Favorite Buck fixed blade.

That's my favorite knife, a Buck Custom 119 DM

Best,
Haebbie

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I don't even have to think about it.

My favorite Buck sheath knife is the 102 woodsman that has served me since 1969. I bought it at an army PX, and for 30 years it served me as a trout and small game and camping knife on four continents. By 1999, it was worn down to a very sharp toothpick, so my better halff bought me a new one in 2000 for my birthday. The new one has served me as well as the old one.

If I were heading off for a trip tomarrow, I don't think about what knife is going with me; it's gonna be my 102. It handles everything a knife needs to. If it won't, then that's what saws and hatchets are for.

Carl.
 
D M was kidding,
He knows my 121 picture is from an old dry cow elk that looked like a fed beef when skinned. Would have made a mountain man or native family very happy to have all that winter fat. Wasn't so bad for me either.......well maybe the part about walking uphill carrying it out..........300

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Ok, 300 I'll let you tell your story ;). Hammer, your 124 looks to be clipped from the tip to about 3" back, all the ones I've seen have straight spines. The maroon micarta is a date indicator as Buck used that handle material on many models in 1973. DM
 
David Martin said:
Ok, 300 I'll let you tell your story ;). Hammer, your 124 looks to be clipped from the tip to about 3" back, all the ones I've seen have straight spines. The maroon micarta is a date indicator as Buck used that handle material on many models in 1973. DM
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I never noticed that. If you look at top photo in Haebbie's post #83 in this thread some look straight and some look like mine. A variation or a modification?

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=439299&highlight=124+frontiersman&page=5

Actually here's the photo I'm referencing and it looks like 2nd one down on the left side is identical to mine.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l226/Haebbie/Buck124zwlf.jpg
 
They all look straight to me. The light angle as it hits the top bevel may be giving an illusion but yours looks like the top bevel has been removed hence clipping it. Find someone with a 124 and lay yours beside it. Then let me know. DM
 
David Martin said:
Ok, 300 I'll let you tell your story ;). Hammer, your 124 looks to be clipped from the tip to about 3" back, all the ones I've seen have straight spines. The maroon micarta is a date indicator as Buck used that handle material on many models in 1973. DM
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Looks clip point ground,I have some short 124's like that.
I believe there were 6 made.
 
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Could be an optical illusion,these are some old pics of some of my 124's
and the ones on the right side look like clip blades
 
OK, I see what you're talking about. It's the angle. If I lay the spine on a flat surface it's touching the entire way except the last inch and a half or so from where the spine goes from flat to beveled out to the tip.

In that 1.5" or so spot you can slide the corner of 3 sheets of copy paper under the spine, max. Viewed from the side it looks almost completely straight from hilt to tip. With the right angle and light the beveled area kind of disappears and makes it look like my 119 and 120.
 
Wow Earl,great collection!I had no idea they made so many different variations.
 
Ok, yes the middle 2 of Earl's looks like Hammer's . Could be the photo or you have a rare one. Thanks for the nice photos Earl . DM
 
I'm realy fond of my Buck 105 pathfinder I know it isn't rare or obscure but the blade profile is just perfect for light cutting task.
 
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