The new all time high-value knife

bucksway said:
I have not bought any 722 because I wasn't drawn to the aluminum hard metal handle. .including the clip. Micarta is a different story. I'm assuming the clip is removable?
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Yes it is removable and you can configure it for tip up or down carry and you can attach the clip to either sides of the knife.
 
I have always liked black handles on knives and this one has a great look...It will be hard for me to buy this instead of a 112 tho since I've been looking at the the black /white micarta 112 they have ...
 
bucksway said:
I have always liked black handles on knives and this one has a great look...It will be hard for me to buy this instead of a 112 tho since I've been looking at the the black /white micarta 112 they have ...
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If it makes a difference to you, I would not strictly call the handle on these "black." If I were marketing this, I'd be more inclined to call it charcoal grey than black. Then again, with micarta, it's pretty common for colors to look a bit muted/faded, so it makes sense that a black micarta would look like charcoal grey unless it's polished, unlike G10 where black is BLACK.

I think the handle color is rather fetching on these. So far, a week and a half into owning it, I am really liking this knife.
 
I remember people were curious about C&C calling the micarta they used on a 112 black. In the pictures on their website and even a thread they started here, it really looked grey. After using it for a while, it's most definitely black and it's gonna stay that way I think. Looks pretty good, but it did when it was lighter too. These really look awesome and I'd probably get one if I still carried that style...
 
If I can find a way to do it without busting my Buck budget completely I'll try this model out for daily carry. ..But I would like to swap in the black S90V from one of Stephen's into this and have a real 'Black Beauty ' 722 . Would that be a sin?
 
bucksway said:
If I can find a way to do it without busting my Buck budget completely I'll try this model out for daily carry. ..But I would like to swap in the black S90V from one of Stephen's into this and have a real 'Black Beauty ' 722 . Would that be a sin?
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nope. not a sin. heck if it works i may have to try that.
 
#046 made it here and I've have been carrying it for a few days. Love it's light weight, good steel, and micarta scales. Don't like it's lock rock. Took it apart yesterday and think the problem might be that the spring is to short. It needs a slightly longer spring to prevent the lock bar from rocking back and up, or a shorter slot cut in the tail piece that it sets into would accomplish the same thing. I tried bending the spring to make it a stronger spring, but this only made the action of the blade more difficult to open and close so I bent it back to normal. These Spitfires have so much going for them for Buck to not get the lock up right.
 
roosterscrow said:
#046 made it here and I've have been carrying it for a few days. Love it's light weight, good steel, and micarta scales. Don't like it's lock rock. Took it apart yesterday and think the problem might be that the spring is to short. It needs a slightly longer spring to prevent the lock bar from rocking back and up, or a shorter slot cut in the tail piece that it sets into would accomplish the same thing. I tried bending the spring to make it a stronger spring, but this only made the action of the blade more difficult to open and close so I bent it back to normal. These Spitfires have so much going for them for Buck to not get the lock up right.
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I don't understand why Buck it still allows them to ship out with this spring issue? I bought 2 blue S30Vs from CC some time ago had quite a bit of play,called Buck and was told it is most likely the spring but some play is needed with this design. I let go for along time, than went and sent them back. Both came back with a very slight amount of play a big difference. Bought another red one for my grandson from CC had a crazy amount of play , sent it back to CC for a refund. Just got the Blue 722 from SK that's as tight as it gets. Send it back to Buck as much as sucks to have to do, but maybe they might get tired of doing things over? :thumbsup:
 
Does the lock rock, even in the most extreme instance effect the lockup and safe use of the knife? Only one of mine has the slightest degree of lock rock and I can't see how it could prevent me using the knife effectively and safety? I'm not saying there should be movement in the lock or that Buck shouldn't eliminate it if possible. Rather I'm asking is it simply an annoyance or an accident waiting to happen?
 
