The Sunday Picture Show (April 23, 2023)

[DeSotoSky]

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)

On this Day, April 23, 1861 Robert E Lee (1807-1870) is named commander of Virginia Confederate forces (US Civil War)

Traveller (1857–1871) Originally named (ironically) Jeff Davis, he was a gray American Saddlebred. Lee acquired Traveller in February 1862 and rode him in many battles. He was known for his speed, strength and courage in combat. Traveller had to be put down when he contracted tetanus in 1871, out living Lee by a few months.

Full story about Traveller here.

Traveller (horse) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Around 2008 Buck made a series of large knives for Browning's Living History Series. There were 6 total and Buck made 3 of them for sure. They are documented in the Special Projects list. 003 Robert E Lee, 004 Eisenhower/Normandy, 006 Vietnam. The 001 Liberty Tree and 002 The Alamo are not documented. 005 Crazy Horse is an Obsidian bladed knife so I don't know how that could be connected to Buck. Each of the knives has a wooden handle taken from a tree with some historical connection. The wood for the handle of the Robert E. Lee Bowie is taken directly from a black oak on the grounds of Lee's former estate in Arlington, Virginia (now Arlington National Cemetery).

Browning 003 Robert E Lee (Buck model 611) Black Oak handle with D-Guard, 500 made, 2008 SP list


History erased.
Lee and Traveller taking their last ride.

 

[Arian29]

Greetings,

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[Abe Stevens]

 

[wonderboy1377s]

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.

 

[Old Hunter]

My only Buck Knife with a Confederate Heritage, Buck 112 with battle flag. OH

 

[topgun03]

124/110 combo

 

[pjsjr]

Thanks Roger, for this week's Sunday Picture Show. Thanks to all who post photos and comment.

 

[howiema]

One of my older 110's carried it for a few years, Thanks Roger for the SPS

 

[Chilebrown]

 

[BennyBlade]

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Sorry! Had to do it. Such an important part of my childhood..haha.
No knives today due to inclement weather and too lazy to hike this AM.
Happy Sunday... I look forward to seeing all of your stunners!

 

[BennyBlade]

DeSotoSky can you explain the ironic nature of the horses name for those of us unfamiliar with the story?

Don't know how to write this without being political, but humans who want to eradicate history for better or for worse, are not smart and perhaps even bad.... lol.

 

[pjsjr]

One of my older 110's carried it for a few years

Interesting that the sheath is stamped 110 on the top. I'm to lazy to go through mine and see how common and/or when this happened.

 

[BennyBlade]

Traveller: The Most Famous Horse of the Civil War | Love the Energy

Traveller is the most famous horse of the Civil War, having carried General Lee into more battles than any other horse saw.

lovetheenergy.com

James W. Johnston of Virginia had purchased Flora in-foal to Grey Eagle. Johnston originally named the colt “Jeff Davis” after the Mississippi Senator. Jeff Davis later became President of the Confederate States of America, and this coincidence foreshadows Traveller’s future. Johnston competed in the saddle classes at the Greenbrier County Fair in Virginia with “Jeff Davis” when the colt was two and three years old, taking home blue ribbons both times

 

[howiema]

Interesting that the sheath is stamped 110 on the top. I'm to lazy to go through mine and see how common and/or when this happened.

I believe that it was one made by Atchison leather for buck - if I spelled it right

Pete

 

[David Nowlin]

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Just experimenting.

 

[matthewtstock]

pjsjr Love that rams horn 124 more every time I see it.

I think the topper 110 sheaths were made when Buck opened their own leather shop about 1968-1970, I forget exactly when that happened. The 110 marking was moved to the bottom around 1972-74. Mr. Oden covers the timeline in more detail in his book.

 

[Bastler]

This little fellow has travelled to its new home and my old friend now has her first Buck knife. There's a long story that led up to this, but suffice it to say, this knife has greater significance than its size would betray.

 

[pjsjr]

I believe that it was one made by Atchison leather for buck - if I spelled it right

Pete

Here's info from the data sheet in the stickie...

Sheaths:


A. Angeles Souvenir—late 1962 to late 1967. Thin leather, BUCK on snap, no rivets, no model number.


B. Atcheson Leather—late 1967 to early 1969. Leather, BUCK on flap, Model #, tooling lines and dimple rivet on belt loop.


C. Buck leather shop—started early 1969.


1) Leather, BUCK on snap & flap, tooling lines on belt loop. Used maybe 2 years?


2) Leather, BUCK on snap and flap, plain belt loop, model # on back.

 

[Vaporstang]

 

[Uncle Timbo]

Many thanks to Roger for this SPS and the history lesson. Also to those that added historical fact and displayed their beautiful knives.