The Sunday Picture Show (June 27, 2021)

I picked it up on Ebay a few years ago, it came with a pouch sheath identical to the Bass Pro Model but no box or additional information. It was listed as a Buck knife with Elk handle.
 
Here is a limited edition 124 stag with mirror polished blade and black leather sheath. I have 3 of these in total and this one I am going to be letting go of.

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OK gang, last one, I promise. Buck has given the name Caping Knife to 7 different models over the years. This picture shows 3 of them.
Three very differently shaped knives purposed to the same task.

Top knife is the familiar 116, a nice 1-liner. It has been said that the first 116's were made from 118 blades. I wonder if this could be one the early reshaped 118's by looking at the upsweep of the spine.

The middle knife is the Model 294 done for Bass Pro c.1996 and is the rarest as only 101 were made.

The bottom is the Alaskan Guide Caper model 474. The Special Projects list says 1,000 of these were made for Cabela's in 2008. I find it hard to believe there are that many out there as I have only ever seen 2 of them. Mine, and last time I looked there is one sitting in a local pawn shop.

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Tecate said:
HAHA...you are all wusses. We already had 6 consecutive days of 115 or higher that started on June 15th of this month. 100 degrees is like a cool breeze to us. We had a couple days of 118 and hit 120 once already. 👺

Seriously though...those in areas that are experiencing higher temps take caution, stay inside/shade when possible and drink lots of water. Heat stroke is no joke. I always hear of people dying when temps get higher than the normal for areas where the people are not acclimated for it.
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I have a old retired pal in Phoenix..he usually escapes to flagstaff for the summer or Oregon. this year Oregon isn't an escape for the heat, I guess.

here rh or a better measurement is dew point temperature, is the enemy on heat. its very wet and that turns up the heat feeling as sweating doesn't cool ya much due to how wet the air is and evaporative cooling fails. hence sweating is limited in cooling use here. thats why swamp coolers won't work here.

folks still use swamp coolers out there? or have things gone to inverter ac units? I'm not sure how y'all keep your humidity levels from being too low out there anymore if swamp coolers have declined in use? I guess humidifiers maybe....well I'm way off topic....sorry.
 
DeSotoSky said:
OK gang, last one, I promise. Buck has given the name Caping Knife to 7 different models over the years. This picture shows 3 of them.
Three very differently shaped knives purposed to the same task.

Top knife is the familiar 116, a nice 1-liner. It has been said that the first 116's were made from 118's. I believe this to be one of those reshaped 118's by looking at the upsweep of the spine. That would make this one of the very earliest 116's. Later 116's have a straight spine. The bottom knife Haebbie shows in post #8 might also be based on a 118.

The middle knife is the Model 294 done for Bass Pro c.1996 and is the rarest as only 101 were made.

The bottom is the Alaskan Guide Caper model 474. The Special Projects list says 1,000 of these were made for Cabela's in 2008. I find it hard to believe there are that many out there as I have only ever seen 2 of them. Mine, and last time I looked there is one sitting in a local pawn
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DeSotoSky said:
OK gang, last one, I promise. Buck has given the name Caping Knife to 7 different models over the years. This picture shows 3 of them.
Three very differently shaped knives purposed to the same task.

Top knife is the familiar 116, a nice 1-liner. It has been said that the first 116's were made from 118's. I believe this to be one of those reshaped 118's by looking at the upsweep of the spine. That would make this one of the very earliest 116's. Later 116's have a straight spine. The bottom knife Haebbie shows in post #8 might also be based on a 118.

The middle knife is the Model 294 done for Bass Pro c.1996 and is the rarest as only 101 were made.

The bottom is the Alaskan Guide Caper model 474. The Special Projects list says 1,000 of these were made for Cabela's in 2008. I find it hard to believe there are that many out there as I have only ever seen 2 of them. Mine, and last time I looked there is one sitting in a local pawn shop.

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I've got an Alaskan Guide Caper. Bought at the Cabela's in Kansas City, Kansas.
 
DeSotoSky said:
OK gang, last one, I promise. Buck has given the name Caping Knife to 7 different models over the years. This picture shows 3 of them.
Three very differently shaped knives purposed to the same task.

Top knife is the familiar 116, a nice 1-liner. It has been said that the first 116's were made from 118's. I believe this to be one of those reshaped 118's by looking at the upsweep of the spine. That would make this one of the very earliest 116's. Later 116's have a straight spine. The bottom knife Haebbie shows in post #8 might also be based on a 118.

The middle knife is the Model 294 done for Bass Pro c.1996 and is the rarest as only 101 were made.

The bottom is the Alaskan Guide Caper model 474. The Special Projects list says 1,000 of these were made for Cabela's in 2008. I find it hard to believe there are that many out there as I have only ever seen 2 of them. Mine, and last time I looked there is one sitting in a local pawn shop.

