Folding Alpha Hunter

My alphas also fit the sheath better the way Dave shows. That is also how I carry mine, in the leather sheath.
I much prefer the nylon one, but thats me :D
The Alpha folder is one of my favorite "big" folders! I think my favorite one is the Cabelas AG version, but I love my ATs-34 and 154CM ones too ;) My wife prefers her camo "Pro Line" version in the nylon sheath for hunting.

Oh, the Bravo is also the alpha frame too!

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postfallsidaho said:
My alphas also fit the sheath better the way Dave shows. That is also how I carry mine, in the leather sheath.
I much prefer the nylon one, but thats me :D
The Alpha folder is one of my favorite "big" folders! I think my favorite one is the Cabelas AG version, but I love my ATs-34 and 154CM ones too ;)
Oh, the Bravo is also the alpha frame too!
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I agree, I can barely get mine in the other way and then the flap doesn't want to snap.
 
Plumberdv said:
I see the picture that you are referring to, but I tried to put mine in like that and it's a real chore to stretch the flap over it. Here's the way I think they are supposed to fit which puts the knife in the perfect position for a right hander. The knife slips in the brand new sheath and the flap snaps just as it's made too with no effort.

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Mine didn't seem to want to go in very easily that way so I did it like the example on the website. I'll try it again tonight.
 
When i made my comment about "unnecessarily heavy", i was thinking of other large, very strong Tactical style folders i have (or did have) like the Hinderer XM-18 or my J.W. Smith Medium Scimitar. However i realize now this is an unfair comparison because those knives have a titanium frame vs. the steel frame on this Alpha.
The pics showing knife in sheath are obviously correct as the lanyard hole is exposed thus allowing for lanyard attachment which helps to pull a knife out of a tight sheath.
I'm liking my new $34 154CM Buck Alpha !
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Just for something to do, I weighed (on a digital scale) my 277 and a random sample of 110's. The lightest 110 was one rehandled with maple burl which weighed in at 7.16 oz and the heaviest was a brown jigged bone model that weighed in at 7.94. A standard everyday 110 from the last few years was 7.49 oz, so the 277 at 7.60 oz just tops some of them by a tiny bit.
 
Hummm, I use mine right handed with no problems. I put it on my right side and draw it out as normal and use my thumb to pop it open??? It happens fast without any hitch. DM
 
OK, tried mine with the tip up and it does go into the sheath and present correctly for me now. Funny, the website shows it tip down and that's how it was in the sheath when I got it.
 
The position of the knife in Plumbers photo is the way I carry mine. A lanyard would assist in deployment while adding an attractive feature. DM
 
I just scanned through all of this, so maybe this has already been said.

These alpha hunter sheaths can be worn horizontal as well as vertical. Thats both the leather and nylon.

You can also make your own handles for them if you like to tinker.

I may have an extra new unused leather sheath laying around here somewhere.
 
I think a lot of people wear the Alpha folder wrong in the sheath.

I looked at several Youtube reviews and they all had them in the sheath wrong.

Maybe they're people who don't actually use the knives, but it sure seems odd.

You can see from the scallop in the leather how the knife should sit.

That blemish in the leather on Plumberdv's picture shows what happens when you put it in the other way.
 
Plumberdv said:
I see the picture that you are referring to, but I tried to put mine in like that and it's a real chore to stretch the flap over it. Here's the way I think they are supposed to fit which puts the knife in the perfect position for a right hander. The knife slips in the brand new sheath and the flap snaps just as it's made too with no effort.

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Just noticed that on your knife the lanyard hole is round. On mine the right side lanyard hole is octagon and the left side is round?
 
Sounds like you got a CSAR frame Badhammer! ;)

Maybe Buck started making them all that way to save on assembly time. OR the new Alphas are more useful than ever!! :D
 
Hadn't thought of that. All the ones pictured in this thread show the left side except yours and they are all round. I guess I just assumed they all had an octagon hole on the right like mine and yours was the odd man out. Too cool! Maybe I have a one off Alpha folder. Anyone else got one with a hex/octagonal lanyard hole?
 
Badhammer said:
Hadn't thought of that. All the ones pictured in this thread show the left side except yours and they are all round. I guess I just assumed they all had an octagon hole on the right like mine and yours was the odd man out. Too cool! Maybe I have a one off Alpha folder. Anyone else got one with a hex/octagonal lanyard hole?
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Does yours have the 2011 date stamp? I'm just speculating that since the CSAR-T Avid and the Alpha share the same frame, Buck may have decided to make them all the same and cut down on inventory of different right side frames. Since the "Pro" CSAR-T shares the same frame sides (just spaced wider apart to accept the thicker blade), they can produce three models of knives using one design of frames.
 
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Does yours have the 2011 date stamp? I'm just speculating that since the CSAR-T Avid and the Alpha share the same frame, Buck may have decided to make them all the same and cut down on inventory of different right side frames. Since the "Pro" CSAR-T shares the same frame sides (just spaced wider apart to accept the thicker blade), they can produce three models of knives using one design of frames.
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Nope, knife has the 2010 dates stamp and the box is marked 8/12/10. FWIW the end label on the box shows, 0277RWS-B, CAT. 5245.

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You can't expect to tell much from the blade stamp on a Buck knife. Blades seem to routinely lay around for a few years before they get slapped into any frame that fits. All a blade stamp tells you is when the blade was made.......well, maybe.

Same with boxes. Who knows how long a box could languish in some corner before being used?

Buck is a place of creativity, spontaneous and fearless switching of any parts that allow switching and a determined and ruthless dedication to using up any and all spare parts that may suddenly turn up in a closet.

Wonderful for the collector. Not so great for someone who may want to figure out something about a particular knife.
 
Hammer, I think thats cool yours has that frame. Were a small group here but perhaps if you hang on to it and posts this again like in a few months, someone else may have one. Or seen one like yours somewhere. Thanks, DM
 
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Hammer, I think thats cool yours has that frame. Were a small group here but perhaps if you hang on to it and posts this again like in a few months, someone else may have one. Or seen one like yours somewhere. Thanks, DM
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Thanks. I'll do that.
 
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Nope, knife has the 2010 dates stamp and the box is marked 8/12/10. FWIW the end label on the box shows, 0277RWS-B, CAT. 5245.

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It makes sense that they could have 2010 dates on both the blade and box since the blade steel was what was used in 2010. I suppose they didn't see any need to make an announcment that they were going to use those hex openings in the frames which were already being used in 2010.
 
Plumberdv said:
It makes sense that they could have 2010 dates on both the blade and box since the blade steel was what was used in 2010. I suppose they didn't see any need to make an announcment that they were going to use those hex openings in the frames which were already being used in 2010.
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So they changed from 154CM to 12C27M in 2010? I was thinking that change was for 2011 production but of course I can't recall where I heard/read that.
 
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