Kalinga

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Has anyone ever heard of the fixed blade Buck Kalinga? If so, what can you tell Me about it? I believe this knife was new in the early 80's.
 
Originally posted by Joe Houser:
The Kalinga came out in 1970 as far as we can tell. It was discontinued 1988. During that time we made about 60k of them. The earliest ones will have micarta handles. Mostly black micarta although there are some red out there.
 
Welcome to the forum Joe!

There is a search feature that might give you more info.

There are also a few Kalingas in stag. Limited Editions... They look quite nice! :D
 
How many here knew that "Kalinga" was the name of Al Buck's "pride and joy" - 50 foot yacht kept at Southwestern Yacht Club while he lived in San Diego?

Also, that there is a "sister" knife to the Kalinga called the Akonua - both have the wooden handles and upswept blade style - the Kalinga's blade is wider though then the Akonua's...
 
yup,,,,look for the book about history of Buck knives. Shows up on ebay sometimes.
 
Buckaholic said:
How much did the stock Kalinga go for when in production?
Not neccessarily the fancy dancers, just the everday boogers.

Not a fan of ironwood but here is a link just for grins...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6617871710&fromMakeTrack=true
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Hi Goose,

Now don't quote me here as my mind is not what it once was. However, as a kid in the early 70's, standing in front of the Buck knife display at the local sporting goods store, getting finger prints and drool on the glass. I believe the price back then for a Kalinga was $50-60 bones, that was a premium price for a premium product back then. You can check the price list on the BCCI web site, my feathered and honking kneek buddy.

PS: I was one of the lucky few to get a stag handled Kalinga's that came out a short time ago. It's very nice. What can I say about it....honk...honk...honk.

jb4570
 
jb4570 said:
Hi Goose,

Now don't quote me here as my mind is not what it once was. However, as a kid in the early 70's, standing in front of the Buck knife display at the local sporting goods store, getting finger prints and drool on the glass. I believe the price back then for a Kalinga was $50-60 bones, that was a premium price for a premium product back then. You can check the price list on the BCCI web site, my feathered and honking kneek buddy.

PS: I was one of the lucky few to get a stag handled Kalinga's that came out a short time ago. It's very nice. What can I say about it....honk...honk...honk.

jb4570
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Thanks John...
The BCCI site has no history on the 420 Kalinga and the catalog download tries to open a ".asp" file. I have no idea what ".asp" is and so I can't open it...HELP Brother Buckos!!!!

Can you post a pic of the stag Kalinga? I would like to get finger prints and drool on my PC screen :D

HONK!!!
Goose.
 
Buckaholic said:
Thanks John...
The BCCI site has no history on the 420 Kalinga and the catalog download tries to open a ".asp" file. I have no idea what ".asp" is and so I can't open it...HELP Brother Buckos!!!!

Can you post a pic of the stag Kalinga? I would like to get finger prints and drool on my PC screen :D

HONK!!!
Goose.
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Goose,

You have mail brother. I was able to get the info for you off the BCCI web site. I sent you the file from Buck 1970 release info about the Kalinga. Oh, 1970 was the year the Kalinga hit the catalog and had a list price of $50.00. My mind's not that far gone after all. :eek: :D :jerkit:
 
Buckaholic said:
Thanks John. Got it.
Now post a pic of the stag Kalinga you got your mits on. :)
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Here is your pic Goose,





What do you think? Are ya going to get one?;) :D Oh, the finger prints are on the scaner's glass. I had to make it look like I was the kid that was always messing up the display's glass again.
 
hey guys i was wondering if any of you had the 3 piece set of these bowie/dagger/skinner in desert ironwood or giraffe bone i have the stag and some of the buffalo but am very curios what people think of the others especialy the giraffe bone ones
 
Buckaholic said:
...I have no idea what ".asp" is and so I can't open it...
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In my browser [Mozilla], it shows up as an .EXE file...but they're all .PDF files [at the BCCI site]; rename it to xxxxxx.pdf and open it with Acrobat Reader...
 
jb4570 said:
Here is your pic Goose,





What do you think? Are ya going to get one?;) :D Oh, the finger prints are on the scaner's glass. I had to make it look like I was the kid that was always messing up the display's glass again.
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John,
That is quite a knice knife you kneek!
Mongo like Kalinga.
Mongo like stag.

Hey...thanks for the ".asp" tip to you and McNugget about it being Adobe. I'm able to open the stuff now. Thanks so much.

GooseMon.
BCCI 1190
 
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