Revisiting the Buck Ecco (Sekiden)

[DocT]

I made a thread about this in June, but I wanted to revisit this knife. It is a great double bladed affair with one blade being plain edged and hollow ground drop point and the other being half serrated hollow ground sheepfoot. The handle is zytel or something similar. It is a light weight and practical knife, strong too. It is right hand only because even though the liner locks can be worked with the left hand, the opening holes in the blades cannot be accessed by the left thumb. Still, it is a very nice, and very sharp knife that has given me good service for close to 20 years, or so. Here is the original thread: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1407051-Buck-Ecco

Here is an old thread in which CJ Buck, and other Buck employees talk about the knife: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/170721-Question-about-the-Buck-Ecco

Mine was made in Japan and is so stamped on the main blade. I do not remember the steel. It may be AUS8, I'm guessing.

Here is someone else's photo.

I think it is time for another knife like this, or a resurrection of this one.

 

[jbmonkey]

never been much of a big double blade fan, but if the other side was a full serrated rather than part serrated, i could see this one getting some pocket time.

 

[DocT]

I am actually with you on that. A full serrated sheepfoot for the other blade would be just right.

This has been a useful knife. I used this knife to leave overseas in a hot equatorial country, so I would have a good knife when I arrived every year. It has been a great knife and a very useful design. It is comfortable to use, too. The only other change I would make would be to texture the zytel a bit to give more traction.

 

[DocT]

I was interested in Buck's Steve Hull's comments on the name. This flies in the face of a lot of hog wash you see on the internet.

There were two versions of the knife, one with blades of around 2.5" and the other with blades of somewhere around 2.85". Mine is the larger version.