The Sunday Picture Show (July 20th, 2025)

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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, July 20th, 1969, Apollo 11 lands on the moon. (L-R Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin)
Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the surface of the moon. He was televised live as he stepped down pronouncing "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong was joined on the lunar surface by Edwin Aldrin and they spent over 2 hours exploring their landing area which had been named "Tranquility Base". Lunar samples were collected, scientific experiments set up, and the American flag was planted. During the 21 hours the landing module "Eagle" was on the moons surface, Michael Collins had orbited the moon 30 times in the Command Module. The total mission lasted a little over 8 days, July 16th - 24th.

5:13 video explaining how the mission worked


This week I'm highlighting the 319 Rancher. Same frame and pattern as the 301 Stockman but with the Sheepsfoot blade replaced by a punch tool or awl. I recall there were 2 different variations of the awl but I do not have an example to show. Manufactured by Camillus for Buck, they were in the catalog from 1975 to 1991. As with all Camillus contract knives, they were never date coded (after 1985).
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I remember my Dad saying something to the effect that when he was a kid the idea of going to the moon was science fiction in comic books. It was quite the deal and still is even in today's rapidly changing technological world.

The 319 is a great knife. Buck really should do a 301 with a punch. I'd prefer if the spey was replaced rather than the sheepsfoot, but that's just me. C'mon Buck, bring back the punch, because sometimes you just need to poke something :D

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Yes, it is an Astronaut. I originally thought looked more like a Susquatch. It is an Apollo Space Suit. Hamilton Standard (became Hamilton Substrand) was involved with the suits and portable life support systems. The knife is c.1988. It took me awhile to figure that one out. I came across documentation in one of the old newsletters with a list of 505/506 limited editions, by Larry Oden, June 2012. The handles are white linen micarta. The resins have yellowed some with age.

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Thanks for the SPS & history reminder, Roger. When we landed on the moon, I was in the Marines, and a bunch of us were at the rifle range for annual qualification. They paused everything, and let us go out to the parking lot, so we could listen to it all on our car radios. Most of the radio stations stopped their regular programming & broadcasted live audio from the moon landing.

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I remember July 20, 1969. Two of us did a new route on the West Face of Cloud Peak and got to the top as it was getting dark. It had been a long climb, and when I looked up at the moon, I thought, "You guys have nothing on us."

Here are the smooth and grooved versions of the 319. The awls were carbon steel and tended to rust.

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Bert showed both variations, the long pull/spiral awl and the nail knick/smooth awl. Found a picture of the one I gifted (I bought it from the late Roland Proctor for you guys who remember him). In 1969 I was at a Boy Scout summer camp on the Pamlico River; the Camp Director and Scoutmasters roused us all up from our cots to see the moon landing. They had TV's set up all around the wall of the dining hall so we could see history happening - I remember it well. OH
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Here is a look at the 2025 version of the 303, with a 2002 version for comparison. About 35 years ago Buck introduced the 3-spring configuration for the 303. The pivot ends of the springs alternated end to end, so the sheepsfoot blade attached at the end opposite the clip blade. This year, the configuration changed and the sheepsfoot is attached at the same end as the clip blade. This is the first time that the tangs of two blades are in contact, with no spacer separating them.

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bertl said:
Here is a look at the 2025 version of the 303, with a 2002 version for comparison. About 35 years ago Buck introduced the 3-spring configuration for the 303. The pivot ends of the springs alternated end to end, so the sheepsfoot blade attached at the end opposite the clip blade. This year, the configuration changed and the sheepsfoot is attached at the same end as the clip blade. This is the first time that the tangs of two blades are in contact, with no spacer separating them.

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Interesting.
Thanks.
 
bertl said:
Here is a look at the 2025 version of the 303, with a 2002 version for comparison. About 35 years ago Buck introduced the 3-spring configuration for the 303. The pivot ends of the springs alternated end to end, so the sheepsfoot blade attached at the end opposite the clip blade. This year, the configuration changed and the sheepsfoot is attached at the same end as the clip blade. This is the first time that the tangs of two blades are in contact, with no spacer separating them.

Bert

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Huh 🤔
It looks like the new one is considerably thicker.
 
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