Spitfire?

I have an SK Extreme Spitfire and a standard mini Spitfire. Both have just the slightest lock rock. Neither have any side play. I haven't used the Spitfire yet, but I find myself carrying the mini a lot. It's so light and slim it's perfect for carrying in shorts. I recently used it quite a bit and can say I never even thought about the slight lock rock. Its a non-issue - at least on my particular knife. Its a good little knife. That said, I'd get one of the new improved ones if I was buying now, just because....unless you find a screaming deal on one of the old ones.
 
And I'm supposed to believe that a 3-1/4" blade, with that slight of a recurve, offers all that??? Mmmmkay....

I'll stick with "hard to sharpen" and "looks cool", until Buck introduces a kukri.....
 
husqyorange said:
I don't see the benefit of a "recurve" blade, other than styling. Does it cut better? Nope. It's sure a heckuva lot harder to sharpen if all you have is a conventional stone laying around.
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Different blades for different purposes. Recurves cut through rope easier than most clip or drop points I've handled. The belly of the blade is it's sweet spot. Larger recurves are excellent choppers and they also make for easy skinning of game. I consider the Spitfire a slight recurve, almost between that and a drop point. I've never found it hard to sharpen (especially the knife we're talking about). Ceramic rods work best.
 
Thanks for all the info folks!

BuckShack said:
Look at the BUCK Vantage. It has a pocket clip. It has a similar "hole" to use your thumb to open and it has a flipper you can flick open using your pointer finger. Best of all, it has a Liner Lock and no blade play.
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I actually have a vantage that I carried for a while. It's a fine knife but i never really fell in love with it. It actually got snagged out of my pocket and spent the winter in a muddy feed lot. A coworker found it in the spring long after I had given up on it. I need to clean it up and send it into buck for a new pocket clip as somewhere along the line it got snapped off. That was the last knife I carried with a clip actually but I've had a career change since then so I thought I'd give it a try now.

J Hubbard said:
The new improved versions are coming on line starting a couple weeks ago.
We made 3 major changes
Press fit the Pivot and rocker female fasteners
Removed some slack between the spring and spring holder slot
Changed the bend angle on the spring.
The lock rock is basically gone now.
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Thanks for the info. It's good to see buck addressing these issues. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

husqyorange said:
Frankly, and this also applies to other knives such as the Mesa, I don't see the benefit of a "recurve" blade, other than styling.

Does it cut better? Nope. It's sure a heckuva lot harder to sharpen if all you have is a conventional stone laying around.
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I would have to agree with you. Buck's slight obsession with recurves makes me a bit crazy. I've held off purchasing several knives for this reason. I've decided I can live with it on this knife but i still haven't purchased a mesa and I would have if it didn't have the recurve, which is too bad because it's basically the knife I've always wanted buck to make. Luckily buck makes plenty of nice straight bladed knives as well.
 
husqyorange said:
And I'm supposed to believe that a 3-1/4" blade, with that slight of a recurve, offers all that??? Mmmmkay....

I'll stick with "hard to sharpen" and "looks cool", until Buck introduces a kukri.....
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Buck sells a Froe.
 
I have the Micarta Spitfire from Copper & Clad that I bought last September and I really love it.
 
Deere Man said:
Thanks for all the info folks!



I actually have a vantage that I carried for a while. It's a fine knife but i never really fell in love with it. It actually got snagged out of my pocket and spent the winter in a muddy feed lot. A coworker found it in the spring long after I had given up on it. I need to clean it up and send it into buck for a new pocket clip as somewhere along the line it got snapped off. That was the last knife I carried with a clip actually but I've had a career change since then so I thought I'd give it a try now.



Thanks for the info. It's good to see buck addressing these issues. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.



I would have to agree with you. Buck's slight obsession with recurves makes me a bit crazy. I've held off purchasing several knives for this reason. I've decided I can live with it on this knife but i still haven't purchased a mesa and I would have if it didn't have the recurve, which is too bad because it's basically the knife I've always wanted buck to make. Luckily buck makes plenty of nice straight bladed knives as well.
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Yep. They did the same thing to the Compadre (slight recurve).
 
