How did you first learn about BUCK?

I remember deer hunting with a guy who had a Buck General back in the 70's. I thought it was a great looking knife, but I never bought one. In the mid 80's, I was enamored with Titanium. I still am. I had a Titanium bicycle ,Ti glasses, a Ti lighter, etc. Then Buck introduced the 186 Titan. What's not to like? It's light, indestructible, put together with screws, has a belt clip, accepts any 110 or selector blade, has finger grooves that fit my paw perfectly, and I can open it with one hand by doing a handle drop. I later got a thumbstud. Then come premium blades. This modular knife is keeping up with the latest developments in knife technology. The blade shape is perfect for my intended uses. I now have blades in ATS-34, CPM-154, S-30V, stainless Damascus, Carbon Damascus, Stellite 6-K, BG-42, 440-C, Buck coted TiN, ZrN, TiAlN, "knapped" steel, and I am working on wootz. The fun never stops.
 
I have carried and collected pocket knives since I was 6 ( I am 51 now), and most of my life I paid no attention to makers but rather styles. I always heard of Buck knives, but they were fair expensive at the time compared to the cheap Japanese crap I was buying back then. About 10 years back, I bought a 110 at WalMart and have love Bucks since. The price point of other knives has gone up to the point where Buck's are a real value today!
 
I forget where I first heard about Buck knives.Could have been Field and Stream,or could have been The Dukes of Hazard.I know that I bought my first 110 in 1977 or 78,and have loved Buck knives every since.
 
Harly, Just go ahead and call yourself a collector. The rest of us here stretch it and do the same. ;) Welcome. Grim, you still have that 2 dot? tyr, Yes I like the shape of the 116 plus it holds a good edge. :thumbup: DM
 
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Mitch W. said:
Here's an interesting thought process.
- How did you first learn about BUCK knives and
- what made you buy your first?
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- Who remembers? Osmosis, likely. Growing up in So Cal, I was aware of Buck knives.
- My parents gave me a Buck Folding Hunter (Now more commonly called a 110) for a birthday present sometime in the late '60's.
 
I owe my love to Buck Knives to my grandfather. Not even sure how old I was but as a kid I had a cheap knock off SAK that I found in a park. I remember showing my dad after I had found it and he said I could keep after looking it over, probably confirming the knife was as dull as anything. No idea how old I was but I have carried a knife everyday since.

I carried that for who knows how long and my first memory of a Buck is a 110 my Grandfather carries. We had went fisihing and did well that day, first time I can remember fishing as well, anyhow when we got back he showed me how to clean the fish with his 110. I fell in love with that knife, I remember how heavy it was, how big the blade was comapred to the knife I had, even remember the smell of the brass, loved it! Not exactly sure when, but eventually he gave me one of his and I have been carrying a 110 ever since. I returned the favour last Christmas by gifting him a Custom 110 NS, Water Buffalo Scales, Rivets, and Black Oxide blade to match the scales. That was probably 17years later, but I've never seen someone so happy to get a Buck.

Edit: I told him to use that thing, it aint no collectors peace and if he lets it sit in a drawer I'm coming to get it!
 
No Dave,I don't think I do.I carried that knife in the Marines for 4 years.Then carried it for 2 more when I came back home for good.I was using the knife to pry up bin boards out of shrimp boats I was unloading,lo and behold,I snapped the tip off.I ground something that resembled a tip back on the blade,then used it for a tackle box knife.I've tried to locate it numerous times,but no luck.I have several more 110s,including a few Custom Shop 110s(love em',they're like Lays Potato Chips).Maybe someday I'll find it and send her off to Buck for a new blade.I learned one thing those many years ago,a knife is not a prybar,though there are a few exceptions.
 
I think that I first ran across Buck in either an Argosy or Field and Stream magazine in the late 60's.
 
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