David Martin article in BCCI....

jbmonkey said:
wonder if buck could make one of these 334 or the 317 today, and have it financially make sense to do it? I'm leaning towards no or they would already be doing it. course I have no idear. seems to be a market for these least in the collectible side of the old camillus made ones. see some high dollars for what they are.

we know the original tooling was camillus and it's at bear and son or somewhere else now and likely in poor shape, but who knows?

no idear what it would cost buck to buy tooling like this to do it. I dont expect it would be cheap though. I wonder if we'll ever see an American made version of these long gones ever again.......

then again maybe the collectors would prefer we dont, so the values and rarities stay high on them?

others thoughts? thanks.....
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Buck made a two bladed 110 for SMKW. Maybe a year back? It is essentially a a large locking trapper. I don't see why it would be that much harder to make the same knife without the locks. But I'm not a cutler either, so I probably don't know anything. I think it comes down to. Does Buck management think there is much of a market for that kind of knife? I'm guessing they don't or they would be making them. And they are probably right. A few of us old codgers would buy one, but not likely enough to make it profitable. The young crowd doesn't go for slip joint knives. At least not the ones I work with.

O.B.
 
David Martin said:
You can see on gsea's 334 Trapper the entire knife is held together with 2 pins; the pocket pin ( which we call the pivot pin) and the middle
handle pin. Hence, notice it has a larger head. Then the sleeve for the lanyard hole is made with a rolled lip on it which acts as a holding pin for the rear of the knife. None of the other pins extend through the knife, they function to hold the slabs on. Which there are 2 of these
on each side. So, this model has 3 pins that extend through and 4 handle pins. Not much to it. The 110 is made in the same format but
usually with 2 in the rear. DM
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Nice wright up !
 
Yeah it's an old thread, and folks frown upon resurrecting them.....
But I've been reading this, and in honor of David Martin, well, I couldn't help myself.

Thanks JB for posting this back then.
This thread shows the human side of a man I never got the luxury of meeting.....


Thanks.
 
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I really do miss David posting and comments here. I always considered David to be an expert on Buck knives of various models and looked forward to his opinions on those topics. Sometimes he might get it wrong or forget but he was quick to admit it once he realized it and correct the mistake. David was an honorable man and helped many people here to learn and discover a pleasant experience of collecting. RIP DM.
 
Lesknife said:
I really do miss David posting and comments here. I always considered David to be an expert on Buck knives of various models and looked forward to his opinions on those topics. Sometimes he might get it wrong or forget but he was quick to admit it once he realized it and correct the mistake. David was an honorable man and helped many people here to learn and discover a pleasant experience of collecting. RIP DM.
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well said, Sir.
 
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