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Buck_Fan

Buck_Fan

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Hi,
I won a Case knife off a auction site, no, not ebay. And the dealer accidently sent me the wrong knife. I told him I would send it back. He told me to just keep it. Well it showed up yesturday and it is a Buck 309. Not in bad shape, especially for free. My first USA made pocket knife by Buck.

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Right up there with the Case Peanut as one of the best small pocketknives you can EDC. Not much it can't do, to be honest with you. I have the Solo, Bucks single blade imported version, and it takes care of anything I need it to.
Congrats.
 
Hi Buck_Fan -

Cool!

And I give the seller a lot of credit for just letting you keep the knife.

That is a good seller.

Thanks for the pictures.

best regards -

mqqn
 
Buck Fan, Do you desire to know about it ?
Camillus, took over the 300 series manufactoring in 1972 and those first ones had stamping different than yours . In 1973 the stamping was changed to the way your is oriented . In 1984 or 85 Buck took over the series in the their El Cajon plant and removed the long nail pull yours has on the main blade . Hence, yours was made between 1973-84 . It looks like yours has only two brass spacers ? Not sure . But 440A could be the blade steel . Hope this helps . DM
 
David Martin said:
Buck Fan, Do you desire to know about it ?
Camillus, took over the 300 series manufactoring in 1972 and those first ones had stamping different than yours . In 1973 the stamping was changed to the way your is oriented . In 1984 or 85 Buck took over the series in the their El Cajon plant and removed the long nail pull yours has on the main blade . Hence, yours was made between 1973-84 . It looks like yours has only two brass spacers ? Not sure . But 440A could be the blade steel . Hope this helps . DM
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Thanks for the great info. I appreciate it. :thumbup:
 
Here's my method of cleanup for these older black scales. The newer all SS don't need the mineral oil soak.
Hot water, toothbrush, and some gritty hand cleaner or Brasso which ever you have.
Then a dunk in a plastic container with an inch of mineral oil in it. Let it soak while you wash and dry your own hands. Overnight is even OK. Then let oil run off on paper towel as long as it takes to 'de-oil', wipe clean as possible. I actually let it lay on two pencils I lay across the container of oil to drip. Then handle, open and close a few times cleaning off any final mineral oil. Then your good to go, in a day or so give it a good drop of fancy oil on the pivots. After that process all I do from time to time is dig the gunk out of the blade well, give it a shot of Lemon Pledge to clean up the scales and blades and a drop of oil. Just my way there are a hundred and one ways.
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Thats the same model knife my friend Wayne uses, and it's his only pocket knife. Wayne is not a knife person, but knows he needs a pocket knife so he carries one small enough that its no bother. Plus his wife bought it for him over 20 years ago when his cheapo knife broke on him.

Wayne uses that little Buck for everything, and I mean everything. We worked together for many years and I watched him use it as a fishing knife, camping knife, and once when we were crabbing off a pier in Southern Maryland on the Cheasapeake bay, it got knocked off the railing and into the water. Wayne takes off most his clothes and goes in after it. gets it back and gets dressed.

He wasn't going to let Davy Jones get his Buck.:D
 
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