New Buck 500 Duke, blade wiggle question?

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Brigmophyson

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Hello, I just received this beautiful Buck 500 Duke for Christmas, and I just love it! Blade snaps into place solid, and it is built extremely well. I just have a quick question. When I have the blade open, I was checking to see if the blade wiggles at all, (cause I like things perfect), and if I use some serious force pushing side to side, I feel it wiggle just a teeny tiny bit, but just barely. I am just wondering is that normal? I mean the blade seems to lock into position extremely well with a tight snap. So I'm not sure if I'm being overly obsessive about this or not haha! I don't want to send it to Buck to tighten it up if this is as good as it gets; Thanks!

Here are some pics of my knife and the lock up joint area~

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Brigmophyson said:
if I use some serious force pushing side to side, I feel it wiggle just a teeny tiny bit, but just barely.
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Welcome!

Your pictures don't show up for me...says requires sign-in.

If I use 'some serious force' my Buck 500, 110 and 112 all wiggle 'just a teeny bit'. I wouldn't worry unless you have some serious wiggle or 'lock rock'. Preston
 
Hey thanks so much for your response! So sorry the pictures don't show up, I wasn't sure the best way to post a photo on here haha! But ya, thanks for the confirmation on the blade wiggle, ya it's just a really tiny bit, like hardly at all, so, I didn't think it was a big deal, but glad to hear from another Buck owner; Hope you have a good day!

I think I figured out how to post pictures right, here we go!

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I'm no knife maker, but as stated above if everything was so tight it didn't wiggle it wouldn't take much to make it not operate at all. I would think it's a fairly fine line between working and not especially for a pinned knife.
 
Yes. ^ Someone else already said it.
Brig, I have a 1979-80 Duke that I have been carrying and it has no up/ down wiggle. But the slightest side to side when opened.
I use it a lot and it's solid. Enjoy yours, DM
 
Thanks so much for the feedback! I'm enjoying it a ton, I've always wanted one and they seem to be hard to come by. I love hearing stories of people having their Buck knife for decades, it's awesome!
 
B Brigmophyson , that model has never been discontinued and it has been made in many special editions. It's a thin, sturdy 3" blade model, good for walking the dog and grocery shopping. It cuts up cardboard and my lunch apple just fine. I'll get a photo of mine in this topic. DM
 
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