Buck Lock back broken?

Yow. Well, that piece you found on the floor is the spring. The fact that it came out might mean there is some internal damage. It should be held firmly in the frame. If the knife is new, I'd send it back. :P
 
Yes, send it back! It shouldn't be easy to break that apart. How did it happen?
 
The Bantam is a somewhat light duty knife, so the part holding the spring in is a fairly thin piece of plastic. Either way, unless you were doing something straight up abusive to it the spring should have stayed put. If you send it in I have a feeling Buck will take care of it.
 
Interesting scenario...wondering just HOW the OP managed to do that...
But as MarkN86 mentioned...a thin piece of plastic is just THAT.
 
Flipped knife out on a Paracord lanyard and it hit the fridge edge. Going to get it engraved also when it goes back.
 
4-8 weeks to fix. Just a daily knife so I bought another one. With the Paracord lanyard I can zip it out of my pocket and it opens up from the force. Nice fast opening with one hand.

Just bought three Camillus Marlin Spikes (69?) Three different blade types. Those I like a lot. Buck is cool too. Have some other Bucks for many many years.
 
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John Shiels said:
With the Paracord lanyard I can zip it out of my pocket and it opens up from the force. Nice fast opening with one hand.
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That, frankly, sounds like a bad idea. Either the knife failed from the excessive force this opening method applies, or it's too uncontrollable and you've got sharp steel flying around. Or both.
 
Never happen till it hit the fridge. Not the preferred method but good in an emergency. Force is not bad because if you don't leave 1-2" between handle end and hand it doesn't open well. Again it's for a fast situation in today's crazy world.
 
What kinda crazy world scenario do you think this would be good for? In my opinion if your blade is gonna do double duty, EDC/SD I would prefer an overbuilt knife and certainly if weight is the consideration, at least go with CF or even G10. Plastics like "cheaper" FRNs serve great as an EDC for normal day to day cuttin' or slicin' but when it comes to SD it better be a FB for dependability and speed.

I gotta ask the OP what scenarios are you exposed to? How often and what in particular have you been exposed to if you don't mind me askin'? I'm not talkin' about the GTA fantasy video game scenarios, I mean what city violence or type of job do you have where you safety is a concern and you feel a knife is a faster, better alternative to a pistol or revolver?

Sometimes I think younger people are preparing for TEOTW & the SHTF scenarios where the dead will rise and the Walking Dead become the norm so everything must open fast and be big and terrifyin' when used to deanimate the living dead.

To the OP, do you really think that replacing the Buck with the same knife is a bad choice? Keep n mind that it might be something else other than a refrigerator it hits next time. The method you describe sounds inherently dangerous and uncontrollable, can you better describe your method or maybe post a video to better illustrate your method.

BTW welcome to Blade Forums John, why don't you pop in to the introduction thread in this forum We were all new here once thread and introduce yourself, tell us all a little about yourself. Don't forget to fill in your profile page, it helps us get to know you a little better too.
 
Just get a flipper. Or something with a wave. At least you'll have the knife IN YOUR HAND when it opens, so you can defend yourself from instadeath by poptart box zombies in the kitchen before school. Drawing a knife as you're describing it must look like some sort of seizure to an observer:
"Does that dude have bees in his pocket? Wtf is going on over there?"
 
AndreLinoge said:
Just get a flipper. Or something with a wave. At least you'll have the knife IN YOUR HAND when it opens, so you can defend yourself from instadeath by poptart box zombies in the kitchen before school. Drawing a knife as you're describing it must look like some sort of seizure to an observer:
"Does that dude have bees in his pocket? Wtf is going on over there?"
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I had to laugh out loud to this reply. A great one Andre Linoge !!!
 
John Shiels said:
Never happen till it hit the fridge. Not the preferred method but good in an emergency. Force is not bad because if you don't leave 1-2" between handle end and hand it doesn't open well. Again it's for a fast situation in today's crazy world.
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It won't do you any good in a fast situation if you break it before it can get to today's crazy world. Hope that makes sense.
 
craytab said:
It won't do you any good in a fast situation if you break it before it can get to today's crazy world. Hope that makes sense.
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But there won't be a fridge. If it breaks I am back to basics. Nothing lost really.

I can carry a knife in NY but a gun not so easy in NY or NYC. Although this knife needs to be 1/4" shorter to take to NYC.
 
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