Is this bowie really a pre-factory BUCK?

bernard_levine

bernard_levine

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A lady just sent me these fuzzy photos of big bowie. Judging by the condition of the leather, and of the stag, it has been around at least a few years.

The BUCK marking on the blade looks kind of suspicious, but the blade shape does resemble the Al Buck bowie on page 380 of LG4.

Your thoughts? :confused:

THANKS!

BRL...

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Hoyt Buck did make at least one "D" guard Trenchknife, that was part of a collection of rare knives stolen from the Buck factory many years ago.

This isn't it, but it shows that he did something similiar.

You can see a picture of it on page 19 of Tom Ables "The History of Buck Knives".
 
That's one heck of a Buck, (if it is...) for sure!

Talk about a "center of the display case" piece!! :D

Thank you very much for sharing the photos, even if blurry, Mr. Levine! Your reputation in the world of knives proceeds you.

GeoThorn
 
:eek: ...If that is what it "appears" to be...I'm speechless...Thank you so much for sharing that with us Mr. Levine...:)
 
I hate being a hard azz but Good Lord.
If that thing was an original Buck someone should have told him to take up accounting or writing.
The style of the clip sure seems Buck~ish.
:barf: :barf: :barf:
 
Gringogunsmith said:
If that thing was an original Buck someone should have told him to take up accounting or writing.
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Count me among those that are glad someone didn't advise him that!;)
 
geothorn said:
That's one heck of a Buck, (if it is...) for sure!

Talk about a "center of the display case" piece!! :D

Thank you very much for sharing the photos, even if blurry, Mr. Levine! Your reputation in the world of knives proceeds you.

GeoThorn
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mr levine i agree with geo here thanks for the pics:thumbup: i would gladly add to my collection ;) the blade looks right but the handle and guard look funny could it have been reworked after originally made or maybe made to a customers specs i would guess its a buck thats been altered but wheather t is or not still a very interesting piece:thumbup:
 
Interesting piece...I recall reading that Hoyt's early knives were ground out of old files...if that is one of them, it was one mighty big file!!! :eek:

[size=-2]Might even have some of the teeth lines left...pics are too fuzzy to tell...[/size]

Does that sheath have the belt loops on the *bottom*??? A "shoulder-holster" sheath??? :eek:
 
The Last Confederate said:
Maybe a neck knife?

For Paul Bunyon :D
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As good a guess as any... :D

Honestly...I don't see how that sheath could be used, *any* way...if under-arm, as a shoulder-holster, you'd never get it out...upside-down, Spec Forces way, you'd need your belt around your neck and the strap around your waist or leg...but then you'd be pulling it down...way down...

About the only way I can see to quickly draw this knife...is exactly as TLC said...but behind your back; belt thru loops; strap around your neck; and draw it over your shoulder... :rolleyes:
 
chickentrax said:
Does that sheath have the belt loops on the *bottom*??? A "shoulder-holster" sheath??? :eek:
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Well, Crocodile Dundee was carrying his "That's not a knife...THIS is a knife!" bowie in an over the back rig. With a bowie knife that big, I'd think that one would want it hanging upside down, so gravity could help to do some of the drawing....

GeoThorn
 
IMHO- this looks real and could be....
i would love it even if it were a fake as a reproduction of one of Pre-Incourpation Buck Knives!!!!
 
I'm real surprized that Larry O. or Joe H. haven't commented on this piece as yet...if they don't know or don't want to say then I'd not give much validity to this knife being of Buck origin. JMHO, Preston
 
Holy Moly! :eek: Thats probably what we 'uns refer to as a Frank Buck knife! :eek:
Chuck's late brother Frank used to work at the factory too. His signature was big honking bowies. He was a big guy himself and I guess he liked big knives.
Before Buck incorporated, they were basically a mail order company. They sold some basic models from catalogues and magazine ads but they also made knives to customers specs. Once they incorporated, Al decided to end the mail order part of the business so they could concentrate on production. The orders kept coming in though. Chuck and Frank asked their dad if it would be ok for them to fill those custom orders, on their own time, to earn some extra $$. Al agreed. Chuck saved his money and used it for a down payment on a house. Remember houses cost something like $3500 back then. :rolleyes:
Frank bought a corvett or something like that.
I would love to see that knife up close. The guard almost looks like an afterthought except that the curve of the elk is perfect for the guard. The stamp is what you would expect to see on a knife from that time.
I would guess the knife to be from the early 1960's, sometime after 1962. See the thin spacer between the elk and the brass guard? It looks like the same bone hard fiber used after 1962.
Any chance the owner would want to part with it? :rolleyes:
 
I like his style:D BIG & BOLD ..... now if I can find me one of them suckers....
I would probablly have to sell my house.:D :D
 
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