Early Buck 102?

Mike,
That looks like the real macoy! It is hard to tell from the close up of the stamp but I am betting that it is stamped with a dot before and after the word BUCK. The 102 is clearly a three strike stamping. Most likely the pommel is riveted to the tang. Note the pale white spacers in the middle of the handle. All this puts the knife in what I refer to as Group 5, circa 1948-1949-ish... This would mean that Hoyt most likely ground the blade and had his son Al finish the handle. Hoyt passed away in 1949 just after he taught Al the technique for grinding a great blade out of a file.
The guard looks kinda wavey and usually that means that the piece of lucite that contacts the guard is cracked or missing a piece although I could not see that from the pictures. I would bet money that the guard is loose too.
Having said the above, those are pretty minor distractions to the knife as most i have seen from that era have loose guards. Overall I would say the knife is in very nice condition, especially since the blade is almost full and does not appear to have heavy pitts.
Of course the bad news may be that the early handmades are the only category of Bucks that I agressively collect. Second only to vintage Buck catalogues, they are my favorite. :o :o
So i guess i have a moral dilema to confront.
 
Joe Houser said:
Mike,
That looks like the real macoy! It is hard to tell from the close up of the stamp but I am betting that it is stamped with a dot before and after the word BUCK. The 102 is clearly a three strike stamping. Most likely the pommel is riveted to the tang. Note the pale white spacers in the middle of the handle. All this puts the knife in what I refer to as Group 5, circa 1948-1949-ish... This would mean that Hoyt most likely ground the blade and had his son Al finish the handle. Hoyt passed away in 1949 just after he taught Al the technique for grinding a great blade out of a file.
The guard looks kinda wavey and usually that means that the piece of lucite that contacts the guard is cracked or missing a piece although I could not see that from the pictures. I would bet money that the guard is loose too.
Having said the above, those are pretty minor distractions to the knife as most i have seen from that era have loose guards. Overall I would say the knife is in very nice condition, especially since the blade is almost full and does not appear to have heavy pitts.
Of course the bad news may be that the early handmades are the only category of Bucks that I agressively collect. Second only to vintage Buck catalogues, they are my favorite. :o :o
So i guess i have a moral dilema to confront.
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Joe, Thanks for the insight. The only thing I would add is.....Touche' or perhaps...Onguard? :D :D
 
Oh boy, here we go! :rolleyes:
One thing you have in your favor is the fact that I often forget the way home each night, let alone remember to bid on an auction. I am still sick about one i let get away a few months back. It was an awesome Lucite handled Buck. I had reminder notes stuck everywhere and kept near the computer all day. All day until about an hour before the auction ended. Then I decided to go for a short walk in the woods...2 hours later i remembered... Doh!! Where are my pills?!!!
 
Joe Houser said:
So i guess i have a moral dilema to confront.
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There've been many discussions of this dilemma, in many Forums, that I've read. Most seem to ignore the seller, and focus on the bidders. The general opinion seems to be that it's an auction - bid on it!!! ;)

Having said that, and looking at the bidding today, Mike seems to really want this...bad... :D
 
Oh man!!! Only 4 hours to go!!! :eek:

Mike is still in the lead...but you know somebody must be camping on this!!! :D
 
.:cool: ..yeah...I hate waitin' for someone to "pounce" on me like that...I got a bid in on a 2 dot that's not nearly in the league of the knives Mike and Joe collect but I bet someone is gonna give me the quick chop to the head bone before it's over...:rolleyes: :o...LOL...
 
Mike Kerins said:
Thanks for the update Trax. I'm at work and unable to access ebay. :mad:
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Aw, man!!! Can you call your wife and have her bid for you??? ;)

(What am I saying???) :eek:

I'm rooting for you, Mike! :thumbup: I just got outbid on a 110 on eBay; I was in the lead but someone outbid me by 7 secs...I couldn't get my last bid in before closing...:grumpy:
 
...Looks like a bunch of us is out lookin' for knives this week...LOL...Those tinned jobs must not have filled us up huh??...:D :D ...hope ya get that 3 dot too Mike...Beat that guy out...
 
Anybody have any idea why this guy has this knife labeled as a "KA-BAR" in the search title??? :confused:
 
...Good question Trax...but a lot of folks put Pakistanii and Lower Slobovian knives in as "Buck" knives too...
 
chickentrax said:
Anybody have any idea why this guy has this knife labeled as a "KA-BAR" in the search title??? :confused:
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A lot of times they hav several brand names for those that do a search on a particular brand. That way more people will look at their auction.
 
Mike Kerins said:
A lot of times they hav several brand names for those that do a search on a particular brand. That way more people will look at their auction.
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So...that's why he has "Case", too??? So more people will look at it??? :confused:

And "Queen" because...he's lonely??? :eek: :rolleyes: :D
 
chickentrax said:
So...that's why he has "Case", too??? So more people will look at it??? :confused:

And "Queen" because...he's lonely??? :eek: :rolleyes: :D
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He He, That's a good one Trax. :D If I was lonely it wouldn't be a knife I was looking for. :eek: :D :eek: :D
 
...30 minutes left...

the tension is building... :eek:

There must be 50 of us watching this...

...plus the entire Buck 2nd shift... :D
 
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