Your making up for lost time. Member since 2006 with 26 posts.
 
Makael said:
Your making up for lost time. Member since 2006 with 26 posts.
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This is at least the second thread where you've gone out of your way to "stalk" me. So, I've had 26 posts since 2006. Is that a crime?? We're commenting on a knife, the Spitfire. I made a comment about a feature of said knife, the recurve blade, that I don't like (and pointed out Buck has also seen fit to incorporate in some other knives). You respond with cut and paste Google searches of what a recurve blade is.

Look, I own at least 20 Buck knives, including:

Buck 124
Buck 119
Buck 301 x 4 (Camillus and Buck mfg)
Buck 110's x 6 (Newer, 2 dots, auto conversions, C and C 5160 blade specials
Buck 446 D x 2
Buck Mesa
Buck 870
Buck 428 selector
Buck 389 Canoe

And a few others

Yep, that's a "joke" compared to others on this subforum, but it's enough to justify a comment or two Every now and then.

With the exception of the 870, they're all pretty decent knives, and most are excellent.

I'm starting to see why the Buck suforum is nowhere near as "popular" as it ought to be. I think it has a lot to do with a few of you guys who feel like this should be nothing but a fanboy echo chamber.

I like Buck knives, but I don't like ALL Buck knives. If pointing out an issue (yep, I was pretty rough on the 870) or "constructive criticism" (blade shape) is not allowed, then, mods, feel free to give me a sign. If I need to have more than 500 posts to post here, give me a heads up.

Otherwise, feel free to ignore my posts, and I'll do the same for you. Thank you and good day.
 
husqyorange said:
This is at least the second thread where you've gone out of your way to "stalk" me. So, I've had 26 posts since 2006. Is that a crime?? We're commenting on a knife, the Spitfire. I made a comment about a feature of said knife, the recurve blade, that I don't like (and pointed out Buck has also seen fit to incorporate in some other knives). You respond with cut and paste Google searches of what a recurve blade is.

Look, I own at least 20 Buck knives, including:

Buck 124
Buck 119
Buck 301 x 4 (Camillus and Buck mfg)
Buck 110's x 6 (Newer, 2 dots, auto conversions, C and C 5160 blade specials
Buck 446 D x 2
Buck Mesa
Buck 870
Buck 428 selector
Buck 389 Canoe

And a few others

Yep, that's a "joke" compared to others on this subforum, but it's enough to justify a comment or two Every now and then.

With the exception of the 870, they're all pretty decent knives, and most are excellent.

I'm starting to see why the Buck suforum is nowhere near as "popular" as it ought to be. I think it has a lot to do with a few of you guys who feel like this should be nothing but a fanboy echo chamber.

I like Buck knives, but I don't like ALL Buck knives. If pointing out an issue (yep, I was pretty rough on the 870) or "constructive criticism" (blade shape) is not allowed, then, mods, feel free to give me a sign. If I need to have more than 500 posts to post here, give me a heads up.

Otherwise, feel free to ignore my posts, and I'll do the same for you. Thank you and good day.
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I'm not stalking you friend. No reason. Maybe you come in here knocking the crap out of Bucks recurve style knives.
 
husqyorange said:
This is at least the second thread where you've gone out of your way to "stalk" me. So, I've had 26 posts since 2006. Is that a crime?? We're commenting on a knife, the Spitfire. I made a comment about a feature of said knife, the recurve blade, that I don't like (and pointed out Buck has also seen fit to incorporate in some other knives). You respond with cut and paste Google searches of what a recurve blade is.

Look, I own at least 20 Buck knives, including:

Buck 124
Buck 119
Buck 301 x 4 (Camillus and Buck mfg)
Buck 110's x 6 (Newer, 2 dots, auto conversions, C and C 5160 blade specials
Buck 446 D x 2
Buck Mesa
Buck 870
Buck 428 selector
Buck 389 Canoe

And a few others

Yep, that's a "joke" compared to others on this subforum, but it's enough to justify a comment or two Every now and then.

With the exception of the 870, they're all pretty decent knives, and most are excellent.

I'm starting to see why the Buck suforum is nowhere near as "popular" as it ought to be. I think it has a lot to do with a few of you guys who feel like this should be nothing but a fanboy echo chamber.

