The Sunday Picture Show (January 28, 2024)

[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. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)


418' Legend Class Cutter.
On this day, January 28th, 1915 The Modern United States Coast Guard was formed
by merger of the United States Revenue Cutter Service (1790) and the United States Life-Saving Service (1854). The Revenue Cutter Service predates the US Navy. Formed by Alexander Hamilton as part of the Treasury to enforce maritime laws, curtail smuggling, and to collect and enforce tariff revenues badly needed by our new nation. The Light House Service was put under the Coast Guard in 1939 and the Bureau of Maritime Inspection and Navigation in 1945. As our oldest military branch the Coast Guard has a very complex mission, maritime safety, a federal law enforcement agency, and militarily as part of our armed forces. Other branches of our military operate under the Department of Defense but the Coast Guard operates under the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard has fought in every war, was organized as a service within the Navy in WWII as well as a combat squadron in Vietnam. The Army has the Green Berets, the Navy has the seals but the CG has the Maritime Security Response Teams (MSRT).
Coast Guard MSRT are trained to board and secure vessels, including those held by terrorists holding hostages. MSRT are proficient in close-quarters combat and boarding operations as well as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, high-yield explosive situations.
Don't mess with the Coast Guard. The CG has 25 specialized deployable operations groups including the MSRT. The CG has a world wide presence operating 243 Cutters, 1,650 boats (<65'), and 201 aircraft. The newest cutters carry the same Phalanx close-in weapons systems that are present on naval vessels, along with the same electronic warfare computer/radar operated 57mm guns and 76mm cannons used on Naval Combat Ships.
The USCG Eagle built in Nazi Germany 1936 is a war prize used as a training ship


Buck 182 Odyssey-II c.2000. ATS-34 steel and carbon fiber scales. 4.5" liner lock.
The Odyssey was introduced in the 1998 Addendum catalog. 2 sizes, Model 181 Odyssey-I with 3.25" blade and 182 Odyssey-II with 4.5". They both sported ATS-34 blades. The larger 182 Odyssey-II was only around 3 years with a G-10 handle in 1998 and Carbon Fiber in 1999 & 2000. The 186 appears in 2000 with a 420HC blade, same size as the 181. The 181 & 186 are in the catalog thru 2003 and the 186 makes its last hurrah in 2004. Look for serrated and unserrated versions. I'm pretty sure there was a red paperstone version from WalMart. My memory thinks it had a cross-hatch scale pattern

 

[Chilebrown]

 

[Arian29]

Greetings,

 

[RLB0414]

Thanks DeSotoSky for the CG history. I was unaware of most of their functions.

 

[Old Hunter]

With the National Guard tracing its heritage to the the first muster in the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1636, it has always been considered the oldest US military service. Coast Guard is big in my area, with a large base in Elizabeth City and numerous small facilities all along the NC coast, they punch well above their weight. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

Recently picked up a Ruger Blackhawk as a companion to my Marlin 1894, both chambered in 41 REM MAG. Ruger is the Buck Knife of the firearm world in my opinion - rugged, reliable, reasonable cost and outstanding warranty service. OH

 

[BennyBlade]

If youre ever on Nantucket, it is worth the trip to the US Shipwreck and Lifesaving museum. A good reason to get to Surfside Beach even on a rainy day. A quick dip at the beach, on that side of the island will give you an idea of how crazy these lifesavers were. remember, no helicopters, no motorboat, no instruments. They rowed a giant wooden rowboat out into the seas that had just wrecked a much larger vessel. The boat was connected to shore by a rope, and men on the beach would pull survivors back in. In fact, I believe that the guard still unofficially calls its rescue swimmers "crazies" to this day.
Also a good opportunity to see some US Lightships, which were used at points where building lighthouses was impossible.



