Show Your Buck 501's

[mbkr]

It is possible that they stamped it before hardening, while it was still soft

Or perhaps before they figured out it was easier and cheaper to etch

 

[pjsjr]

Does anyone know when they switched from stamp to laser

I read some years ago, when Buck was stamping most all steel that the harder, powder steels had more breakage when stamped so they choose etching for them.

Buck will engrave names, dates etc. Brady is probably the former owners name.

 

[knarfeng]

501 from the custom shop with S30V blade steel, with a friend

 

[mbkr]

501 from the custom shop with S30V blade steel, with a friend

Nice
What are the handles?
I like the knot in the middle.

 

[pjsjr]

knarfeng oh boy, Frank, did you ever hit the jackpot on those scales. Someone at Buck was on their game when they made that 501!

 

[Culprit99]

501 from the custom shop with S30V blade steel, with a friend

Those scales are fantastic!

 

[DavidABQ]

Not as nice as some of the other Buck 501 knives posted here but I like these a lot. The model 501 is by far my favorite Buck model.

From left to right; an old micarta handled 501 that was re-bladed around 2013 if I read the blade correctly, a custom shop 501 with buffalo horn and a S30v blade. The next 2 are my 501 Larrins. The one on the left is my safe queen. The one on the right has been my EC for the last several weeks.

 

[wonderboy1377s]

Impala Horn.

 

[DeSotoSky]

My contribution....

 

[wonderboy1377s]

A BOTM, a script tang stamp, and a mammoth ivory.

 

[SoDak81]

My lone 501, but it's a beaut.

 

[jb4570]

Wow, it's been a bit since I looked at all the 501s shared here. Fantastic knives everyone, thank you for posting them.





The top two rows are 501s and the bottom row is 055s

 

[failbot]

Not as nice as some of the other Buck 501 knives posted here but I like these a lot. The model 501 id by far my favorite Buck model.

From left to right; an old micarta handled 501 that was re-bladed around 2013 if I read the blade correctly, a custom shop 501 with buffalo horn and a S30v blade. The next 2 are my 501 Larrins. The one on the left is my safe queen. The one on the right has been my EC for the last several weeks.

What are your impressions of the new steel?

 

[DavidABQ]

What are your impressions of the new steel?

I am an office worker so my cutting chores are not that tough on a knife edge. Opening mail and cutting up cardboard boxes for recycling. With that in mind I feel Magnacut to be similar to S30v but better. It is easy to sharpen using my ceramic stones and seems to hold a good working edge longer than S30v. I am very pleased with both the steel and the knife. I see anything pushing it out of my pocket anytime soon.

 

[failbot]

Picked up the second 501 from the post office. The stamp is made only on the left side, on the right the steel grade and Bos are engraved with a cutter. The knife is very good! They have quite different spring tension force, the stamped one has much less pressing force. The royal tree, judging by the wood grain pattern, is the same version as mine, only painted with additional paint

 

[failbot]

On one of the 501s I trimmed the spring with a dremel. Now the blade doesn't hit it and doesn't become dull, and the spring has also become softer. It was too powerful, now it's the same as 112, I mean the pressure on the finger to unlock, but still more rigid than the second one with an indigo handle

 

[Ace Rimmer]

This 501 is from 1978-80. Pleasant day to sit outside and listen to music from Algeria.

 

[Culprit99]

This 501 is from 1978-80. Pleasant day to sit outside and listen to music from Algeria.

HF radio - both SW listening and ham - is very much under appreciated these days. Such an awesome capability.

 

[failbot]

The color of the handle and the pen match well