History on Buck's 131

[David Martin]

Thanks Haebbie.Mine was the metal can, tall spout like the 3 in1 oil can but red oil.DM

 

[David Martin]

PR, it is transparent, but garish red, like automatic transmission fluid (ATF)

Haebbie

Yes! I think thats it.
I went away to college and returned one holiday to find the oil can empty and gone and the stone my dad had in his dresser drawer.Years later, I couldn't find it.DM

 

[Haebbie]

Yes! I think thats it.
I went away to college and returned one holiday to find the oil can empty and gone and the stone my dad had in his dresser drawer.Years later, I couldn't find it.DM

That's bad. I think Buck sells nether the stone nor the oil anymore. But is seems that stone and oil made their job.

I think I never use the oil. It has its place side by side with the Buck sharpening tools in the display cabinet.

Haebbie

 

[Pack Rat]

Reading some of the instruction sheets in these boxes is interesting. In the stone box, that one says never to use a coarse stone when sharpening.

I am easily entertained...

 

[David Martin]

Haebbie,Thats just the way it was growing up in my family.
Pack,Mine reads similar."Never use a coarse stone or emery wheel." I believe the thinking
was those would remove too much metal or heat it up destroying the temper.DM