I think I have come full circle...

Iron City

Iron City

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About five years back I got bitten by the knife bug after buying a Buck 301 slippie...

This soon lead me to a joining hte BCCI club and buying a number of various Buck of all shapes and sizes.. and then I fell off the wagon.

I went to a Blade show and got caught up in the hype of thinking that I needed about a dozen different blades that you can use to lever a manhole cover up with. Don't get me wrong they are pretty cool stuff but it took me a long while to realize that I did not need a 14" chopping blade for $500 that basically did almost as good a job as my $20 camp ax.

Long story short, right before Christmas I bought on the site here a 70's vintage 110... and man that is an awesome tool that has beautiful scales, a nice heft and some real... "soul" to it.

Pulled out the old buck collection and I think I am back to where I started.
 
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thats cool
i know what you mean. i have the tactical folders and such. but for my next knife i am eyeing a custom shop buck 110. there is something about the design that i love.
 
Welcome back Iron . Camp a while w/ us and look at some of the photos posted and see if you like what Buck's doing . DM
 
Iron City said:
I went to a Blade show and got caught up in the hype of thinking that I needed about a dozen different blades that you can use to lever a manhole cover up with. Don't get me wrong they are pretty cool stuff but it took me a long while to realize that I did not need a 14" chopping blade for $500 that basically did almost as good a job as my $20 camp ax.
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Welcome back.:thumbup:

Sooner or later we wake up to reality, and come back down to the real world.

You can't do much better than the old 301 as an edc knife in your pocket. it will handle most anything you will run into this side of a Walter Mity fantacy.:D
 
Great story.

When I was 11 years old I had saved enough money bucking hay and doing extra work, outside what was expected, on our farm in rural Idaho to buy my first, ''real'' pocket knife. I had chosen a Buck 301 because my fathers hunting fixed blade was a Buck 119 so, since dad knew best, I chose a Buck. Time marched on as high school led to college and pretty soon, after moving multiple times and so forth I could not find my faithful 301, which I had purposely left with my mother for safe keeping. I have many other knives now but, like you , have recently acquired a vintage 301 and a 124, as a throw back to my father, I have that 301 in my coat pocket every day now, I have sharpened it to hair popping, satin finished all the blades and polished the spine and bolsters. It just makes me ''feel'' good to have in my pocket, as an adult, the same knife I carried every day growing up on a farm.
 
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Being a full time knifemaker, I can basically make whatever design knife I want. Saying that, I still buy Buck knives, they are the only knives I buy. That says it all.
 
As most of you know I do custom stone knife scales. The Buck 110 is by far my favorite knife to use. It is big and the bolsters are the thickest of any pocket knife made. This means the Buck 110 is the best "canvas" for displaying my art work. I do a lot of other knive as not everyone collects Buck knives but the 110 does remain my favorite knife to use......
 
I was not a Buck fan when I was younger. However, it's now the brand I go to first.

Many won't believe it when I'm in the old folks home down the road that I carried a 110 stag DM to combat. However, it was the knife I liked and it's what went with me. When I go again, it will be there again.

Great knives for the money. I can use them and not fear if I loose them.
 
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Many won't believe it when I'm in the old folks home down the road that I carried a 110 stag DM to combat. However, it was the knife I liked and it's what went with me. When I go again, it will be there again.

Great knives for the money. I can use them and not fear if I loose them.
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You've touched on a few very good points as to why Bucks are great knives. For collectors items they are affordable, far less expensive than classic cars, paintings, or fine antiques. Yet they are well made, can last a lifetime and some are works of art. They also serve their function and are not so precious that they can't be users. You can take a most beautiful knife with you and use it, and in my case I'll keep a backup of a good one just in case something happens to the first.
 
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