The Sunday Picture Show (July 6th, 2025)

[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)

On This Day, July 6th, 1944, The Hartford Circus Fire.
One of the worst fires in United States history killing 167 and wounding at least 700 more.
"The big top could seat 9,000 spectators around its three rings and measured 200 feet wide by 450 feet long. It had 15-foot-high sidewalls and its roof was 48 feet high. The tent's canvas had been coated with 1,800 pounds of paraffin wax dissolved in 6,000 US gallons of gasoline" WIKI
Waterproof..sure, fireproof, not so much. A tent that would give modern Fire Marshalls nightmares. There are a number of YouTube video documentaries. The link given I think is the best short one at a bit under 5 min.

Hartford circus fire - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Buck Light by Undewater Kinetics. These were in the catalog from 1992 to 1997. Shown here is the largest model taking 4 C size batteries. Available in Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Blue, and Black.

 

[jbmonkey]

gloomy & sad historical moment on this date, Roger.

thanks for hosting....couple magnacuts and a Chinese import I've been enjoying using......

 

[SoDak81]

Wow, I'd never heard of this. Sad deal. Loved the circus as a kid.

Having late night garage beers so I'll post what I've got in my pocket for the Sunday show.

 

[Chilebrown]

 

[Tecate]

I can't even recall the last time I attended a circus. I was very young. Thanks for another show. Recycling a previous photo.

 

[Ironbut]

The first, (and last), circus I ever went to was when we took our kids to one when they were little. Our youngest turns 50 this year, so that was a while ago.

 

[matthewtstock]

Good Morning All. Thank You Roger for another SPS. And Thanks to all who participate. For review, from the 1982 catalog, the "Custom Shadow Sheath" paired with a three dot 110.............

 

[RickHuf]

Happy Sunday everyone.

I don't believe I've ever been to a circus. Interesting read. Thank you.

 

[Robert Ptacek]

Hopefully my memory serves me but I think I remember reading in Knife World many years ago about this.A young boy had a new knife and was told by his parents to leave it home.Well young boys being boys he took it with him.When the fire broke out people were frantic to find the exits.He retrieved his knife and sliced a slit in the tent wall and his family and others managed to escaped.Now I can't say for sure this was the particular fire but it has been many years since I read this.

 

[Old Hunter]

I have some memories of attending an open air circus near an airport in Norfolk VA when I was 4 or 5 years old (around 1959/60). My uncle worked for a savings and loan which was one of the sponsors, he took us and my cousins - I do remember that it was exciting. My wife and I took our children several times to Raleigh to see the Ringling Bros - Barnum & Bailey Circus in the late 1980's - it was held in Dorton Arena (no tents) at the NC State Fairgrounds. I have a newspaper picture of the King Bros. Circus coming to our hometown in 1954, turning the corner at what had been my late Grandfather Baker's Hardware store. Below, my Dad's Buck Knife, given to me by my Dad when he quit bird hunting about 15 years back. OH

 

[howiema]

A big box store buy, love the light wood, Happy belated 4th to all , thank you for the SPS, Enjoy Pete

 

[bertl]

I remember sometime in the early 50s going very early in the morning to watch Ringling Brothers put up their big tent. I like to think they used elephants to raise the tent, but that's probably a bit of phantasy I created.

Bert

 

[bertl]

Since I'll be getting one of the new three-spring 303s, I"ll show the Schrade first 303 (two springs).

Bert

 

[BuckShack]

Happy SPS again. Awesome knives, keep them coming. I love this series of S35VN. The 105 Pathfinder.

 

[pjsjr]

Thanks Roger for this Sunday Picture Show. Thanks also to those who post photos and comment.
I remember going to the circus as a youngster, having dreams of going to Africa, hunting the big five. seeing at least three of them in person was thrilling!
This is a Michael Prater 055. He did this one for the person that put together a youth collectors event(non-Buck). He did the same covers, non-treated bolsters, on ones for sale for the event..

 

[mbkr]

Happy SPS

I have memories of going to the circus as a youngster in the sixties. It was a fascinating experience for a young boy.
The size of that tent is a little mind boggling: half again as long as a football field and the same width
I can't remember the last time I saw a circus advertised. It could have been last week...I just don't remember it I have the impression that circuses have changed a lot, at least in regard to animal acts.

I mean no disrespect, but gasoline soaked paraffin on canvas, with straw scattered around, during a period when a lot of people smoked...seems like somebody should have anticipated the potential for a catastrophic fire

A couple of 418's for todays show. Not the most comfortable knives, but extremely lightweight. I've used the serrated one to cut smallish vines which it excels at.

 

[wonderboy1377s]

Happy Sunday Everyone!

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[GPyro]

Happy SPS.
Thanks once again Roger.

The kitchen utility knife.

 

[kyhunt]

Thank you for another wonderful SPS. Great Knives’s posted. Just a shot from my trip a couple of weeks ago.

 

[sportingspecial1]