The Selector

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Can anyone give me any info on a knife called, "The Buck Selector"? It apparently has three exchangeable blades (skinning, gut hook, saw), but that's all I know. If you know something else, please respond. TIA

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The first selector they made had 3 blades but
best I remember they had some kind of problem
whit it and changed to what was called V52 Selector and had a total of 9 blades, the part #for the handle was 429BK cat#1144.If you need to know more about anything let me
know and I can check,I still have an unopened
set. Hope this helps you. David
 
The first selector they made had 3 blades but
best I remember they had some kind of problem
with it and changed to what was called V52 Selector and had a total of 9 blades, the part #for the handle was 429BK cat#1144.If you need to know more about anything let me
know and I can check,I still have an unopened
set. Hope this helps you. David
 
I've got one that I'm including in an ongoing series of tests of a whole variety of 110 pattern knives.

The Selector is essentially a lightweight plastic handled 110, that like you mention has interchangeable blades. It's a good system, that has much merit for a hunter, and is very similar to previous designs by Case and Kershaw. Personally, I'd rather have all the blades stay in the handle of a multiblade, such as the Browning 600 Series, just because they're less likely to get lost that way.

The Buck Selector's blades tuck into plastic sheathes that in turn tuck into the primary cordura sheath that houses the knife and the spare blades. Aside from the notion of losing the blades, my only other negative comment is about the size of the saw relative to the handle. Why Buck didn't go with a full length saw and gut hook escapes me.

Overall, though, it's a very competent, compact and inexpensive package that should well suit those with a need for these specific implements. On mine, I find that I basically just leave the clip blade in place all the time. I've been pleasantly surprised to find that despite the interchangability of the blades, they each lock up securely with no more wobble than on most other lockbacks.

For my use, I'd prefer combining a more traditional 110 with a separate and longer folding saw, like a Sierra or Stanley, but for what it is, the Selector is pretty decent. It's easily on par with some of the SAKs that feature small saw blades, though it lacks my favorite SAK feature, ..... (the cap lifter, of course!
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RJ,
The selector was discontinued a few years back.

The saw was short, because I believe we used a modified 110 blade. With the style of tip the 110 has, it had to be cut short.
I persoanlly think that this model should come back.

Jeff
 
Thanks for the additional info, Jeff! - RJ

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Cutting through all the muck,
we get to what's really important.

John 3:3-7

God Bless You!
 
Hi All,
I have a Selector also, with clip, serrated drop point and saw blade. Good unit, except for the saw, too short and too thick.
Dan
 
The Selector was originally introduced in a 2-bladed format. The clip blade was a non-locking clip blade (110 style) and you were able to exchange a drop point locking skinning blade and a gutting blade.

We had numerous complaints about the non-locking clip blade because of a strong expectation for the clip blade to be locking . We tried to make both blades lock but did not have a good way to keep both rockers, being side by side, from interfering with the unlocking of the other. We also had comments that based on whether the user was right or left handed the permanent blade annoyed the hand while using one of the other blades. The single blade at a time V52 was a more comfortable to use option.

The V52 was developed to be a truly self buildable system. We packaged it to dealers in a display that held 3 different handles, brown, camo or green and orange. I think we had 5 blades with a clip, drop point, skinner, gutting and saw. We had trouble getting enough dealers to stock the system and educate their sales help to walk someone through building their personal knife combination.

I carried a V52 with clip, drop point and skinner until we introduced our crosslock hunter. The V52 sheath had a sleeve for carrying the extra blades.
 
Dan, CJ - Thanks for your posts. I've learned a lot.

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Cutting through all the muck,
we get to what's really important.

John 3:3-7

God Bless You!
 
Some Pics of Selectors

V52
V52.jpg

Selector
selectors2.jpg

Display
display.jpg

Blade Packaging
display.jpg


Jeff

Oops that pic is big... I'll do better next time...
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Jeff "Without data it's just another opinion" Hubbard
JeffH@buckknives.com
www.buckknives.com
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