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badws6

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Hi All
Signed up a while ago and have just been reading tons of info here. Anyway I have been collecting since the late seventies but took a long break. Just starting to get back into the collection. My Dad bought me this Buck from SMKW several years ago.
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I read thru all the crosslock threads but did not see anything like it. Any have one like or any information about it? Some more pictures.

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Sweet knife! Looks like you have a nice hard to find Ionfusion Crosslock! What else is on the box end?

Welcome to the Buck forum BTW!!!!!!!!

If you use it I think you will like the ionfusion! Do a search on here for ionfusion and crosslock, you should get some good info.

-Jim
 
Bad, Welcome to the Buck forum . I don't know about your knife but in 1994 Buck won the "Knife of the Year" award with the Crosslock design . It's a very prestigious award for a cutlery company to attain . So, enjoy it and let us know more about your Buck's . DM
 
Badws6, Welcome to the Buck forum... Nice pics and a nice knife.... What do you want to know about your Ionfusion Crosslock??? They made some that were called Buckcote and they came in different colors??? Mine has been Sharpened on both sides... Much better now... That's just me... ITE

Here's one of mine Crosslock...
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There is also the Alpha Crosslock

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I have wondered why they use the same name or model number for completely different knives. I guess is you did a sillouhette of the crosslock and the alpha cl it would have a similar shape but other than that, totally different IMHO. Then there is the 186, the original and the titanium are as far apart as can be. Someone please expound.
 
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Thanks for the replys I will try to answer all of the questions:

Here is the box end:
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Hers are the rest of my Bucks:
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I just picked up the 110 from Bass Pro Shops has a BOS blade The rest I have picked up thru the years I got the Akonua for $35.

I also have knives from Case, Kabar etc

Bob
 
Nice Bucks!!! Sorry the box end doesn't really help me with anything! I thought the ionfusion knives always had an X1 in the model number. (or something along those lines) Maybe Joe Houser will be along to help! I know the buckcote/ionfusions weren't made all that long. I don't think most people could wrap their mind around the one sided chisel grind sharpening. I like mine, but I only have an Ionfusion 110 and a buckcote Protege. Buck originally called them Buckcote, but changed after a year or 2 maybe? because its not really a "coating" it is ZIrconium Nitride atoms fused to the blade. You have the more common of the Crosslocks in my opinion. There werent many made with different colors in that model. (Buck did offer Gold, Champagne, Grey, Light Gold, even purple colored blades on other models) Buck only put the ionfusion blades on a handful of models though. (180, 110, 191, 192, 119, protege are all that come to mind right now.) The only drawback I could ever find is from the grind, they are not quite as durable during hard use. The edge tends to "roll" if cutting tough material. With that said though, they do stay sharp for long periods of time, Buck claimed up to 8X longer than their Edge2000 knives. Cutting cardboard, carpeting etc. in my experience- the material being cut actually removes the 420HC blade (think microscopic) under the ionfusion leaving the Zirconium Nitride on the cutting edge. I used an older one I had to clean waterfowl, and the blade dinged rather easily cutting through small bones etc. I loved using mine for rabbits and such, but stay away from bone! It also works great for skinning, but you have to be careful, thay are sharp!!

Did you remove the stickers from your blade? What is stamped on the side of your liner lock?

Just going back into Bucks catalogs, the Crosslock was first in the 1995 catalog.
Buckcote Crosslocks were in the 1997 catalogs,
Ionfusion came out in 2000
and by 2002 Ionfusion was gone already...

I hope I helped!!!!!!!!!

-Jim
 
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There were seven models of the crosslock in the 1995 catalog . DM
 
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Post, Thanks for bringing this error to my attention in this manner instead of slaming me like some do . DM
 
David Martin said:
Post, Thanks for bringing this error to my attention in this manner instead of slamming me like some do . DM
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:thumbup: No problem, we're all human ;) You don't have to worry about me slamming anyone, I have alot of respect for you, and most other knife enthusiasts.

I just had to double check the year, when I posted last night, it was quite late, I thought maybe I had missed something LOL

Good information!

What else are you looking for badws6?
 
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Wow great info thanks ...it came out of the box without stickers on the blade.
the liner lock had pat. pending over 180 stamped very light though.

Bob
 
Weird, the pat. pend. should be an earlier Buckcote 180 I would have thought. Maybe Buck had leftover parts for the ionfusions. No stickers? Hmmm. It should have had an ionfusion sticker on the front and a DO NO SHARPEN THIS SIDE on the back ;) Still a sweet knife!!
 
Post, Your correct . The "Buck pattern" (something to watch for in all models) is to stamp, the blade 'patent pending' on any model that a patent has been filed for which is usually the first years production . The process sometimes takes over a year in some cases . Then the following years production will be stamped 'patented' . These Crosslocks #180 followed this pattern, the 531 Bucklocks in the late 1980's and even the Hone Master model 136 has this from the 1970's . As I have one with the pending and one without . DM
 
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Post, Your correct . The "Buck pattern" (something to watch for in all models) is to stamp, the blade 'patent pending' on any model that a patent has been filed for which is usually the first years production . The process sometimes takes over a year in some cases . Then the following years production will be stamped 'patented' . These Crosslocks #180 followed this pattern, the 531 Bucklocks in the late 1980's and even the Hone Master model 136 has this from the 1970's . As I have one with the pending and one without . DM
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Thats whats weird to me David! I had one of each as well, but if his is indeed an Ionfusion, it should no longer have the Pat.pend. on the lock? Maybe it is a Buckcote with the wrong Box or information packet? OR the lock was left over from earlier models? Either way I guess, its still a nice knife!!
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Thanks for the education!!! :thumbup: great info. The knife is definatly edged on only one side. and has never been sharpned It was purchased via mail order from smoky mountain knife works. So i guess the box and paperwork could have been mixed there. Or maybe it was some kind of close out? I wish I could remimber the actual year I got it.

Bob
 
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