How about a 124

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I got a 119 for a camping knife. Later some guy on here, I think from Cali, told me about the 120. Better for poking beer cans in the fire. A real wierdo, likes to hang out with geese or something and rides a motorcycle.:rolleyes: anyway, how does the 124 compare? How big? what do you know about it?
 
i have used the 124 as a camp knife... i liked it ...a lot
it has heft to chop with and almost dont need a beater to baton!
can be sharp to make fuzzy's with ...
large belly so can skin but a tad heavy to do more then one deer...
diging out your baked taters from the ashes it is good...
not real good to do small fish with..
if stand in for fish skinning or
if weight is imortant as in long hikeing
then go with a 120..
dont know last dates made..
 
This was the last "REAL" 124 made....or is it a 122? ````:D````

Sorry guys, had to post it again, it's not getting enuf' attention sitting in the cabinet.....;)
 

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Goshen, I don't have a 120 to measure. Someone will pipe up here soon...well it's late, maybe in the morning.

I think the blade length of the 120 is 7 1/4 - 7 1/2 inches. Discontinued in 2003?
 
I've not found a 124 longer than 6 3/4". Most are less than that. Front guard too large but all else is correct with this knife. Many like it for a truck knife but it makes a good big game, survival and self defense knife. The 120 is somewhere around 7 1/2". Nice quartering and boning knife in spite of its shape and needs a lanyard hole. It still works well on large game. The 120 is still being offered thru Cabela's. Both are less portable then the 119. It depends on your needs or wants. DM
 
Goshen!
Buy all three and let us know what suits your fancy best :)
Personally, in decending order:
124
119
120
...but am well-served with any.
Mister Martin, you are correct that a large percentage of 124s are 6 and 3/4" but I have several @ 6 and 7/8" and a 12" but that is a different story altogether. The last 124 I purchased is 6 and 15/16 and marked as a '95 model blade. It depended on the supplier and the guy actually profiling the blade at the final assembly. Same, generally, with the handle thickness.
My advice Goshen......... buy about 35 124s and keep the one that suits you best!
I do what I can...........

Dave
 
A picture is worth 20 words...119, 120, 124... :D
 

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I am a bit late, but here are the 119 & 120, the latter is still available from Cabela's in their 'Pro-Line'. Oh yeah, a Puma 'Original Bowie', for lineage comparison. Everything looks like a 'Bowie', it seems. No 124 here, sad to say. I believe it was a copy of the Zulu warrior's 'stabbing spear/sword'. May just be a Pigmy's long sword copy.

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Hmmm....Goshen. That is a tough one. 120 or 124 for camping.

Guess overall I would use the 124. Good for chopping and heavier tasks.
But I really like the 120 around the camp stove. Easier to handle and cook wieners with.
 
I don't know when Buck officially quit making the 120, but I have a bunch with the Idaho stamp on them (2005).

I ignore the Cabela's version.....it is such an abomination to scrawl "Pro-Line" on the blade that the very thought of it makes me nauseous.

I don't care for the 124......it handles like an ax, so why not just carry an ax?
 
Rocinante said:
I ignore the Cabela's [120] version.....it is such an abomination to scrawl "Pro-Line" on the blade that the very thought of it makes me nauseous.
Click to expand...

It can be buffed off...Joe basically described how to do it (Scotchbrite pad, cost ~$34)...Pretty much duplicates the Buck blade polishing process (the brushed look)...
 
Goshen...

If I had to choose just one between the 120, 124, and 408 (Kalinga)...it would be tough.
Thought I would throw the Kalinga in for you to consider as a camp knife. I like the guard, belly, and choil.

But as I type this, I am thinking I would go with the 120 General for overall use.

Let us know what ya end up with :)
 
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