New Buck knife : Fluid

[338375]

I'm curious how the oval hole will work out. I have some older Benchmade Mini Griptilians with the oval hole, and actually
the newer versions with the round hole are easier to open. I do have big hands though.

 

[BuckShack]

The combination of nested liners and screws should allow the user to tune this knife to how smooth they want it. It's meant to flick open with the thumb.

My bantams were not very smooth out of the box and I'm still breaking two of them in. I wish they had liners and screws.

 

[oregon]

I'm curious how the oval hole will work out. I have some older Benchmade Mini Griptilians with the oval hole, and actually
the newer versions with the round hole are easier to open. I do have big hands though.

I have gorilla hands, knuckles drag on ground just like yours, and I have one of these bad boys enroute so I will let you know how it performs. I will probably whittle my big paws down to size and that will work as well! I like the two finger drop. It scares those around you who think that you are throwing the knife into the ground or something. You could always rotate the blade open with your thumb I suppose....:yawn:

 

[MercyfulfateXX]

You have 1/2 a beer coming you bright star you. Good one. The steel liner adds weight so you can, in theory, hold the thumb hole with the thumb and index finger touching tip to tip and drop the knife at speed toward the center of the earth then stop thereby opening it.

Also, the nested liner thins the knife, stiffens the knife and leaves room for the anatomical treatment to the external bits of the handle which looks all pushed here and pinched there to fit the human hand. The steel liner gives a fine mount for the blade pivot and I wonder if another blade can be swapped into this knife? With screw construction someone will find out pretty quick vs rivet construction.

lol, 1/2 beer? I guess that's better than none. I kind of figured as such but wasn't quite sure. Thank you Sir for clearing that up. Im sure wanting to pull the trigger. in your opinion would the Fluid be a better (subjectible) knife than the Bantams or Bucklites?

 

[oregon]

lol, 1/2 beer?

We both need a European (damn metric system), where is Haebbie when you need him to explain a quote lifted from "Das Boot." In short, my friend, you are well rewarded in the metric system without being drown in strong drink. Think in terms of a German's point of view.

All knives are good. Yes they are.

In in an emergency I would prefer a quick draw one hand opener lock back = Fluid, of 3 listed given Fluid doesn't take a dump once in my paw.

 

[338375]

I have gorilla hands, knuckles drag on ground just like yours, and I have one of these bad boys enroute so I will let you know how it performs. I will probably whittle my big paws down to size and that will work as well! I like the two finger drop. It scares those around you who think that you are throwing the knife into the ground or something. You could always rotate the blade open with your thumb I suppose....:yawn:

Cool... I'm looking forward to your thoughts on it. I really like the looks of the knife. Personally I think it is one of the cooler knives
Buck has come out with.
Re: the two finger drop, if I tried it, I would probably do exactly that. Drop it

 

[oregon]

Cool... I'm looking forward to your thoughts on it. I really like the looks of the knife. Personally I think it is one of the cooler knives
Buck has come out with.
Re: the two finger drop, if I tried it, I would probably do exactly that. Drop it

The drop in living color, what one man can do another man can do. No sweat:





Note that the blade swings absolutely free between these two points:

 

[oregon]

There is a tiny recurve to the blade on the Fluid that I try to show here. It gives a trap, two bellies for push and pull cuts, so more cutting ability but grates the eye appeal IMHO of this traditionalist, however, I will learn to like it.



The "BUCK" badge is fairly high relief as my fingernail has no problem hanging up on it and it is just more resin. The surface of the handle gives good purchase kind of like that on the Gerber/Emerson Alliance but not as severe (the Alliance will remove skin) so I like the grippyness :thumbup::

 

[oregon]

The closed blade cannot flop to the side so it looks symmetrical when closed. My sore eyes like that. Uh huh.



This is my shot into the pivot area:

 

[oregon]

Some photos out of hand:

 

[oregon]

Some photos in hand (I wear XL gloves) and this knife fits my hand in the forward and reverse grips:

 

[oregon]

Comparison pics to other knives of the same marque. :




Knives: 124 Frontiersman fixed blade, 424 Bucklite (with 501 blade), 289 Fluid back lock, 845 liner lock, 830 strap lock Marksman, 110 back lock

 

[ItsTooEarly]

Oregon, great pictures for sure... I got the hole story about this one...
I don't know if I like that blade yet... But is there a blade liner...
or did I just miss that part... Thanks for the pic's...

