Old BUCK KNIFE....

[ItsTooEarly]

Here's some more pictures... I like this knife... ITE

Old knife with my new 121...

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[hkingdom]

Thanks hkingdom, Great looking knives.... I didn't get any sheath like that in the pile... ... Do they say buck on them.... Thanks again, ITE

They do say BUCK on them. This era it was stamped just below the guard. Hope you can see it in this photo.

 

[BG42EDGE]

So.......very interesting.

Did the scalloped blade top have anything to do with scaling fish, or was it something else?

Also, the "Theatre Knives" from the Pacific in WWII......many had similar handles to these knives. Were they inspired by Buck handles? Or were the Bucks inspired by the Theatre Knives?

My dad had three that he brought back with plastic and aluminum spacers that he said were salvaged from a downed Japanese plane.

Historians......to the fore!!

 

[ItsTooEarly]

They do say BUCK on them. This era it was stamped just below the guard. Hope you can see it in this photo.

Thanks hkingdom, I can see it on the sheath... I wish the sheath came with... I'll find one for it... If I keep it... Thanks again for all the pics... Boy, you have some great old knives... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
ITE

 

[David Martin]

So.......very interesting.
Also, the "Theatre Knives" from the Pacific in WWII......many had similar handles to these knives. Were they inspired by Buck handles? Or were the Bucks inspired by the Theatre Knives.
Historians......to the fore!!

BG, It took me some time but I found some info. on your question .
The first stacked handles (leather, horn and other materials) appeared in the American knife scene around 1901 from Webster L. Marble founder of Marbles Knives . He was born into a wealthy family in 1854 who could travel abroad .
So, its possible knowledge of this style came else where . His sportsman knives were of very good quality and took off like wild fire . There are other examples of this style handle that I've seen come out of Chile from the 1800's . There are Finish Puukko examples of stacked birch bark in this same time frame . So, dating it is difficult and the place of orgin more so . However, this style became hugely popular in WWII and still is today . DM

 

[David Martin]

Hk, I'm so glad you and Telechrono are a part of us here to lend your knowledge and display such fine collections . Thanks . DM

 

[BG42EDGE]

BG, It took me some time but I found some info. on your question .
The first stacked handles (leather, horn and other materials) appeared in the American knife scene around 1901 from Webster L. Marble founder of Marbles Knives . He was born into a wealthy family in 1854 who could travel abroad .
So, its possible knowledge of this style came else where . His sportsman knives were of very good quality and took off like wild fire . There are other examples of this style handle that I've seen come out of Chile from the 1800's . There are Finish Puukko examples of stacked birch bark in this same time frame . So, dating it is difficult and the place orgin more so . However, this style became hugely popular in WWII and still is today . DM

Thanks, David. When I said similar handles I meant specifically the plastic stacked handles of combinations of black and red and/or green and/or blue and aluminum so common on the Theatre Knives. Very much like the one Hkingdom posted.

Perhaps those knives were inspired by the similarly handled Buck knives or vice versa......guess it depends on if the Bucks came out prior to the Theatre Knives.

 

[hkingdom]

Hk, I'm so glad you and Telechrono are a part of us here to lend your knowledge and display such fine collections . Thanks . DM

Thank you David. I still have a lot to learn about BUCK Knives, but glad to share any knowledge about them that I can.

 

[hkingdom]

. I wish the sheath came with... I'll find one for it... If I keep it... Thanks again for all the pics... Boy, you have some great old knives... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
ITE

Thanks. I really enjoy the old ones. Yours will clean up nice. The sheaths are really hard to find. They may be more rare than the knives!

 

[Telechronos]

Hk, I'm so glad you and Telechrono are a part of us here to lend your knowledge and display such fine collections . Thanks . DM

David:

I thank you for the kind comments.

I doubt that my name should be included in the same sentence as HKINGDOM's however. My collection and knowledge are but a small percentage of HK's collection AND knowledge.

Every once in a while I luck out and have something that I can contribute.

Telechronos

 

[ItsTooEarly]

Thanks again everyone... Armand ... :thumbup: ...

Will post some pics after I take it to Leroy's... ... I don't no how soon that will be... ...