Old Buck 124, maybe Birch & new cocobolo 119 & 120 -- photos

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Lawrence Helm

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We went off on some tangents in the thread pertaining to a used 124 I bought. Best I've been told if I speak from photos:



The 124 I got a couple of days ago is the one on the bottom. It is designated Buck/124/USA. Two up from this one, third from the bottom is a phenolic handled 124 that I bought new probably in the early 80s. It was the differences between these two I initially wondered about.

The second from the bottom is a Buck 120 made in 2014 sold to me as having a cocobolo handle.

The top one is a Buck 119 made in 2014 also sold to me as having a cocobolo handle.

Here are some other views:

















Lawrence
 
Lawrence, Your black handled 124 is of micarta. Your wood handled 124 is of birch or a rosewood. It looks like mine which is a laminate. Good effort on the photos. Yes, they are both Trailing points. The belly on the micarta handle is moved forward. Where as the belly on the wood handled 124 is moved back. Yes, both have the swedge. Thanks, DM
 
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That's just the way we get sometimes.--- we argue tangents. Please, excuse us. Hope you learned some stuff about your 124's along the way. DM
 
I used to think it was micarta but in the previous thread is a copy of a 1983-4 catalog and calling it an ebony colored phenolic or something like that. I tend to think I bought my 119 slightly earlier than 1983-4 but I'm not sure.

The same catalog offered a birch laminate handle, and since I just acquired this knife and have no information from the seller I tend now to think it is probably the birch laminate.

Lawrence
 
Here is what was called Rosewood I believe. I had stag covers put on the Buck/124/USA.

This looks like laminate to me and I know it was 1984 when my wife gave it to me. I guess it's possible it is solid wood, but the end grain seems pretty close together.











 
David Martin said:
Your 120 & 119 look to have a year date of 1989 but it's hard to make out.? DM
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No, see the original post. They wee both purchased this year and have 2014 date codes. You can see the dates on the following photo if you click on it to make it larger:




Lawrence
 
Stumps said:
Here is what was called Rosewood I believe. I had stag covers put on the Buck/124/USA.

This looks like laminate to me and I know it was 1984 when my wife gave it to me. I guess it's possible it is solid wood, but the end grain seems pretty close together.





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Stumps,

It sounds as though Buck has been messing around with laminates for a long time. Their current favorite involving dymondwood is causing us some confusion. Too bad we don't have someone here from Buck or Dymondwood to explain it to us. I did run across the following from a knife supply house -- can't post the link of course:

"Dymondwood is a laminated material that is made by dying thin layers of hardwoods and layering them together with resign and pressing them all together under extreme pressure and heat.

"We offer Dymondwood in a wide variety of different color combinations as well as different thicknesses.

You will notice below that all our Dymondwood is listed in Ply's. In order to get consistent layups every time we order by the number of layers rather than the thickness. This ensures that the pattern is always the same today ... tomorrow and beyond."

Lawrence
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Lawrence Helm said:
No, see the original post. They wee both purchased this year and have 2014 date codes. You can see the dates on the following photo if you click on it to make it larger:
Lawrence
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Ok, I found a way to do that and could see it. Your correct. DM
 
Good effort et al. I think we stumbled on to an item for a historical correction in our notes. Thanks, Stumps, for the photos. Lawrence, I think your right. "Buck has been playing with laminates much longer," than some dates written. DM
 
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