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Rog if that’s one of the very earliest how do you explain leather and fiber barrel nut 116s?
 
jbmonkey - There are a few buildings where I work. The service dept keeps fans going when it gets hot and most of the techs are starting at 5am and working until 2pm.
The bodyshop is in a lower than ground level area and that area stays quite a bit cooler but they do have a large swamp cooler they use as well as some large fans.
The detail shop has a smaller swamp cooler. The paint shop is where I work and I am a 1 man crew. I have a large fan and that's it. I do wet down the floor some and that helps
cool things a bit. I guess I am more expendable than others. I am also the oldest of the techs. A couple weeks ago they took my fan away from me and gave it to a 30 something year
old mechanic who complained of the heat, They also don't heat the paint shop in the winter which is absolutely crazy. I have to turn the paint booth heat on and open the booth doors.
You can't turn on the booth without the exhaust fan running so most of the heat goes out the exhaust system. It probably costs them quadruple what it would cost it they put in a
natural gas or used motor oil heater.

Here are a couple 500 Dukes for the SPS.

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gedlicks said:
jbmonkey - There are a few buildings where I work. The service dept keeps fans going when it gets hot and most of the techs are starting at 5am and working until 2pm.
The bodyshop is in a lower than ground level area and that area stays quite a bit cooler but they do have a large swamp cooler they use as well as some large fans.
The detail shop has a smaller swamp cooler. The paint shop is where I work and I am a 1 man crew. I have a large fan and that's it. I do wet down the floor some and that helps
cool things a bit. I guess I am more expendable than others. I am also the oldest of the techs. A couple weeks ago they took my fan away from me and gave it to a 30 something year
old mechanic who complained of the heat, They also don't heat the paint shop in the winter which is absolutely crazy. I have to turn the paint booth heat on and open the booth doors.
You can't turn on the booth without the exhaust fan running so most of the heat goes out the exhaust system. It probably costs them quadruple what it would cost it they put in a
natural gas or used motor oil heater.

Here are a couple 500 Dukes for the SPS.

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ystwtLm.jpg
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wow.....im shocked. a small capital investment in some cooling and heating would lead to better productivity and employee feelings towards the company. sorry ya have to suffer in heat and worst to me the cold.

love the 500s. great examples ya got Sir.
 
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skylercstevens said:
Rog if that’s one of the very earliest how do you explain leather and fiber barrel nut 116s?
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Point taken Skyler, this has been on my mind tonight since reading your post. At least I now know someone actually reads stuff I write. Larry Oden talks about this on page 14 and 15 of "Holding An Edge" He says that barrel nut and leather spacer construction extended into 1963. This flies in the face of what I had always believed that leather spacers were used in 1961 changing to fiber in 1962. So I'm not as smart as I think I am, still learning. The book also says that according to Chuck Buck the early 116's were made from reshaped 118 blades. I've edited my post but still think the shape of my 116 blade suggestes it might have started out as a 118. If so that would make it early but as you rightly pointed out, not earliest. There was still so much hand work and variation in the early forged blades before machine blanking was used that it would be hard to be sure. Thanks for keeping me correct.
 
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jbmonkey said:
I have a old retired pal in Phoenix..he usually escapes to flagstaff for the summer or Oregon. this year Oregon isn't an escape for the heat, I guess.

here rh or a better measurement is dew point temperature, is the enemy on heat. its very wet and that turns up the heat feeling as sweating doesn't cool ya much due to how wet the air is and evaporative cooling fails. hence sweating is limited in cooling use here. thats why swamp coolers won't work here.

folks still use swamp coolers out there? or have things gone to inverter ac units? I'm not sure how y'all keep your humidity levels from being too low out there anymore if swamp coolers have declined in use? I guess humidifiers maybe....well I'm way off topic....sorry.
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Pretty rare to see swamp coolers anymore, at least working swamp coolers. Might be a few left in the old neighborhoods from the 50s/60s where roof mounted swamp coolers were the standard back in the day. I think I read somewhere where Phoenix is 86% central air conditioning and most of the rest were window mounted evaporative units.
 
afishhunter said:
DaRn. An Day Late :(
2018 BF 301
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Nah, it's all good. Still open for business till next Sunday.
What an eclectic table top. I see a TV remote, something from a realtor, candle or maybe a container, 2 candy canes, 2 kinds of coffee, a phone holder(?)
I'm just trying to figure out what the knife is propped against.
 
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DeSotoSky said:
Nah, it's all good. Still open for business till next Sunday.
What an eclectic table top. I see a TV remote, something from a realtor, candle or maybe a container, 2 candy canes, 2 kinds of coffee, a phone holder(?)
I'm just trying to figure out what the knife is propped against.
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431.1 grain .54 caliber T/C Maxi Hunter. 😁
With 120 Grains FFg Swiss behind it in this IMG_20190303_111230.jpg
it should drop any big game critter Idaho has an Muzzleloader season for.
I'm hopeing to get a Elk and/or Moose tag someday. I might even try for a Black Bear ... since I doubt Montana, Wyoming, and Washington (state) will ever stop going to Federal Court to stop Idaho from having a Griz season in the northern 1/4 of the pan handle to the Canada border. :( (not that I could get there for it anyway ...)

Knife Content: The Rough Ryder Straight Razor is my patch knife.
 
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I hope every one enjoyed this weeks show as much as I did. There is no such thing as late to the show.
Feel free to continue to post and comment here but save something for the next show.

This coming Sunday is July 4th, Independence Day. Our 245th year.
John Adams wanted July 2nd, the day Continental Congress voted for Independence.
The written Declaration of Independence was dated July 4th but wasn't actually signed until August 2nd.

Hey Skelator88 Skelator88 , its history, we're all friends now....:)
 
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