The Sunday Picture Show... (4-3-2016)

Nice HitchHikers oregon. I have the scissors and the nail file knife. Now I need to find the 266 knife. I only had the Scissors when I displayed at the 25Th BCCI. You have some rare Buck things.

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I had two of these for a SPS in 2014 and now finished the trilogy of Buck HitchHikers (all had carabiners for easy and quick attachment). They are small, light weight, made of stainless steel, high quality, sharp baby sharp and beautiful to behold:

Made in Japan, the three appeared in the 2001 catalog, page 17, and were gone by 2002 (when the Metro was born BTW).

Model: 266 knife (one hander)
Model: 267 scissors
Model: 268 nail file and knife (AKA grooming kit)




Some nice Bucks on here for the SPS.
 
bucktool said:
Nice HitchHikers oregon. I have the scissors and the nail file knife. Now I need to find the 266 knife. I only had the Scissors when I displayed at the 25Th BCCI. You have some rare Buck things.
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Thank you for the kind words bucktool. Your BCCI 25th display was unique, original and has stayed etched in my memory as being worth the trip in itself. Thank you for showing your collection and the genius of your display.

I have two words for you: Larry Oden. I don't see a private message for you, my bladeforum email doesn't work so I can't give you his email. I suggest you get onto his list ASAP and pour over it as soon as it arrives each year. Also, give him a ping and see if he has what you need right now. He is a member here but posts infrequently. He is someone that I can vouch for out of Peru, Indiana.
 
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Brown Buck Mug, 95083 cat 10501, thank you Larry.

Pens and zipper pulls (Grandchildren need these), both very reasonably priced, from the factory store over the phone order and shipped with a bunch of stuff ordered via online clearance (web specials) and I have to say the folks at the store couldn't be more kind or more helpful to have put this all together into one mailer (excluding mugs which was all Larry).



Stumps said:
I was on a bicycle ride heading towards Florence, OR and ran into a guy that went to school with Prefontaine.
He said Pre's sister still stopped by his restaurant once in a while.
He was officiating at the Prefontaine Classic in about a week from then and gave me a poster because of my interest.
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Where were you (Eugene I would guess)? You ran into a guy carrying a gift poster for you! Which poster (the headshot one with the sunken eyes of the older over-achiever or another poster, I ask because my older son has one on his ice box)? How did you get it home?

I never was fortunate enough to meet him. My running at the time was random, unsanctioned and mostly alone. I did meet one local hero, Carl Leusenkamp, bike track sprinter and finally Olympic coach. Hard to miss him with tree stumps for thighs (some called him "tree stump legs"). The original Mr. nice guy. Sold me his trick roller for $100 (you put your bike on it and ride stationary using balance and your gears). I met him at the summit of Chehalem Mt. when he was leading the Beaverton bicycle club on a training ride. The team was horizontal in the grass and he was standing, smiling and talking about his day to me as I interrupted by training ride. His Action Sports bike shop had all the gear plus his medals plus giant posters of photos of him from all over the world. I think he got third in a sprinting event at the Pan Am Games. Here is a pic from USA, team Mercian I believe (I never say him race, sadly, as I was and still am usually off keeping my own counsel):

 
Stumps said:
I was on a bicycle ride heading towards Florence, OR and ran into a guy that went to school with Prefontaine.
He said Pre's sister still stopped by his restaurant once in a while.
He was officiating at the Prefontaine Classic in about a week from then and gave me a poster because of my interest.
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oregon said:
Where were you (Eugene I would guess)? You ran into a guy carrying a gift poster for you! Which poster (the headshot one with the sunken eyes of the older over-achiever or another poster, I ask because my older son has one on his ice box)? How did you get it home?

I never was fortunate enough to meet him. My running at the time was random, unsanctioned and mostly alone. I did meet one local hero, Carl Leusenkamp, bike track sprinter and finally Olympic coach. Hard to miss him with tree stumps for thighs (some called him "tree stump legs"). The original Mr. nice guy. Sold me his trick roller for $100 (you put your bike on it and ride stationary using balance and your gears). I met him at the summit of Chehalem Mt. when he was leading the Beaverton bicycle club on a training ride. The team was horizontal in the grass and he was standing, smiling and talking about his day to me as I interrupted by training ride. His Action Sports bike shop had all the gear plus his medals plus giant posters of photos of him from all over the world. I think he got third in a sprinting event at the Pan Am Games. Here is a pic from USA, team Mercian I believe (I never say him race, sadly, as I was and still am usually off keeping my own counsel):
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I started that bicycle ride in Yorktown, VA...so I was almost two months into it.
The name of the restaurant was Joe's Place and it was between Eugene and Florence.
I have the guy's name and a little note he gave me somewhere in my log.
Like I said...he was officiating at the Prefontaine Classic in about a week. He had even officiated in an Olympic race before.
Here is the poster he gave me. I headed right to the PO and mailed it home in a tube.
It hangs in my workout room along with a bunch of other stuff from over the years.



This next poster means the most to me.
I got Billy Mills and Katerine Switzer both to sign the race poster for me.

I was in Duluth one year running their marathon and met and got to talk to both Billy and Katherine while there.
What a thrill to meet and talk to Billy Mills. I never saw a guy with more heart than he had when he won the Olympic 10,000!
He's the only American to ever win the Olympic 10,000 meter run.

