Info on a Buck 186T

[Pythonpike]

BUCK 186T U.S.A.

sorry the buck and 186T is backwards and blurry camera messing up on 6yr old laptop lolol

Any info on this would be great please and thanks

 

[Pythonpike]

Received this from a friend and it looks like a good clean knife with very little wear if any on Blade and handle is perfect, only flaw is a missing screw for the belt clip

 

[Cvovillia]

Looks like the Odyssey

 

[Cvovillia]

Made in 2003. Does it have an ats-34 mark on the blade?

 

[Pythonpike]

no, no other markings besides the 186T stamp. there are silver rivets holding everything together and the adj screw for blade tension. certainly not made to be disassembled

 

[Cvovillia]

I have had several, good knife to carry!

 

[Pythonpike]

am wondering on the resale and rarity

 

[300Bucks]

Since things are slow tonight, maybe basketball, I went to the search function above and put in 186 Odyssey. ( I don't know very much on this model) Here's what came up in one instance. Of course the T is actually the date stamp when it was made. There is a date code sheet you can access in the sticky notes at the top of this forum. The missing screw drops the price a couple of dollars. It appears it is not an expensive knife. Several people commented how sturdy a knife it was....... 300Bucks, Moderator

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-two-Buck-knives-please?highlight=186+Odessey

 

[A.McPherson]

My favorite carry knife! Have one in my pocket right now!

 

[draftpick]

You have a standard Odyssey, not much in value. The are some ATS-34 blade steel models and some carbon fiber handle models out there that are more collectable. There cool knives.

 

[Tim-Gabz]

Ha! Found a packet of 186 parts in my spare wheel well yesterday. I have bought micarta last year to rebuild it. I used it for a couple of years, my youngest coveted it and took it to school daily until he burnt down he's bed room an it took me a day cutting it out a mound of melted Lego. Lovely knife.

 

[Pack Rat]

On any of the Buck knives, and others, It is a good idea to back those clip screws out, and blue locktite them.

 

[buckknives]

photo is Mirroring ？

 

[buckknives]

181 is ats-34
186 is 420HC

haha

 

[J Hubbard]

Here is some Info I posted in '99

All, here is a short history of the Odyssey series and the changes it has gone through from 98-99
The 98 Odyssey started as a 2 model series...
1. 181-fl/fx -- ATS-34 with a plastic side and single liner (linerlock)This knife had a plasitc backbone, and came in serrated and non. early models had a chamfer, but was later dropped.
2. 182-fl/fx -- ATS-34 with G-10 and single liner (early protos were of Micarta) This knife had a steel backbone. This was available in serrated or non and had a chamfer on backbone(less than 3000 made)

Changes for 99 are this..
We now have three in the series (so far)
Major changes to the whole series include - Full steel backbone and double liners on all models. We found that by adding the second liner, the knife had better action and less handle flex that could contribute to lock failure. We also decided not to carry the 181 in serrated and not serrated both, just serrated.
1 - Model 186-fl -- designed as a price point for the consumer that likes the Odyssey series but needs to save money or doesn't care about specialty steel (mostly mass merchant type customers who shop by price.) This model has a full steel backbone and no blade chamfer. unserrated only
2 - Model 181-fx -- ATS-34 steel serrated blade. Plastic handles. This model also has a steel backbone with two liners also. No blade chamfer.
3 - Model 182-fxCF -- Ats-34 with chamfer and serrations. Carbon Fiber scales and double liner with steel backbone.

I hope this helps ID the changes we've made.

Jeff