The Sunday Picture Show (March 29th, 2026)

[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. Above all, enjoy the show. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
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On This Day, March 29th, 1973 Two months after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam
America was suffering war fatigue, increasing anti-war protests, and declining Congressional Support. Nixon, also dealing with the Watergate scandal was politically weakened and looking for a way out. The withdrawal of American troops was effectively an abandonment of South Vietnam, the treaty never held with violations by both sides. The US did continue a smaller presence until the fall of Saigon in 1975. The number of troops in Vietnam peaked at about 540,000 in 1969 when gradual withdrawal began, by 1973 the final withdrawal was 24,000 troops. Approximately 5,000 to 7,000 U.S. personnel remained in Vietnam, primarily civilian employees, diplomats, and contractors supporting the South Vietnamese government until the final collapse in April 1975. Total US casualties were 58,220 and over 150,000 wounded. The war cost an estimated $168 billion. 130,000 Vietnamese refugees arrived in the period immediately after the 1975 fall. Another 500,000 were allowed to enter by 1994. Today there are over 2,3 million of Vietnamese descent living in the US.
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"America wins the wars that she undertakes!....Make no mistake about it!..."
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, on August 3rd, 1965. Was not true in Vietnam, or Afghanistan, and what we achieved in Korea, Iraq, and now possibly Iran is dubious.
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Browning 006 Vietnam knife from Browning's Living History series. This knife is documented on the 2007 SP list as the Buck model 610. The knife features a Khan Hin wood handle from the Ho Chi Minh trail and was limited to 1975 pieces commemorating the year the Vietnam War ended. There are a number of customs by Joe Houser based on this blade.

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[Chilebrown]

 

[howiema]

One that my children had made for me many years ago when the custom shop offered BG-42 Thany you for the SPS and all who post Enjoy Pete

 

[Uncle Timbo]

My thanks to Roger and all who post on this SPS. I graduated high school a few months after the Vietnam War ended.
howiema , that's one beautiful knife.

 

[Generalist]

Some early '60s "Vietnam Era?" barrel nut fixed blades. Fiber spacers top row, leather bottom row.

 

[matthewtstock]

How do fellers. Many Thanks to everyone who participates in today's SPS. I was fortunate to pick up this turn of the century display case earlier this week in Rolla, Missouri….....

 

[tiguy7]

Thank you Roger for the History lesson and for running the Sunday Picture Show. This is a take apart Aluminum club knife with G-10 scales and a Cabela’s S-30-V blade. G-10 is a woven fiberglass cloth laminate that is soaked in epoxy resin and then heated and compressed until cured.

 

[Deltadreams]

 

[pjsjr]

Thanks Roger, and all who post photos and comment.
I've posted this 118 before(many times) I bought it, '69-70, at the PX before I left for RVN in 1971. I did not take it with me.

This one by Leroy Remer a year or so ago, for me, just because...

 

[plb]

15 years later...

 

[wonderboy1377s]

 

[pat9198]

 

[GPyro]

Some early '60s "Vietnam Era?" barrel nut fixed blades. Fiber spacers top row, leather bottom row.

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Impressive collection.
Those old profiles are nice.

 

[GPyro]

How do fellers. Many Thanks to everyone who participates in today's SPS. I was fortunate to pick up this turn of the century display case earlier this week in Rolla, Missouri….....
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It looks to be in nice shape as well. With the hardware even.....

Is that one of those that rotates and has the display on the other side as well?

 

[GPyro]

Thanks Roger, and all who post photos and comment.
I've posted this 118 before(many times) I bought it, '69-70, at the PX before I left for RVN in 1971. I did not take it with me.

This one by Leroy Remer a year or so ago, for me, just because...

Thanks for your service.
....and anyone else that served.

They were bringing troops home before I graduated H.S.
Still had to register tho.
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[GPyro]

Thanks once again Roger
....and of course everyone that participates.

The company I worked for did some embassy work in Vietnam, I didn't go, but I heard stories of the large number of citizens that had been maimed by mines, and such,

.....crowding the streets

... I never really thought of them in that way.
I always concentrated on our troops and what they went thru.


My contribution that I carried today.

Thanks.

 

[pjsjr]

Thanks for your service.

You're welcome, Gary, thanks.

 

[matthewtstock]

It looks to be in nice shape as well. With the hardware even.....

Is that one of those that rotates and has the display on the other side as well?

It is in remarkably good condition. Rotating, dual sided, upper display, with locking storage below.

Key & display hardware included.

 

[DeSotoSky]

The company I worked for did some embassy work in Vietnam, I didn't go, but I heard stories of the large number of citizens that had been maimed by mines, and such,
.....crowding the streets
... I never really thought of them in that way.
I always concentrated on our troops and what they went thru.

"Estimates of Vietnamese civilian wounded vary significantly, with figures often cited in the millions. Conservative estimates suggest over 1 million wounded, while researcher Nick Turse argues for as many as 5.3 million civilians wounded, with roughly 2 million civilian deaths, reflecting the immense, widespread suffering caused by heavy firepower and aerial bombardment."
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It is estimated 15% - 20% of land in Vietnam has unexploded ordinance. Since the war ended in 1975, over 40,000–100,000 people have been killed or injured by unexploded ordinance.

The Chuck Buck tribute model 500 with MOP scales from 2016.

 

[GPyro]

"Estimates of Vietnamese civilian wounded vary significantly, with figures often cited in the millions. Conservative estimates suggest over 1 million wounded, while researcher Nick Turse argues for as many as 5.3 million civilians wounded, with roughly 2 million civilian deaths, reflecting the immense, widespread suffering caused by heavy firepower and aerial bombardment."
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It is estimated 15% - 20% of land in Vietnam has unexploded ordinance. Since the war ended in 1975, over 40,000–100,000 people have been killed or injured by unexploded ordinance.

Sad.
In spite of all that, my co-worker that went there claimed the people were wonderful.