It was fantastic to also meet Katherine Switzer.
She was the first woman to run a Boston Marathon. An official even tried tackling her to get her out of the race.





Of course....none of that stuff remotely compared to when I actually got to meet you and Cindy. :D
 
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Thank you for the details, kind words and photos Stumps. Much appreciated. My timeline was 20 years prior to yours. 70s-80s. The good gone days. Carl was a milk delivery man. A fellow that rode with him said that he would run his deliveries. Conveniently, Carl worked for Alpenrose Dairy because they had a/the only Oregon velodrome, outdoors (cement, ouch).

Few people reading this have visited OKCA and the venue where it is held. You can hit the U of O with a rock from the show. And there is a running/walking/biking path just across the creek from the venue which will take you to the college and track where many Olympic trials have been held.

Here is the Prefontaine poster/head shot I have in mind (son's ice box):


Here's a photo of Billy Mills, 10,000 meter gold medal winner, from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics you mentioned above Stumps:


Here is a photo of the outrageous Katherine Switzer/Boston Marathon incident you mentioned above:






Please, everyone posting above: Post something about yourself below. ITE would be entirely tickled. Yes he would.
 
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Thanks for the pics oregon! Billy and Katherine were just a little older when I met them. :)
Look up a video on "Billy Mills, Olympic Gold" if you want to see the greatest race ever. (in my opinion)
 
I'll jump in with my story for the off-topic subject. In 1971 I was in school in Durham, NC when the US - Pan-African track meet was held, so I went to watch. Prefontaine and a really short runner from Ethiopia were having a pretty good battle in the 5000 meters. With a little more than one lap to go, Ifter, the Ethiopian pulled ahead. The officials fired a gun to signal the last lap, Ifter thought it signaled the end of the race, threw up his arms in victory, stopped, and then watched as everyone ran past him. He spoke no English, had no one counting laps for him and had never been in a race where a gun signaled the last lap. Prefontaine won the race, however you couldn't help but feel sorry for the Ethiopian. The next day was better for the Ethiopian. He beat Frank Shorter in the 10000 meters.

Bert
 
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I've run races with a lot of the best from the USA.
I'm fairly certain each one of them beat me, but I gave it my all. :)

Ran with Bill Rogers and he signed my race bib below.



Ran with Bill Rogers, Frank Shorter, Regina Jacobs and Dan Middleman and they signed my race bib below. Again, I think they all finished ahead of me. :)



Regina Jacobs was a heck of a runner.



Yep...even Jim Ryan beat me. He was the first high school runner to break 4 minutes for the mile.



And since this is a knife forum.....a nice 112.

 
Whoever pushed Stumps "on" switch keep feeding it quarters please. More is better. Uh huh. Yes it is. We have a gold mine here. Right here. C'mon Stumps! Do you collect all famous folk's signatures or autographs from foot racers only?
 
oregon said:
Whoever pushed Stumps "on" switch keep feeding it quarters please. More is better. Uh huh. Yes it is. We have a gold mine here. Right here. C'mon Stumps! Do you collect all famous folk's signatures or autographs from foot racers only?
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When these guys would hear I was running a race, they would come and try to beat me. :D

I was talking to Bill Rogers once about running marathons. He asked me what my times were. When I told him he said; "I don't know how you do it...I could never be on my feet that long".

Here are two more names from the past that I've run races with and got their sigs. (I could see them for about 30 seconds in the race before I lost sight of them) :)

Alberto Salizar



Greg Meyer...1983 Boston winner and also ran in the 1984 Olympics.

 
oregon said:
Where were you (Eugene I would guess)? You ran into a guy carrying a gift poster for you! Which poster (the headshot one with the sunken eyes of the older over-achiever or another poster, I ask because my older son has one on his ice box)? How did you get it home?
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I went to look for the guy's name and found it in my log.
There's more to the story than I remembered...the poster actually came from Prefontaine's sister!
The guy's name is Joe Wieler and Prefontaine's sister's name is Anita.
The story of that day is here; http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=186375


Haebbie said:
Stumps, I am impressed. Really.:thumbup:

Haebbie
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Don't be too impressed Herbert...those guys were probably back in their motel rooms, showered and enjoying coffee before I was half way done. :)


And to keep knives in this, a knife designed by another guy I had the pleasure to meet and talk to.....Ron Hood.





 
Stumps said:
I went to look for the guy's name and found it in my log.
There's more to the story than I remembered...the poster actually came from Prefontaine's sister!
The guy's name is Joe Wieler and Prefontaine's sister's name is Anita.
The story of that day is here; http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=186375
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You rode up DEAD HORSE GRADE (always closed in Winter so big fun for skiers, cyclers and other adventurers) that day (yes that grade killed a horse) you ANIMAL! A series of very steep switchbacks. The pioneer mailman died on that piece of road and there is a stone monument that you road/walked past (he died on his knees trying to get a fire going in a tiny stone hut during the winter carrying the mail for a few dollars). That was part of my favorite triangle racing route: over the Cascade mountains twice via start Limberlost campground start, McKenzie Pass, Sisters, Santiam Pass, back to Limberlost via stunning crystal Clear Lake (source of McKenzie River).

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4QYE_Pioneer_Mailman

Map of Oregon's favorite ride course, McKenzie Hwy. leg West side only showing gate to summit:





Another Buck Mug:
 
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