The Sunday Picture Show (December 24th, 2023)

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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. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)

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On this day, December 24, 1826 The Eggnog Riot (aka the Grog Mutiny)
Col Sylvanus Thayer took command of West Point Military Academy in 1817. His appointment was just what the struggling institution needed. He brought organization and discipline, guiding the Academy to the beginnings of both Military and Academic professional excellence it is known for today. Cadet discipline was strict and there was some push back. In 1821 Cadets launched an artillery shell at his quarters. In 1825 the 4th of July celebration got out of hand with excessive drinking. There was concern that drinking was getting out of hand with the 260 Cadets and stricter rules were put in place. There had been exceptions made for the Christmas holiday previous years but this year it was announced the the holiday eggnog would be alcohol free. This led to the smuggling of a large quantity of whiskey into the barracks for a secret holiday eggnog party. The party continued thru the night getting more and more out of hand. There was fighting and drunken Cadets destroyed much property. It was estimated that about a third of the Cadets had participated. A number were put under house arrest including Jefferson Davis, future President of the Confederacy. Davis was in the class of 1828.. Davis avoided Court-Martial but 20 others did not, 11 were expelled. Robert E Lee was also a Cadet at the same time but did not participate. He did testify at some of the Court-Martials. Lee graduated 2nd in his class in 1829. Robert E. Lee was Superintendent of West Point from 1852 to 1855.

Question
If Jefferson Davis had been Court-Martialed and expelled, ending his military career.
What effect would that have had on the Civil War?

It is hard to boil an interesting story down to one paragraph. You can read more in the links below.


Robert E Lee. 1 of 250. Gold etched blade and Ebony scales. This knife has a 1988 date code and is documented on the 1989 Special Projects list. This knife would have been etched by Aurum who ceased operations in 1989. The last knife Aurum etched for Buck was the 1989 103 Chuck Buck Skinner. After then Aurum helped Buck set up the process in house.
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Happy SPS to All the Buck Nuts,

Thank you Roger for hosting these weekly events. Also thank you to each of you who post photos and or add to the conversations.

Here is an early Aurum Deep acid etch



Here is another Aurum gold etch (I love these Art knives)

 
Thanks Roger for putting together another interesting start to the SPS. Looking forward to this week's contributions.

A Few from Buck's 300 Series in Charcoal DymondWood​

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🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄 MERRY CHRISTMAS BUCK NUTS !! 🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄​
 
Here are a couple of early 70s models, these style 110's are my favorites - one has been used, one not so much - Happy Holidays to you all, Roger Thank You for the SPS , (Sorry for the crappy pics )


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Red and green make a good combination for today. If you let your imagination run out of control, there is something else. Using Models 303 and 309, add the last digits and you get 3 + 9 = 12. With two sets of 12 you get 24 and end up with 12-24 or December 24

—Merry Christmas Eve.


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DeSotoSky said:
Question
If Jefferson Davis had been Court-Martialed and expelled, ending his military career.
What effect would that have had on the Civil War?
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Roger, your Jefferson Davis comment makes me think of some other trivia from that time. John Tyler, U S President (1841-1845) was a supporter of secession. Tyler was born when George Washington was President and died during the Civil War. The interesting trivia is that one of his grandsons is still alive. That puts the time span of the United States in perspective. This is a fairly young country.
 
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