Patina or polished

Thanks for the flowers, Dave, but I'm not able to pimp up the
blades correctly. And that is the most important things Buck makes at the
SPA. Does Buck offers a placement for a week? I would like to learn it.

Best,
Haebbie
 
Hmmm... Temporary jobs at Buck, sounds like a good idea. Bring an old knife for the spa tutorial and if you stay a second week you leave with a custom 110 from the Build a Buck Workshop. (I'll have mine with an S30V blade, Nickel bolsters, and elk-antler scales with rivets)
 
Thanks to Matt and others for their PM's on cleaning, here is my, still needs final polishing, Shiny 110. I must say I prefer the clean, polished approach.DSC_3645.jpg
 
DLE60
Nice 3version 9 variation, I have a couple of these and they seem to not come around very often...
 
Hey, that really IS a nice (and rare) knife.

I have one and I've been watching for them, but apparently MBJ has been getting them all.

:D
 
mbjannusch said:
I have had them for quite some time, But I'm glad you didn't argue the ver/var...
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Hey, you KNOW I never argue when the information is correct.

:D

And, yes......I was watching that one-liner. That sure went high. But you don't see nice ones that often, so I guess that's the way it is.
 
it was my early expreance that Buck Brand is about the
ONLY brand of knife
that if sent to the factory for a spa treatment
it will increase the value of the knife!!
most others seem, like coins, to loose value and collectability if made nice

i base this on what i see at the knife shows and the other brands
were it is a selling point that the knife is as found not cleaned up

i jest dont under stand the others not being worth more
but then Bucks are always worth a bit more to start with
and
Buck is one of the few that will do spa treatments
 
I'm coming in late to this discussion, but here's my take: First and foremost a knife is a functional item and no matter what you do with it, it should be able to function as such, even if it just sits in a glass case. I don't collect knives like some collect coins. All my knives are potential users, even if I never use them. My "lookers" will probably never be used, because no matter what job it is, I can do the same thing with another less showy knife.

Patina or polish? Brass, I'll leave the patina. It's too much work to keep polishing them. NS I like to see shiny. They don't patina nearly as quickly as brass. Older knives, I'll send in to the spa when I first get them, then I'll let them sit.

I don't care about resale value. I'm not selling.
 
This has been an interesting thread. I have a Vintage Gretsch Guitar (1964) and I would never give it a spa treatment. Most I do is keep the green off the brass knobs and such. If I gave it a spa treatment, the value would decrease dramatically... Interesting that it seems to be the opposite with our knives.
 
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