Fixed Buck Age? Model?

Good eye!

That one is really angled back.

I think I put a date on this one earlier in the thread assuming hard fiber spacers......so you think these are micarta instead? What showed up in the last pictures that tipped you off?
 
Now, that I'm back and can look at my notes; if it is micarta and it looks to be, then its 1970-71 mfg.. I've taken these knives apart before as well and the micarta gets old, fragile and can break . As long as your not going to put it back, it doesn't matter . DM
 
argonstrom said:
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I personally see a linen weave pattern in these spacer. Also, the material that ripped off and remained glued to the handle. It look like line micarta to me.

Of course, that could be a texturing pattern stamped into the bone and handle.
I think it's micarta however.
 
David Martin said:
Now, that I'm back and can look at my notes; if it is micarta and it looks to be, then its 1970-71 mfg.. I've taken these knives apart before as well and the micarta gets old, fragile and can break . As long as your not going to put it back, it doesn't matter . DM
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Yes I believe you are spot on David!!
 
Flat, This is a better picture and those spacers don't look like micarta they look to be bone hard fiber spacers, only the first front spacer looks to be micarta . The tang (unless thats corrosion) looks to be soldered at the finger guard . I've not seen one of Bucks done in that manner . Darn, I wish I had this knife in my hands . Argon, what did you use to get the pin out of the pommel and was it 5/32" ? Whats the pommel material, aluminium or stainless steel ? DM
 
I noticed before that the front spacer looked different from the rest.

I'm still saying that the others are hard fiber.......so where does that leave us?

Maybe.........this is not the first time this old knife has been taken apart!

That might explain what looks like strange work done on the tang at the finger guard.

Maybe the odd-looking front spacer was added at that time.

Works for me......I'd still say the basic knife is 1967 or 1968. Mostly intuition stemming from the sharply angled grind on the ricasso that Flat noticed and mentioned.
 
Also, if you look at the very first pic by the OP......that pommel pin looks like it has been punched out before.

A close look at that tang might reveal problems.......shoddy repair?
 
David Martin said:
Flat, This is a better picture and those spacers don't look like micarta they look to be bone hard fiber spacers, only the first front spacer looks to be micarta . The tang (unless thats corrosion) looks to be soldered at the finger guard . I've not seen one of Bucks done in that manner . Darn, I wish I had this knife in my hands . Argon, what did you use to get the pin out of the pommel and was it 5/32" ? Whats the pommel material, aluminium or stainless steel ? DM
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OK, I guess I don't know and everything I said was just my guess!!:p

Edge, are spacer bone or micarta?
 
BG42EDGE said:
I noticed before that the front spacer looked different from the rest.

I'm still saying that the others are hard fiber.......so where does that leave us?

Maybe.........this is not the first time this old knife has been taken apart!

That might explain what looks like strange work done on the tang at the finger guard.

Maybe the odd-looking front spacer was added at that time.

Works for me......I'd still say the basic knife is 1967 or 1968. Mostly intuition stemming from the sharply angled grind on the ricasso that Flat noticed and mentioned.
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Sounds as good as anything else especially the prior work theory.
 
This one is a good example of tricking the eye . I've looked at this knife on 3 different PC's and put forth different information based on what I saw . Now, I don't like some of my statements . A rework/repair may be a big clue on this one . None of the ones I've taken apart have come apart like this one . They were 3 liners though so the glue used may have been better and not as old ect.. Still, I had to saw the handle at intervals and use a chisel to chip and break the phenolic off . Then scrape and sand the glue off . It was not an easy job like his . Which is par for most of my redo jobs . DM ;(
 
We need a comment from some guy who actually worked at Buck making these knives.

They're all rich collectors now and sleep 'til noon or so.

:D
 
You guys sure have good eyes, though.

It constantly amazes me how much I can look at a picture and still not see certain details.
 
Thanks . I agree, sometimes CJ checks in here of a morning on the weekends . With Joe it's usually Mon. mornings . DM
 
Flat, I agree as I see it too . It is a repeated pattern but the color doesn't look like the micarta I've removed from these knives and they didn't have that pattern . I also, had the benefit of knowing the spacer material on the knives I took apart and mine just didn't look like his . DM
 
Flat......that front spacer on the guard always looked different from the rest. I think we may have one spacer that was replaced is different from the back three which always looked like fiber to me.

I can only tell micarta by looking at it when the knife is still together......and those first pictures look very much like the old hard fiber bone with the reddish color.
 
How about some good pictures of the spacer... Top, sides and so on... That could help everyone... ITE
 
While you're at it......some good pics of that spot on the tang where it looks like it was welded together?

Bet you never thought you'd get into such a mess by asking a simple question on the Buck Forum!!!

(There ARE no simple questions on the Buck Forum.)

:)
 
The pommel is aluminum, and the pin was 5/32 before I pummelled it out, so to speak. The tang is brazed together and was done so with the gaurd in place, as I has to remove much of the brass in order to remove it. The spacer in the gaurd was plain paper material that was glued to both metal pieces (had to be ground off). The gaurd material is aluminum, too, and it really roughly machined - I suspect those are replacements, too.

Insofar as the blade goes, removing the grind marks from the false edge (and the cutting edge to a lesser extent) will prove to be quite a chore. It looks better so far, but still not nice.

The spacers near the pommel are a micarta-like material, it seems.
 
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