got a new Buck 55

[Gary007]

anyone else pick one up?

 

[Stu_Hert]

Your camera (and you) takes beautiful pictures. What are you shooting with?

Stu

 

[Gary007]

thanks, I try...could be better though.

It's a Sony F717. It's all about the lighting.

Your camera (and you) takes beautiful pictures. What are you shooting with?

Stu

 

[gordonk]

Yup - finally got them up here. Got mine a couple of weeks ago. Cute To me, it was smaller than I envisioned, somehow. But that's me, I guess. This one is actually my first Idaho Buck. Very well made, and, of course, sharp as heck out of the box. Haven't used it much yet, though.

- gord

 

[Gary007]

yeah same here, smaller than I thought it would be... but cute nonetheless.

Cute To me, it was smaller than I envisioned, somehow.

- gord

 

[fudo]

Do you guys think that the 55 is woth twice the price of a 110? I have not seen a real one yet.
Thanks

 

[Larry Oden]

fudo,
Buck does not seem to think so. Their standard price to dealers for the 110 is $5.50 higher than the standard price for a 55. Please do not get pricing on a special edition (ironwood, for example) 55 mixed up with the pricing on a standard model 55. Hope this helps.

 

[Carl64]

fudo,
Buck does not seem to think so. Their standard price to dealers for the 110 is $5.50 higher than the standard price for a 55. Please do not get pricing on a special edition (ironwood, for example) 55 mixed up with the pricing on a standard model 55. Hope this helps.

Also, a lot of dealers just want more for it (even the regular one), I assume because it is new. I have seen it for $30-40 US at several dealers, and a few were even close to $50.

Newgraham has it for $30:
http://www.newgraham.com/buck_foldhunting.htm

That's about as cheap as a 110 would usually get at discount retailers that sell millions of them (probably with a special deal with Buck).

 

[MikeZ]

Speaking of the Ironwood models...

You can get a real good idea of how much smaller the 55 is than the 110 in this picture.