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Pack Rat

Pack Rat

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Is there a snowballs chance that any of you can date this clampack 110 based on the pics. I don't really want to open it.

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Has the edge 2000 words, 1993 year stamp on the pic, El Cajon address.
So it is newer than 1993 and older than 2004. Did Edge 2000 start in year 2000? Would make it 2000 to 2004 if so...

:rolleyes:
 
Would opening it really tell you anything you don't know??? :confused:

It might be a good idea to open it, clean/polish the bolsters, wax it, and put it back together...it'll only get worse... :(
 
chickentrax said:
It might be a good idea to open it, clean/polish the bolsters, wax it, and put it back together...it'll only get worse... :(
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Or it would make someone a nice gift hint:thumbup: hint:thumbup: :cool:
 
chickentrax said:
Would opening it really tell you anything you don't know??? :confused:

It might be a good idea to open it, clean/polish the bolsters, wax it, and put it back together...it'll only get worse... :(
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Yes, opening it would tell me the exact year.

Just thought someone might be able to put a closer date on it without opening it. . And I am not sure about the Edge 2000 coinsiding with year 2000.

I have a few clampacks un opened. Just thought I would keep this one intact.
Brass bolsters can always be cleaned at some point.

And this one has the curved bottom tan sheath with some of the prettiest grain I have seen on a sheath. Apparently these aren't going to be available through Buck any longer.
 
Pack Rat said:
Yes, opening it would tell me the exact year...
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The tang stamp? Yes...Where did it come from??? I can sort of make out a store graphic in the upper left, but I'm not familiar with it...

I had at least one of the K-Mart clampacks [not the flashlight], and I think the bar code did have the date code on it...there was some discussion about a year ago on opened/unopened clampacks, and how to tell, but I don't recall exactly how... :( They are probably store-specific...
 
There are some interesting comments in the June news letter about the double dash 1992 110's, if you haven't seen it yet.

A slight change in the spring holder that they wanted to be able to identify for warranty/repair. Doesn't say exactly when it 1992.
 
buckman#10 said:
Or it would make someone a nice gift hint:thumbup: hint:thumbup: :cool:
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Wrong......:rolleyes: :p :D

WELCOME to the Forum Buckman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
chickentrax said:
The tang stamp? Yes...Where did it come from??? I can sort of make out a store graphic in the upper left, but I'm not familiar with it...

I had at least one of the K-Mart clampacks [not the flashlight], and I think the bar code did have the date code on it...there was some discussion about a year ago on opened/unopened clampacks, and how to tell, but I don't recall exactly how... :( They are probably store-specific...
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Upper left is the Buck Knives Logo. No store identifiers. Flashlight is Dorcy.
Packaged by Diversified Re-Packaging.

Yeah, I have some clams that have a date with the bar code. But not this one.

Batteries Included..... :rolleyes:
 
More useless....I just dug out one of the 505 dot that they talk about in the news letter. interesting ....
 
Sorry for the off-topic question, but, do you guys believe that the plastic clam-packs keep Buck knives in as "cherry" of a condition as the Buck boxes do...? It just seems to me that having a leather sheath in a paper box means that there's a relatively even flow of air, allowing the leather to "breathe" a bit. However, keeping a leather sheath inside a plastic clam-pack probably means that the leather might still be absorbing some moisture from the air, but, being enclosed in plastic, maybe it serves to hold the moisture in the leather...?

The "two-tone" sheath from the Wednesday Useless thread also came in a clam-pack. The mold that covered that particular leather sheath grew since you purchased it....

Sorry, just being "useless" on a Sunday.... ;)

GeoThorn

P.S. Pack, will you open that clam-pack if/when the batteries start leaking...?
 
geothorn said:
Sorry for the off-topic question, but, do you guys believe that the plastic clam-packs keep Buck knives in as "cherry" of a condition as the Buck boxes do...? It just seems to me that having a leather sheath in a paper box means that there's a relatively even flow of air, allowing the leather to "breathe" a bit. However, keeping a leather sheath inside a plastic clam-pack probably means that the leather might still be absorbing some moisture from the air, but, being enclosed in plastic, maybe it serves to hold the moisture in the leather...?