I like Buck knives, but I don't like ALL Buck knives. If pointing out an issue (yep, I was pretty rough on the 870) or "constructive criticism" (blade shape) is not allowed, then, mods, feel free to give me a sign. If I need to have more than 500 posts to post here, give me a heads up.

Otherwise, feel free to ignore my posts, and I'll do the same for you. Thank you and good day.
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Sorry to upset you, never intended to do so. Just countering. I like the recurve, it serves a purpose. This forum is very popular and not sure why you are reacting so strongly. Oh well. It's all good.:thumbsup:
 
I do not think Makael meant any offense. That is not his style. I took his comment about the 26 posts as a joke, like a gentle jibe. We do tend to kid each other on this forum, all in fun and friendship.

We all have opinions about knives and we discuss what we like and do not like. Personally, I do not favor the recurve on a small pocket knife but like it on larger knives. But, that is me. I do not hate it, I just do not prefer it. It does make it a bit awkward to sharpen, but not impossible. And it does cut better for some tasks. I just prefer a more general use blade style.
 
husqyorange said:
I'm starting to see why the Buck suforum is nowhere near as "popular" as it ought to be. I think it has a lot to do with a few of you guys who feel like this should be nothing but a fanboy echo chamber.
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Not trying to start an argument here but of all the Manufacturers Forums, Buck’s is pretty heavily active when it comes to number of threads and posts. It comes in third. Busse Combat Knives leads and second is the Spyderco forum. These numbers are also close to what I see on other knife forums. Far from "nowhere near as popular..."
 
I just got one yesterday(June 19). The lock up seems pretty tight to me. Mine has the S30V steel blade. It's dated 10/17/17.

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I own several spitfires probably more than
10 . Not one has an issue. Or anything I would call an issue. It's a low end knife . It does the edc job better than any other knife I can think of.
The only knife I know of that has 4 different clip positions. I have bought them since the first production year. I would say kudos to Buck to try to improve on a design to appease the knife junkie crowd because I am sure most people that buy these give not a second that to what people here are complaining about.
 
It's great to hear that Buck is improving the Spitfire. I absolutely love the two I have. There is a difference between the two. I've said this a number of times before on the forum, but my standard orange one locks up solid. My black one from SK Blades has some vertical blade play. I think the hole for the pivot pin is just ever so slightly too big. When I move the blade up and down, I can see the pivot pin moving also. That doesn't happen on the orange one. My brother recently bought the blue line Spitfire. I'm impressed with the way it looks in person. It locks up solid, too. I still think the Spitfire is a great design. Very light and comfortable to carry. I often forget I even have it on me. Of the Buck Knives that I have, and have handled (yes each has its own purpose), the Spitfire is still, far and away, my favorite.
 
Hi everyone-knew to this subforum. I bought a spitfire recently from an on-line vendor, after checking one out at a local gun shop (they wanted too much money) and after having read about the various issues people have had with it. It's a 2017 model, and has absolutely no blade play. Now that might be because the pivot is so tight I can barely open it one-handed, but that's not my style anyway, so no big deal (I have no issue with using two hands to open a knife). I like the knife for a couple of reasons, primarily the four way option for the clip, which allows me to carry the knife tip down, which I prefer (never understood the obsession with tip up carry). I also think that lock backs are probably one of the safest and most reliable locking mechanisms. And the knife itself, especially the blade, seems to be just the right size for everyday carry, and I love the blade shape.

I've been eyeing the SK Blades extreme spitfire, which is gearing up for another limited run. I'm a little concerned that I've read here and elsewhere that even with those knives there's been some issues with blade play. Guess I'll just have to wait and see. And by the way, reading here about lock rock made me go and check mine, and in fact there is a little, but not enough to worry about.

I've collected several but not a lot of Buck's over the years, and find that if you pick and choose carefully, you can get one hell of a knife!
 
Lol - just found a new use for my knife!

I hear the wave feature on Emerson knives works well too, but I can't figure out how. The Spitfire clip looks like it was designed with that in mind. I'll try it out while watching the ball game this afternoon:D.
 
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