custom steel choice?

[110 Dave]

well Buck has run out of some custom steel choices.
they will run low on what is left some time...
SO
what would you like to see them reorder even if in very limited quantities?
note this don't mean they will order it..

it is only for that you can say what you would like to see available and know they will see this thread and poll..
i would love to have some different steels in my 110 if the type is stamped cross the front flat like the bg42 was..
i listed some choices for you to vote for..
cast a vote for any (as in more then one) you might would like to order and
how you would like it marked ...

 

[DarrylS]

...I also like the steel type marked as they now do the BG-42...I sure wish I could see some of the old carbon damascus come back...Of course I'd love to see Paul B. exert some magic on the old 440C too...Just fantasizin' ya know...

 

[300Bucks]

Dave, Can I play in this game and want some custom steel for slipjoints....
Dami and/or mirror polished 440c.....Red Bone scale with BUCK script engraved on shield.......Regular tang stamp.............300Bucks

 

[wh4f]

I like the current steels available, stamps arent that important to me at all either...

I just like they way they cut and hold an edge. However I always did favor the BUCK script stamp, and the BOS logo. Designers choice? Nahh.... My first 2 customs didnt have it...

Date stamps?? YES PLEASE!!! THEY'RE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Buckaholic]

Fuzzy pics, but you get the idea.
The second knife (elk w/ red liner) is NOT a custom shop blade. Although the fourth knife (Koa) does not have a "DESIGNER'S CHOICE" stamp, it is also a Custom Shop order (2007).

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[Scott Hartman]

I could go for some D2(it's been done before), with the Bos logo & steel type on the front flat, and a tang stamp unique to the custom shop...the "designers choice" stamp has never done much to excite me.

 

[Rocinante]

Make "Designer's Choice" go away forever.

Ban the use of the common Buck stamp on any Custom Shoppe Knives.....make the customs unique.

For sure.

 

[I4Bucks]

I think that if they did the old English script for BUCK CUSTOM then the year date then it would not be like a normal knife!!! I also like BG 42, S30V, 440C, Damascus, heat treated by Paul Bos. :thumbup: HL

 

[Buckaholic]

I think that if they did the old English script for BUCK CUSTOM then the year date then it would not be like a normal knife!!! I also like BG 42, S30V, 440C, Damascus, heat treated by Paul Bos. :thumbup: HL

I like the "BUCK CUSTOM" in Olde English font too. Never hit me until looking at the pic that the reverse side saying "DESIGNER's CHOICE" is kind of redundant.
Maybe put a special year stamp...or dang, just stamp the actual year on the blade.

Keeping in mind that stamping the year the blade was made versus the actual build of the knife is two diff things. They might run a lot of blades that don't sell out in a particular year.

 

[David Martin]

I agree with I4bucks and Buckaholic. Plus an offering of different blade shape ie. a drop pt.. DM

 

[rdg]

I've got 3 bucks with BG-42 blades and I LOVE THEM. But, I would really love to see the 110 offered with a properly heat treated M2 blade. That would be the only thing that might get the finger grooved BG-42 110 off my belt. Otherwise I'm sticking with what I've got.
Bob

 

[AfterTFD]

0-1 or 0-6 or A-2 or D2, or 440c

How often are these available?

I only found out this morning that Buck sells customs. I gotta get one.

 

[110 Dave]

How often are these available?
0-1 or 0-6 or A-2 or D2, or 440c
I only found out this morning that Buck sells customs. I gotta get one.

440c was std years ago...
but heat treat is now done by BOS so it could be a supper steel now...
d2 was only on a 119 i think
the others have never been offered i gont think,,,
i have NO knolage if Buck will look in to this ...
this is jest like a later to santa Chuck and his Elvises ...
ya put your name on it and send it off to the
north pole sub station post falls , wish real hard ..and be a good boy ..

 

[WilltheBarb]

I would really like to see CPM D2. I’ve been using a composite Leek with a CPM D2 cutting edge and this stuff will take a mythic edge. Really, it sharpens like no stainless steel I’ve ever worked with. The edge is like silk. You could easily cut yourself and not notice. I would love to have a 110 in this stuff. I wouldn’t even mind a foot note in the warrantee about rust and carbon steel.

 

[David Martin]

I would really like to see CPM D2. I’ve been using a composite Leek with a CPM D2 cutting edge and this stuff will take a mythic edge. Really, it sharpens like no stainless steel I’ve ever worked with. The edge is like silk. You could easily cut yourself and not notice. I would love to have a 110 in this stuff. I wouldn’t even mind a foot note in the warrantee about rust and carbon steel.

Barb, I don't guess I know what your talking about, because CPM doesn't make such. DM

 

[David Martin]

I've got 3 bucks with BG-42 blades and I LOVE THEM. But, I would really love to see the 110 offered with a properly heat treated M2 blade. That would be the only thing that might get the finger grooved BG-42 110 off my belt. Otherwise I'm sticking with what I've got.
Bob

rdg, M2-- thats a nonstainless high speed steel. It would out preform BG42 and come close to S30V. Just a non-stainless version.:barf:

 

[wh4f]

Barb, I don't guess I know what your talking about, because CPM doesn't make such. DM

Are you sure? Positive????

Google CPM D2 once


XXXXXXXX knives has released their classic large Military folder (Model XXXXXXXXX) with an experimental new D2 tool steel blade. It’s an experimental steel made by Crucible which maintains the D2 chemistry, but it is made in a particle metallurgy format

 

[AfterTFD]

I think that D2 and CPM D2 are different. I haven't had much luck trying to find information on the subject that I can understand.

 

[wh4f]

I think that D2 and CPM D2 are different. I haven't had much luck trying to find information on whether or not there is actually an effective difference between the two.

There is a difference! Its just like the difference between CPM154 and 154CM.


Copied from doug ritter dot com:

The process of producing CPM (Crucible Particle Metallurgy) steels involves gas atomization of pre-alloyed molten steel to form powder. This powder is then screened and then isostatically compressed into 100% dense compacts. The CPM process produces steels withe no alloy segregation and extremely uniform carbide distribution characterized by superior dimensional stability, grindability, and toughness compared to steels produced by conventional processes.

 

[WilltheBarb]

Thanks wh4f, I appreciate the support. The blade says
CPM D2 on it. I was sure I hadn’t imagined it.