 

[oregon]

Impressions of the Fluid:

I have no trouble opening the blade via the ovular blade hole using my right thumb in a slow outward sweeping motion. It is a pleasure and it locks up with a satisfying click that will definitely give away your position but tell you, if you can hear, that the knife has locked open.

Closing it when held parallel to the ground the blade will swing absolutely free until the tip points to five o'clock when, unless you are prepared, the cutting edge may well kiss your finger. Point the open knife toward the center of the earth and then push the back lock bar down and push the blade closed so the free swinging blade cannot say hello to your index finger. The blade carries little mass anyway to its swing holds little real terror.

In the forward grip all fingers close on the handle with my thumb on the back of the blade for me (I wear XL gloves). In a death grip my palm hates the pocket clip right away.

In the reverse grip all fingers close on the handle with my thumb on the butt of the handle. In the death grip the pocket clip aids purchase and my fingers don't hate it.

The blade looks vaguely like a squid to my sore eyes. In the forward grip I can run my thumb out 2/3 along the back of the blade and get a whole lot of control for fine work say de-stemming a strawberry, for example. The final 1/3 of the top of the blade is a false edge that should help with piercing if the need arises.

I am surprised by the grippiness of the handle finish. It is enchanting and a delight when added to the plentiful handle choil holding fingers back from sliding out onto the blades cutting edge during a push cut. I so enjoy my fingers just as they are and relish having no reason to cuss my tools. Some folk make it easier than others for the end user to make a wise purchase. You know who you are.

I get 2.75 ounces (Buck shows 2.2 ounces on their website)

 

[oregon]

Oregon, great pictures for sure... I got the hole story about this one...
I don't know if I like that blade yet... But is there a blade liner...
or did I just miss that part... Thanks for the pic's...

Only blade scientists like the blade because it cuts better with double belly/trap. Looks like heck. Man is it modern. Only the next gen. will embrace it or the early adoptors or the avante garde or liberals or forward thinkers or the young or deep thinkers or extremists or needlers or hecklers bound and determined to be bombastic (where is this stuff coming from, must be my evil twin because I don't think like this.....).

The liner is stainless steel and it is nested (imbedded, flush in the FRN handle). So it is difficult to see, mostly hidden, in such a small folder. Like the Ecolites, which you cold see because they were larger knives, nested liners. It makes them stiffer, tougher, able to take screws, and be dropped by folk who like to open their knives with two fingers for some flashy reason. You can kind of see it in a couple of photos. I take of my tri-focals, get my loupe and flashlight and peer into the open knife without cutting my nose off and I think I can see something shiny.... I have an axe so I can split this one open and take photos of the inside if you like.

Thank you for the kind words. They are very much appreciated. So often in this life. Harsh words fall like heavy Oregon rain. Big FAT drops. Well, you already know. Many thanks. You are all right. My pleasure.

 

[oregon]

A few photos in order to show the abbreviated nested stainless steel liners, mostly hidden, inside the handle of this folding knife. Notice on the outside of the handle where the screws pierce the handle and continue thru the knife and thru the offsets. The liners are here built cleverly into the interior of the handles so that they fit flush with the FRN on both sides and run from blade end to pocket clip end. The liners are most easily visible where they almost surface very near the handle's edge on the pocket clip end of the knife:

 

[ZeroTurnDude]

Oregon can you please show a comparison of blade thickness maybe compare it to the vantage

Thank you

ZTD

 

[MaxCast]

Nice thread going here. Thanks for the in depth review, Oregon.

 

[BuckShack]

Impressions of the Fluid:

I have no trouble opening the blade via the ovular blade hole using my right thumb in a slow outward sweeping motion. It is a pleasure and it locks up with a satisfying click that will definitely give away your position but tell you, if you can hear, that the knife has locked open.

Closing it when held parallel to the ground the blade will swing absolutely free until the tip points to five o'clock when, unless you are prepared, the cutting edge may well kiss your finger. Point the open knife toward the center of the earth and then push the back lock bar down and push the blade closed so the free swinging blade cannot say hello to your index finger. The blade carries little mass anyway to its swing holds little real terror.

It sounds like the name "Fluid" is appropriate then. I like that. My Bantams have a little resistance, so this sounds like an improvement.

With the blade closed, if you press the back lock bar while holding the knife parallel to the ground, will the blade drop "open"? I'm curious if the blade could be opened by depressing the lock and using momentum.

 

[oregon]

Oregon can you please show a comparison of blade thickness maybe compare it to the vantage

Thank you

ZTD

OK, out of office, have Fluid & 830 only for blade comparison, weak wifi, mini iPad camera: