Let’s see the True Buck users. Pics please.

Ace Rimmer said:
Yes, they are.
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pjsjr said:
Thanks, I have always liked finger grooves, yours looked unique. Might be the camera angle/perspective
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Yours is not unique!
I dug through my 112 stash and found these two to compare. It looks as though Buck changed the profile and spacing of the finger grooves from earlier years. Also rounded the edges.
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pjsjr said:
Yours is not unique!
I dug through my 112 stash and found these two to compare. It looks as though Buck changed the profile and spacing of the finger grooves from earlier years. Also rounded the edges.
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Good looking knives
 
These are my most recent go to users but I have several others I use from time to time. Depending on what I’m doing I rotate them. 303 Cadet, large Vantage Pro cv20, Marksman Inferno, 110LT Smoke Jumper. AC6CC0DE-AD8A-4F79-B68A-FBF6CF802F68.jpeg41F0B321-1A87-45C6-9AB4-2486DAD16E6F.jpeg
 
eveled said:
Lol. Some people really use them hard and sharpen with reckless abandon.
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I’ve seen some like that. I usually don’t beat or use my knives in a harsh manner such as cutting asphalt shingles or scraping. I’ll grab a Stanley utility knife or similar to use on abrasive stuff and nasty sticky stuff. I save my good knives for cutting good clear stuff or skinning game. My 1989 301 doesn’t appear to be heavily used but I’ve cut a lot of materials over the years and the same with my 110 Damascus stag has skinned and processed dozens of deer and other game.
 
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great thread Mike.

one of my favorite users and I do use it for about any knife task. Mike did the original patina on it..the prettier stuff and pattern. my use has turned parts black streaked and ugly.
still like the way it looks, so much I only wipe it down dont clean it up. plus I just like Bucks 5160 steel for using.
 
pjsjr said:
Yours is not unique!
I dug through my 112 stash and found these two to compare. It looks as though Buck changed the profile and spacing of the finger grooves from earlier years. Also rounded the edges.
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The way the handle is slimmed down and rounded it has a really good, comfortable feel, and I guess it's just a tiny bit lighter. My old 112 two-dot (not FG) really feels chunky by comparison.
 
Lesknife said:
I’ve seen some like that. I usually don’t beat or use my knives in a harsh manner such as cutting asphalt shingles or scraping. I’ll grab a Stanley utility knife or similar to use on abrasive stuff and nasty sticky stuff. I save my good knives for cutting good clear stuff or skinning game. My 1989 301 doesn’t appear to be heavily used but I’ve cut a lot of materials over the years and the same with my 110 Damascus stag has skinned and processed dozens of deer and other game.
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No disrespect meant. We use our knives, but it usually doesn’t show. On EBay you see the use.
 
eveled said:
No disrespect meant. We use our knives, but it usually doesn’t show. On EBay you see the use.
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Oh I wasn’t offended or making light Of your comments. Mainly I was thinking of some of the eBay offerings that look as though they were using them as scrapers or chisels. Lol. I don’t baby my knives but I’m careful and mindful of how I go about it.

I’ve seen a few guys open a sack of rock salt by first stabbing it then slashing it like they were fighting a grizzly bear or a wild boar. 😆 that sack of salt was d e a d ! 😆 while I use a utility knife just lightly running the tip to make a slight cut. Then it breaks open with very little pressure. Sometimes if the utility knife is missing I use my pocket knife much the same way.

Anyway I try to use just enough to make the cut so as to save the edge in an efficient manner. But that’s just me. I think I learned that from my dad. 😆
 
I’m the same way. Minimize the wear, but still get the job done.

I turn the doorknob then release it after closing the door so the striker plate doesn’t get worn. Crazy things like that without realizing or thinking about it.

It’s a different way of thinking I once heard it poetically described it as “mechanical harmony”.
 
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