The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Thank you JamesPreston - Those smooth handled 527's in Herbert's picture (second picture from the bottom) are from the treasury series. Nice little gentleman's knife.
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Looks to be in the fashion of a Ghostown Custom!@jb4570 That 505 with the Eagle head inlay is a really unique knife. Can you tell us anymore about it? Who made it?
Quiz time.... what is the aberration here?
Completely different handle of course, but doesn't the 283 also share the same blade and locking mechanism?Good morning SPS'ers. I always enjoy seeing all the different Buck knives, thank you for your contributions and participation.
Interesting fact, there are 12 different models of Buck's little drop point all sharing the same 1-7/8" blade and locking system. 425, 505, 506, 507, 515, 524, 525, 526, 527, 529, 825, 826. These can be a collecting addiction all to themselves. As one other member here once said about his collection, he believes they reproduce in the dark of the closet, I think it had something to likening them to mushrooms. I must have a couple hundred of the little buggers and I've seen a few here today I don't have.
Haebbie really does have quite the collection. What is even more remarkable is I know it would have taken hours and hours to take them out of their boxes and lay them out for a photo shoot. I'm not sure I even have enough open horizontal space in my "full" home to lay them out. I have not been successful in retirement downsizing![]()
Mike, I do not know as I do not own a 283 to compare. Off hand the lock bar on the 283 looks longer and curved. I can't say about the blade. Hopefully others will comment.Completely different handle of course, but doesn't the 283 also share the same blade and locking mechanism?