DeSotoSky
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Picture Show. Share your Buck knives with others by posting pictures of them here. New or old, plain or custom, user or safe queen, one or a collection, we love to see them all. This weekly tradition was started in 2010 by ItsTooEarly (Armand Hernandez) and Oregon (Steve Dunn). Help keep the tradition alive. Feel free to click that 'LIKE' but lets not let it replace discussing and complimenting each others knives. Above all, enjoy the show. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
Yesterday in History. 111 years ago on April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland on its maiden voyage. Only 712 of the 2,208 passengers & crew survived. Total capacity of the 20 lifeboats was 1,178 but loading was chaotic and disorganized with boats being launched not filled to capacity. First-class passengers often traveled with their pets and 3 of the 12 dogs on board survived. The Titanic was designed to carry 64 lifeboats. To avoid cluttering decks and spoiling the view of the first class passengers the decision was made to only carry 20 on the maiden voyage. The Titanic remained afloat for more than 2 1/2 hours, possibly enough time to have saved everyone if the full compliment of lifeboats had been available.
addendum: Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time. Compare to a modern cruise ship.
This week I'm showing a Limited Edition 501 Squire made for the 53rd Running of the Blockhouse Steeplechase in 1999. The style of deep colored blade etch I associate with Baron etchings. The handle is MOP and was a limited issue of 100. Note that the blade carries a 1988 date code, My understanding is overruns were used from a 1988 Limited Edition for the Palmetto Cutlery Club, also MOP. The 501 was introduced in 1975. Information on the Buck 500 series by Larry Oden can be found in the December 2002 Newsletter. Greg Smith wrote on the 501 specifically in the December 2003 Newsletter which also includes a list of 501 Limited Editions. This knife can be found documented there.
The 75th running of the Blockhouse Steeplechase was yesterday, April 15, 2023 in Tryon, NC.
Steeplechase horse racing had its origins in 18th century Ireland. They would race cross country to landmarks such as church steeples (steeplechase), having to jump or cross whatever obstacles were encountered en route.
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here's 2 great American knives for your use... we named them after 2 of your worst rulers...
