's not what it once was, not by a long shot IMHO. Enjoy life as it's much to short my friends and I hope when I'm gone someone would try to defend my name...even if I should be deemed not worth it.
jb4570

 

[110 Dave]

JB you speak very well and i stand corrected on manners..
if the others can let it pass on i should also
capitalism at its best... yes well spoken
i learned some some thing today and that is
the last thought you expressed is worth thinking about...

 

[110 Dave]

OK i am contuneing to learn from this thread..
i have been contacted by some folks with questions and information..

FIRST!- i had never talked to Leroy concerning Rigid Knives
or got any information from him about Rigid !
i was asked this directly via email on that..
yes i talk to Leroy, he is a good friend, much of it is hunting or jest BS..
but folks i communicate with a LOT of people about knives
and that jest happens includes a number of former buck employees ...
and i DO NOT keep notes as to what any of them said!!

it was said to me of Rigid by more then one and on checking ..
it seems that forum thread that was referenced was what one heard it from,
another said it was a rummer he heard when he worked there
..i dont recall who else i heard it from ..

2ed
per a friend or two of the former Rigid owners..
the locking design of their folders,
while similar, is heaver then Bucks
and the blades are not interchangeable.
the designs which may be similar are theirs..
they did not copy any one..
SO..
to the friend of a former Rigid owner who emailed me then called
and to the former Rigid owners
my apologies, the information i had was not reliable..
i stand corrected..that rummer is debunked far as i am concerned