Good article on Buck Knives

Old Hunter · May 19, 2015

Good article on Buck Knives published by Sporting Classics. OH

http://sportingclassicsdaily.com/issue/2015-1/article/buck-knives

tparrott · May 19, 2015

Thanks Old Hunter. That is a really good article.

Stumps · May 20, 2015

I would love to have that 1st/2nd Buck 110 in the opening photo for my collection.
I only have one of those. Very rare!!

Good articlethanks Old Hunter!!

A.P.F. · May 20, 2015

Thanks, OH, good read!

TAH · May 20, 2015

Thanks for the link, OH. This is an interesting painting or at least, it appears to be a painting when looking at the hands, shirt and window pane. Assuming it is a painting, the artist did an exceptional job, especially on the face. Anyway, my first reaction was that Hoyt Buck is holding a modern day 105 based on the sharp grind line.

ETA: I guess it would help if I read the article first. It must be a painting because Hoyt died in 1949.

DocT · May 20, 2015

Thanks for the article!

My first 110 (and first Buck) dates from about 1967. It was the only thing I wanted at that time and begged my parents for it. They gave it to me and I was thrilled. I was the envy of the neighborhood! It is still as tight, today, as it was when I got it.

AreBeeBee · May 20, 2015

TAH said:
Thanks for the link, OH. This is an interesting painting or at least, it appears to be a painting when looking at the hands, shirt and window pane. Assuming it is a painting, the artist did an exceptional job, especially on the face. Anyway, my first reaction was that Hoyt Buck is holding a modern day 105 based on the sharp grind line.

My guess is that it's a heavily retouched period photo from an advertisement. Such reworking was common in journalism in the era before Photoshop. Besides advertisements, newspapers and magazines did it routinely, if unobtrusively, to clean up awkward backgrounds. (And Soviet newspapers did it routinely to remove awkward Unpersons who had been justly shot for anti-Stalin crimethink.)

TAH · May 20, 2015

AreBeeBee said:
My guess is that it's a heavily retouched period photo...

That could definitely be the case. I wasn't sure if they could add the modern 105 using that technique?

416isToronto · May 20, 2015

Nicely written recap of Buck history...Thanks for sharing!

gsea · May 20, 2015

thanks for sharing, great read.

AreBeeBee · May 20, 2015

TAH said:
That could definitely be the case. I wasn't sure if they could add the modern 105 using that technique?

But of course a retouched early image can be reworked yet again in Photoshop....

This is not saying anything against Buck or the publication that did this. But since Photoshop came along, you should assume that every image you see can be tweaked, and the final result will be undetectable by you, except through content errors and anachronisms.

Old Hunter · May 20, 2015

Well, if it is a Buck 105 then I applaud his choice of knife! It really does look like a modern 105. OH

TAH · May 20, 2015

I found the same photo in "The Story of Buck Knives". The photo isn't well defined, but if appears Hoyt is holding one of the old style knives with a white center spacer in the handle. Someone has obviously added the modern 105 to update the photo for better product recognition. Regardless, it's pretty cool to see him holding what would become the future of his company.

Catherine_Montana · May 21, 2015

Thank you for posting this good article!

I will share it with my husband.

Cate

110 Dave · May 22, 2015

OMG I gots my first buck folding hunter in 67 also ... or were it 68?
it were a one liner at any rate...yep I was then envy of the guys were I worked when I got mine...
yep a MANS KNIFE... seems I walked a little taller with it on my belt..

DocT said:
Thanks for the article!

My first 110 (and first Buck) dates from about 1967. It was the only thing I wanted at that time and begged my parents for it. They gave it to me and I was thrilled. I was the envy of the neighborhood! It is still as tight, today, as it was when I got it.