Giving a Buck for a gift

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hunterjrg

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Getting a new Buck is always great feeling and a lot of fun. Chasing that next next knife you just gotta have is thrilling but how many actually gift away a knife. My sons friend has been hunting with us for a couple years and enjoys hanging out at our cabin. He’s getting more into knives so I gave him my Buck 301. It was my only Buck slippie but that’s ok. He was all smiles and carried it. 7AE0ABA5-84D0-4A1C-A2E3-3BC55D3DC831.jpeg
 
Always a great knife to give. I gave that same model to fellow church member who was going on a youth camping trip (he had never owned a pocket knife but always admired mine). I have given away a lot of knives, it never gets old. For me the people always just sort of find their way into my life, sort of like your buddy. Well done!
 
oldrifleman said:
Always a great knife to give. I gave that same model to fellow church member who was going on a youth camping trip (he had never owned a pocket knife but always admired mine). I have given away a lot of knives, it never gets old. For me the people always just sort of find their way into my life, sort of like your buddy. Well done!
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Yup. Hoping we have another Buck enthusiast in the making. He picked up of the 120th anniversary 110s recently too
 
Man's oldest tool is perhaps the best gift you can give. It became a tradition in my family to give Bucks to the men and after a few years the girls at Christmas. For the granddaughter's boyfriends it was a mark of acceptance to the family and has always been a gift that was treasured. For a span of 8 years or so KathyJo and I gave American made Bucks to our Band members for Christmas too. When you think about it it IS the perfect gift for anyone who is hard to buy for! Who dosen't need or can use a new Buck knife?
 
bucksway said:
Man's oldest tool is perhaps the best gift you can give. It became a tradition in my family to give Bucks to the men and after a few years the girls at Christmas. For the granddaughter's boyfriends it was a mark of acceptance to the family and has always been a gift that was treasured. For a span of 8 years or so KathyJo and I gave American made Bucks to our Band members for Christmas too. When you think about it it IS the perfect gift for anyone who is hard to buy for! Who dosen't need or can use a new Buck knife?
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I agree it’s the perfect gift. Even for non knife people. Very useful tool.
 
Very nice of you. It’ll be even more rewarding when you see him pull it out of his pocket to use for something. I gave my buddies son a USA made Old Timer stockman a couple of years ago. This past hunting season in Wyoming I asked him where it was. His Dad said he was so afraid he would lose it he asked him to put it in the safe. I told him it can’t make any stories sitting in the safe!!!
 
315 said:
Very nice of you. It’ll be even more rewarding when you see him pull it out of his pocket to use for something. I gave my buddies son a USA made Old Timer stockman a couple of years ago. This past hunting season in Wyoming I asked him where it was. His Dad said he was so afraid he would lose it he asked him to put it in the safe. I told him it can’t make any stories sitting in the safe!!!
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I have no doubt he will use it and your absolutely correct using it and making stories with it.
 
Since picking out my first knives as a kid, I have always been a fan of carrying a knife and have felt an affinity for good knives in general. I also love giving what I love carrying. I have given many knives (a lot of them Buck’s too) as HS and College graduation gifts, anniversary gifts, retirement gifts, hunting gifts (especially a kids first kill) and as any special occasion gift. Two anecdotes that have made me feel good; a nephew, now a young married engineer living in Texas, quipped to me when he opened his Buck 303 Cadet after his HS Graduation, “Uncle Bruce, you sure like giving pocketknives!” The second, at an ARNG retirees luncheon a few years ago, a retired Colonel (who was a 1LT and CPT for me when I was a BN CDR) mentioned that he was in the exclusive club of Guardmen who had received a knife from COL Baker during his career. Both statements made me feel good because I realized how much those gifts meant to the recipients - and that is the point of a gift - to mark an occasion in an unforgettable manner. OH
 
Old Hunter said:
Since picking out my first knives as a kid, I have always been a fan of carrying a knife and have felt an affinity for good knives in general. I also love giving what I love carrying. I have given many knives (a lot of them Buck’s too) as HS and College graduation gifts, anniversary gifts, retirement gifts, hunting gifts (especially a kids first kill) and as any special occasion gift. Two anecdotes that have made me feel good; a nephew, now a young married engineer living in Texas, quipped to me when he opened his Buck 303 Cadet after his HS Graduation, “Uncle Bruce, you sure like giving pocketknives!” The second, at an ARNG retirees luncheon a few years ago, a retired Colonel (who was a 1LT and CPT for me when I was a BN CDR) mentioned that he was in the exclusive club of Guardmen who had received a knife from COL Baker during his career. Both statements made me feel good because I realized how much those gifts meant to the recipients - and that is the point of a gift - to mark an occasion in an unforgettable manner. OH
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A good soldier needs a good knife! My brother was in the army and I went to visit/hunt with him before he left on one of his deployments. I gave him a Benchmade AFCK before he left. He had for his entire career in the army (20 some years) and still has it. I don’t think he uses it tho. Stays locked in his safe
 
FOLI (fear of losing it) has kept many knives kept locked up in a safe or tucked away in a closet..I have been guilty myself in the early days of collecting 112's and other Buck knives. After that is feeling IF you use a knife that is collectible you destroy it's value. So many fine Bucks are put away and never cut anything! I have seen posted many times somebody will buy 2 of a knife one to use and one to put away. I feel with carful use and of course keeping the box shieth and paperwork it will hold it's value quite well. I like to call them DUC's or dress up carry. And every once in a while I will grab one of my fancy 112's, especially in super steels, just to enjoy it. But some like early Custom shop numbered knives or Damascus and Mastodon or Elephant Ivory 112's I I consider myself a caretaker of Bucks history and just enjoy looking at them..
 
Way to go.
I've lost count of how many Buck knives I've gifted but they've been appreciated more than any others.
I have gifted other knives with little fanfare, but there's just something about the Bucks that really make an impression.
They feel well made and they look nice, but they also look like they're made for work.
making sure they're hair popping sharp ( I've gifted a number that was just no longer using ) doesn't hurt either.
The last Buck I gifted was a 309 to my uncle who dropped it right into his pocket and had it out opening bags of mulch 5 minutes later.
 
I've given a friend here in town a couple for his Schrade collection.
Back in hunting season gave the potential future grand son in law a couple.
The grandson in law a few, and the son in law some.
AND the KLEPTO youngest granddaughter has some. But she does gut and quarter her own deer. 🥰
The Great Grandson has some set aside for his first deer kill in a few more years. His 3 year old sister will get hers in time.
and I recently gave away a black 560.
It Happens... 😎
 
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