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[Old Hunter]

B BennyBlade great looking 112! OH

 

[BennyBlade]

B BennyBlade great looking 112! OH

thank ya, kindly

 

[howiema]

Here are a couple of new ones, I received last week, I was looking for a 110 finger groove and ended up grabbing these 2 from the mother ship. I have always wanted a 119 without the blood groove.
Also keeping in the magnum theme from OH here is my New old 629. Thank You for the SPS Roger - Pete

 

[pjsjr]

Roger thanks for another interesting topic and information on an otherwise unheralded aspect of our great country thru the Sunday Picture Show. Also thanks to all who post photos and comment in the thread.

The Guardian is a good movie about the Coast Guard and it's rescue swimmers.

I have posted these photos of a Buck 315 with ram horn scales with art by scrimshander Dale Fisk, it fits with the nautical theme. The scale material is swordfish bill.

 

[bertl]

500 LE with camel bone

Bert

 

[mbkr]

Happy SPS

 

[Uncle Timbo]

Roger thanks for another interesting topic and information on an otherwise unheralded aspect of our great country thru the Sunday Picture Show. Also thanks to all who post photos and comment in the thread.

The Guardian is a good movie about the Coast Guard and it's rescue swimmers.

I have posted these photos of a Buck 315 with ram horn scales with art by scrimshander Dale Fisk, it fits with the nautical theme. The scale material is swordfish bill.

Thank you to Roger and all. Love this theme and yours knives are exquisive. Especially this one. I never knew a Buck like this one. pjsjr this has got to be one of your prized possessions.
Old pirate movies are some of my favorite with their sailing ships. I moved to central FL back in the 80's and was fortunate to work on a 65' all wood and fully rigged pirate ship. The Lady Barbara. Snug Harbor, St. Petersburg.
Honestly, I think I would have worked on her for free but they made me take money.

 

[BennyBlade]

Thank you to Roger and all. Love this theme and yours knives are exquisive. Especially this one. I never knew a Buck like this one. pjsjr this has got to be one of your prized possessions.
Old pirate movies are some of my favorite with their sailing ships. I moved to central FL back in the 80's and was fortunate to work on a 65' all wood and fully rigged pirate ship. The Lady Barbara. Snug Harbor, St. Petersburg.
Honestly, I think I would have worked on her for free but they made me take money.

When I was a kid, I spent a long weekend on a 3 masted schooner out of portsmouth NH. I remember being so envious of the 2 guys who owned the boat... they spent their summers sailing camp kids around in NH & Maine, then would charter to the Caribbean for the winter... possibly the greatest way to live life.

 

[pjsjr]

this has got to be one of your prized possessions.

Yes, it is. Thanks

 

[DeSotoSky]

The Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT is an undergraduate 4 year program leading to a B.S. degree
It is a tough one to get into accepting about 300/year.

The Guardian is a good movie about the Coast Guard and it's rescue swimmers.

The Guardian, 2006 film starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. Kind of a wisened old dog, young buck story. There is even a soundtrack album. You can stream it on Disney+ or rent on Amazon Prime ($3.79)

 

[jbmonkey]

thanks Roger and y'all for the show.

I've spent lots of time in the water mostly in it diving and on boats to get out to dive....as a youngster.....

old pic from the old days diving in caribbean Dutch Antilles islands.....

I'm the one on the right....
monkey faces put to protect old friends identities....

 

[Jeff of the North]

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thanks Roger and y'all for the show.

I've spent lots of time in the water mostly in it diving and on boats to get out to dive....as a youngster.....

old pic from the old days diving in caribbean Dutch Antilles islands.....
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I'm the one on the right....
monkey faces put to protect old friends identities....

Looks like great times! Beautiful waters, but that bikini though....
Not many ladies looked like that around here.

 

[jbmonkey]

Looks like great times! Beautiful waters, but that bikini though....
Not many ladies looked like that around here.

it was the late 80s or maybe 1990.....

yeah it was a good trip. I was young under 18..I dont remember my age but know i was under 18. could have been 15 or 16 then? we could drink there, no one seemed to care. different time back then though. so we dove all day, sometimes at night and then drank all night at the bars and dance halls. I remember being very hung over in those pics.....