It wasn't a general!

[keencut]

This is my first time on this forum so if you have discussed this in the past please have patience. My question is this--- I had a fixed blade knife in 1980 and again in 1983 and they were both the length of a general but the blade was wider, kind of like a Big Sky blade but it was a big knife. In fact I remember it was the biggest knife Buck offered at the time. Does anybody know what this knife was?

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[Dennis Wright]

Sounds like a 124 Frontiersman. They were made up till a couple of years ago.


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Dennis Wright
("Have a knife day!")
Wright Knife & Sporting Goods
La Mesa, CA
1-800-400-1980
wrightknife@ixpres.com

 

[glockman99]

keencut,

If the knife in question had a reddish/brown wood handle (with the tang showing), with a very nice silver-colored end-cap, and wide guard, then yes, it was "more than likely" a Frontiersman.

...Very SAD to hear that Buck had discontinued this one...

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Dann Fassnacht
Aberdeen, WA
glockman99@hotmail.com
ICQ# 53675663

 

[Larry Oden]

Dann,
Up until 1981 or 1982, the 124 Frontiersman models were handled with slabs of black micarta for standard factory production units. I know the 1980 catalog featured micarta and I have a 1982 pocket flyer with the laminated birchwood in brown visible. I would have to dig out my 1981 catalog to see which handle material was featured.
By the way, pommels were made of nickel silver. Hope this helps.
Larry

 

[keencut]

Thanks guys. I knew you were up to the task. I went around the knife show asking the same question this weekend and nobody knew what I was talking about! The General is all they know. The one I liked did have black micarta handles but I think they did have a special edition with the reddish brown wood with silver-colored pommels. Now I have a little bit harder question. Where can I get one of these? And how much should I expect to pay? (Is this a loaded question or what?)

James Kimzey

 

[mike o]

I think it's one heck of a knife ! I've seen them at gun /knife shows and occasionly on e-bay.(thats where I got my micarta handled one)Last year prices seemed to range between $100-150

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[keencut]

Thanks Mike o. I figured gun/knife or e-bay.
I wanted to get a handle on the price so I could know how much to smuggle. I'm married, you know.

If any body out there has seen one, let me know- Thanks ahead

James Kimzey

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