Old Hunter
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Maybe because this has been done before (several times) the man's question hasn't been answered - "how did you catch the Buck bug?"
I grew up with a pocketknife; Dad was a Soldier, my only living Granddad was an Electrical Contractor - both used knives in their professions. I witnessed them use knives for appropriate tasks, and they bought us boys (4 of us) knives along with giving us instructions in using them. My first Buck brand came from my Grandma, I think for HS graduation in 1973 - it is a Buck 301 from the era. My second Buck was actually the first knife I remember buying for myself - I was a newly commissioned 2LT, at Aberdeen Proving Ground MD in 1976 and wanted a field knife - I picked out a Buck 105 - I looked at a Buck 110 but don't remember even considering another brand. I still have them both; although I have bought many knives of other brands I will always consider Buck the "Gold Standard" in a well made, heavy duty field knife - nowadays I go hiking, woods bumming, or hunting/fishing with a Buck of some sort on my hip and in my pocket. OH
Ps I ended up on this forum after being informed of it by 300BUCKS - he saw me posting my Buck's at AAPK and invited me to join here too.
A few I took for a combination hog and quail hunt in northern Florida a few years ago (Bird knife and Pathfinder for the bird hunt, 112 & 124 for the hog hunt).
Typical Buck's that I take deer hunting (The 301 and the 105 are the first two Buck's I owned - I lean much more to a Buck 118 nowadays for deer skinning/butchering).
I grew up with a pocketknife; Dad was a Soldier, my only living Granddad was an Electrical Contractor - both used knives in their professions. I witnessed them use knives for appropriate tasks, and they bought us boys (4 of us) knives along with giving us instructions in using them. My first Buck brand came from my Grandma, I think for HS graduation in 1973 - it is a Buck 301 from the era. My second Buck was actually the first knife I remember buying for myself - I was a newly commissioned 2LT, at Aberdeen Proving Ground MD in 1976 and wanted a field knife - I picked out a Buck 105 - I looked at a Buck 110 but don't remember even considering another brand. I still have them both; although I have bought many knives of other brands I will always consider Buck the "Gold Standard" in a well made, heavy duty field knife - nowadays I go hiking, woods bumming, or hunting/fishing with a Buck of some sort on my hip and in my pocket. OH
Ps I ended up on this forum after being informed of it by 300BUCKS - he saw me posting my Buck's at AAPK and invited me to join here too.
A few I took for a combination hog and quail hunt in northern Florida a few years ago (Bird knife and Pathfinder for the bird hunt, 112 & 124 for the hog hunt).
Typical Buck's that I take deer hunting (The 301 and the 105 are the first two Buck's I owned - I lean much more to a Buck 118 nowadays for deer skinning/butchering).
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