The "two-tone" sheath from the Wednesday Useless thread also came in a clam-pack. The mold that covered that particular leather sheath grew since you purchased it....

Sorry, just being "useless" on a Sunday.... ;)

GeoThorn

P.S. Pack, will you open that clam-pack if/when the batteries start leaking...?
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Geo,

First, nothing is off topic in a useless thread :D At least one I start ;)

Good point about the batteries.

That two tone sheath clampack had been under water and didn't have a solid seal around it. It wasn't wet or discolored, just smelled with the bit of mildew on the sheath. I still have the cardboard and it still smells like mildew after spraying it with lysol. I opened that clampack as soon as it got here. Was a bay purchase and advertised accordingly.

But excellent point and I agree....Boxes are better. :thumbup: .

I will have to keep an eye on the clampacks. I think proper storage will be ok.
 
Pack Rat said:
Wrong......:rolleyes: :p :D

WELCOME to the Forum Buckman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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thanks for the welcome pack rat although i am not a new member i had to reregister and it wouldnt let me use my old username which was buck to buck but im glad to be back on here its only been a couple of days and already got the heads up on the new bcci 112:thumbup: it was you peoples on here that convinced me to get the bcci 110 that i had originaly decided i didnt want after getting it i dont know how i could have een so silly to have not wanted it:thumbup:
 
Pack Rat said:
Good point about the batteries...I will have to keep an eye on the clampacks. I think proper storage will be ok.
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I would be more concerned about the knife being stored with a sheath treated with acid [tannic acid, IIRC]. As I ranted about elsewhere, the BCCI 110 sheath I received was dripping with the stuff...mixed with dye, no doubt, but that just makes it more mobile...

Ask Mike Kerins what a leather holster does to pistols worn on a daily basis...

While the knife isn't in physical contact with the sheath, the clampack will hold in all that crappy stuff...
 
chickentrax said:
I would be more concerned about the knife being stored with a sheath treated with acid [tannic acid, IIRC]. As I ranted about elsewhere, the BCCI 110 sheath I received was dripping with the stuff...mixed with dye, no doubt, but that just makes it more mobile...

Ask Mike Kerins what a leather holster does to pistols worn on a daily basis...

While the knife isn't in physical contact with the sheath, the clampack will hold in all that crappy stuff...
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To be brief and to the point, it will take the bluing right off the high points of the gun. Most cops keep their service revolver (yes, we still carried revolvers when I was a cop so please no snide comments about age) wrapped and in a cloth case when not on duty.
 
Speak of revolvers, a renewal class I was in last Sat, an older guy couldn't load a magazine, hands and fingers too shaky and no strength. They let him rent a revolver and qualify with it.... I was sure hoping they wouldn't qualify him... was scary. Not to mention his shooting was all over the target. But they did...
 
Pack Rat said:
Speak of revolvers, a renewal class I was in last Sat, an older guy couldn't load a magazine, hands and fingers too shaky and no strength. They let him rent a revolver and qualify with it.... I was sure hoping they wouldn't qualify him... was scary. Not to mention his shooting was all over the target. But they did...
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That is sad! :( I can understand arthritis preventing someone from loading an automatic, but the proof should be his ability to adhere to safety rules and to hit what he's aiming at. (I know...what a concept) :o
 
Mike Kerins said:
To be brief and to the point, it will take the bluing right off the high points of the gun...
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A S&W Model 14 I had also had pitting on each side of the cylinder, and along the sides of the barrel...but was tighter than Goose on a Saturday night...

Wish I still had it... :(
 
chickentrax said:
A S&W Model 14 I had also had pitting on each side of the cylinder, and along the sides of the barrel...but was tighter than Goose on a Saturday night... Wish I still had it... :(
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Is airweight a model in lieu of a number? And whats the CTG after 38spl?
 
Pack Rat,

Airweight is not a model number it is a pistol or revolver in the S and W line that is made with lightweight materials. CGT is for cartridge... there is a S&W 38 and a 38 special cartridge, two different rounds. A good place is here http://www.smith-wessonforum.com/ Preston
 
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