Badhammer said:
Does the lock rock, even in the most extreme instance effect the lockup and safe use of the knife? Only one of mine has the slightest degree of lock rock and I can't see how it could prevent me using the knife effectively and safety? I'm not saying there should be movement in the lock or that Buck shouldn't eliminate it if possible. Rather I'm asking is it simply an annoyance or an accident waiting to happen?
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Just an annoyance and a knock on the proud of the knife I'm carrying factor.
 
roosterscrow said:
#046 made it here and I've have been carrying it for a few days. Love it's light weight, good steel, and micarta scales. Don't like it's lock rock. Took it apart yesterday and think the problem might be that the spring is to short. It needs a slightly longer spring to prevent the lock bar from rocking back and up, or a shorter slot cut in the tail piece that it sets into would accomplish the same thing. I tried bending the spring to make it a stronger spring, but this only made the action of the blade more difficult to open and close so I bent it back to normal. These Spitfires have so much going for them for Buck to not get the lock up right.
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lockrock.....that is the perfect description for what i was calling blade play on mine. guess it is still a version of blade play regardless of term used to describle it. i wonder how many folks say there's is rock solid that suffers from this as it rocks but doesnt actually unlock or create a gap between the lock bar and blade tang. good diagnosis, it is certainly is spring strength........not sure if from only spring length or just strength in general? buck does need to addreas and fix this.

grabbed a 722 brand new stock and made by buck very very recently at walmart.....same lock rock as my micarta version.....so they have not solved this defect yet.
 
roosterscrow said:
#046 made it here and I've have been carrying it for a few days. Love it's light weight, good steel, and micarta scales. Don't like it's lock rock. Took it apart yesterday and think the problem might be that the spring is to short. It needs a slightly longer spring to prevent the lock bar from rocking back and up, or a shorter slot cut in the tail piece that it sets into would accomplish the same thing. I tried bending the spring to make it a stronger spring, but this only made the action of the blade more difficult to open and close so I bent it back to normal. These Spitfires have so much going for them for Buck to not get the lock up right.
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Rooster, when I disassembled mine I thought the spring needed to be bent to make opening and closing more snappy too. I was surprised that I was able to bend the spring very easily. Spring steel should flex and return to it's original shape, but this spring didn't seem to be tempered correctly. Bending the spring did make it a little more snappy, but didn't help with the lock rock at all.
 
plb said:
Rooster, when I disassembled mine I thought the spring needed to be bent to make opening and closing more snappy too. I was surprised that I was able to bend the spring very easily. Spring steel should flex and return to it's original shape, but this spring didn't seem to be tempered correctly. Bending the spring did make it a little more snappy, but didn't help with the lock rock at all.
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I thought the same about the spring taking a bend very easily (i literally just pressed it on my desk with some pressure from my thumb). Buck has a potential winner in the Spitfire, but they need to go back to the drawing board on it's lock design as something ain't right with it. As it is, the lock rock that many are experiencing is a black eye on the brand name (Buck).
 
It's a minor issue. Slight rock doesn't bother me.
 
Well even the occasional 110 will not be perfect even after building over 15 million of them. It should be corrected, I agree. But doesn't bother me.
 
Looks like another awesome knife to recommend to new knifers. Alongside the Delica or the Rat, this is a great addition to our choices for a good knife around 50$!
 
roosterscrow said:
I thought the same about the spring taking a bend very easily (i literally just pressed it on my desk with some pressure from my thumb). Buck has a potential winner in the Spitfire, but they need to go back to the drawing board on it's lock design as something ain't right with it. As it is, the lock rock that many are experiencing is a black eye on the brand name (Buck).
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The sad thing it's not getting better. What's strange to me is having a few that are fine and getting some that are unacceptable. There is no consistency to the play some with none some a little and some a lot.
 
Nobody knows how many but Buck I suppose. I'm guessing Buck sees how many come back and makes decisions from there. 100 plus years... I'm sure they know more about the knife business than we do. This Micarta version is by far my favorite of this line.
 
If it's loose, it can fail. But if all you do is cut paper and take pictures of them, the lock should hold.
 
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