The Sunday Picture Show (February 7, 2021)

[Jonny D]

Great pictures everyone!

 

[GPyro]

Big slip joint.
View attachment 1505320 View attachment 1505321

 

[GPyro]

View attachment 1505326 Here's my 303.
I gave it away..
I think.

 

[bertl]

Two stag 303s—a 303 from 1989 and a Camillus version from the old Buck Custom Shop

 

[DeSotoSky]

One more oddball...think maybe our moderator lost his knife.

 

[bucklife301]

Missionary Buck 303

 

[bertl]

Two Schrade contract 303s—1st Version (1968-1971) and 2nd Version (1968-1972) front and back views.

 

[sportingspecialist]

 

[bertl]

A quick way to tell the difference between a Schrade 303 and a Camillus 303 is to look for pivot pins—pivot pins are visible on the Camillus knives, but not on the Schrade knives, which used the Swinden key design. Buck had difficulty with the Schrade knives—with a lifetime warranty, blade replacement became a big problem—since Buck didn't have the machinery to deal with the Swinden key design. If Buck couldn't repair the knife they were stuck with replacing it and that was costly. Buck tried repairs by using a pivot pin, but that was time consuming and a poor repair. After a dozen or so attempts to to use pivot pins, Buck gave up and just replaced the knives. The 301in the photo is a 1st Version Schrade knife with the pivot pin repair.

 

[jb4570]

303?

 

[DeSotoSky]

Thanks everyone for a great show. See you all next week.

 

[Haebbie]

Hu, I’m late...

Bettel later than never.

Haebbie



by the way: The 503 is not ground down, it fits into the frame as it is possible. Is that the first blade shape Buck used for these knives?