The Sunday Picture Show (August 6th, 2023)

So many fine knives y’all have posted! and then I’m throwing in this clunker. This 301 belonged to my great uncle. He used it for probably 25 years and he wasn’t easy on it! I have no idea what he sharpened it with but he must’ve did it a lot! Broken blade tips, toothpick blade, wobble in both joints… this is kind of how I feel all knives should look when it’s their time to be retired - very well loved and used! It’s the only thing I own that belonged to this particular great uncle and he’s been gone 7 years now. It ain’t worth a dollar to anyone but to me it’s near priceless. I carried it maybe a few weeks and retired it almost exactly 20 years ago.
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NOS Buck 118 440C (three line, tip up) that I bought and squirreled away "just in case". I had never photographed it, but I have moved it to the accumulation of special things I intend to give my yet to be born grandson (mid-November). He already has some nice Buck, Case, Schrade USA, Winchester, Colt and Browning items in his pile of future possessions. Some Army stuff too, but no Navy things. OH

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DeSotoSky said:
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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. Enjoy the show. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)

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The USS Constitution sailing under own power for the first time in 116 years for her 200th anniversary celebration 1797-1997.
Blue Angles for the photo bomb. The oldest ship still afloat and retired from active service in 1881. Still a fully comissioned Naval ship with a crew of 75, all active duty Navy. Quick specs, length 307', beam 43', main mast 220', draft 24', sail area 42,710 sq ft (that is about 1 acre). Only about 10-15% of the ship is original wood and none of the armament. The Wiki article is an interesting read.
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USS Constitution - Wikipedia

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Good morning everyone. This week I have a 500 Duke with a gold etch of the USS Constitution. These can be found documented on the 1988 Special Projects list. 3 different versions are listed. The teak handle and medallion are actual materials taken from the ship during renovation. My knife shown below is variation #3.
#1 Gold etch image, teak handle, medallion, serial numbered, qty listed 500
#2 Same as above but black etch
#3 Birch handle and no medallion or serial number

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WOW! That's some ship! Not trying to derail but I was fortunate enough to help build a 65' wooden pirate ship called Lady Barbara in Snug Harbor, St. Petersburg.
 
BennyBlade said:
We are due for an OpSail, which happen every ten or so years, but never on schedule. If you have the opportunity to go, you should. They are amazing events. I was able to be at OpSail in CT for the millineneum. An amazing time. https://opsail.org/
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Now those are some tall ships! Old pirate movies are a passion of mine. I never told them but I would of helped build that pirate ship for free. 65' and fully rigged. All wooden hull.
 
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