The Sunday Picture Show (April 4, 2021)

gedlicks said:
Roger - Make sure you are an early bird because all my Buck knives will most likely be laid out on a table with $1 stickers on them.

An older gentleman in his late 80's living alone just down the street from me was a knife collector. Had well over 1000 and had them displayed in every room of his house and hanging on every bit of wall space.
He would invite me over and show me what he had and told story after story of where he found them, how much he paid for them and thought they were worth. He would ask me if he had me beat.
I always replied that he sure did. I never did show him any of my knife collection. He passed away a few months ago and I stopped by the estate sale his family was having
and I asked about possibly buying one of his knives. I was told there were so many to go thru the family didn't want to deal with them so they got ahold of someone who bought
collections and they hauled them all away for $1000. The family was glad they didn't have to deal with them. Not high end stuff but probably worth 50k. I told my wife and kids I would come
back and haunt them if they do something like that with my collection. 100% true story. That is what nightmares are made of.
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gedlicks, that reminds me of a similar story from the late '70's... one of the older men in the fly fishing club I belonged to had a magnificent collection of bamboo fly rods and reels to go with them. Quite a beautiful collection, unmatched by any of the other members. When he died his kids had a garage sale. And didn't think to notify any of his "old fishing buddies"... 'nuff to make a grown man weep. We've told our kids not to do that, that they'd be leaving LOTS OF MONEY on the table. That works with our kids. ;) That, and a list of the more honest people I've dealt with in the past who would handle the sales for them.
 
My first Buck 301, gift from my Grandma - Christmas 1972.
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Another old Buck, gift from my Dad, Buck 321 Bird Knife.
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My “shorts”, Buck Cadets.
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Happy Easter gents! OH
 
Good looking ebony on that one.
I think all the legacy knives have "limited edition" on them.
 
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