The Sunday Picture Show (May 17th, 2026)

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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. Above all, enjoy the show. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
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On this Day, May 17, The St Louis Fire of 1849.
St Louis is located just below the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and was an important hub for the people and materials pushing our westward expansion. The 1849 population was about 63,000. The paddle wheel steamer White Cloud had caught fire about 9 p.m., originating from a burning mattress in a cabin. The White Cloud's moorings burnt thru and as she drifted the fire spread to the other steamers and buildings on the riverfront. In all, 430 buildings, 23 steamboats as well as other smaller boats were lost. I find it remarkable that the fire was contained in 11 hours with the loss of only 3 lives. One of the deaths was a fire captain while blowing up a row of buildings with kegs of black powder to act as a fire break. At the time of the fire, St Louis was also in in the grip of another tragedy, a Cholera epidemic. The epidemic was caused by poor sanitation and contaminated water in the crowded rapidly expanding city and ultimately killed about 10% of the city's population. The two tragedies combined resulted in new building codes requiring more fire resistant construction such a bricks and the other infrastructure improvements such as sanitary sewer systems.
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I've shown this before but it's the only knife I can think of with a St Louis theme. 100 of these Buck 120 Generals were made for the 2007 NRA Convention in St Louis. I rubbed the engraving with white chalk to show better. The 630' stainless steel "Gateway Arch" on the St Louis riverfront is both a National Park and National Monument. It symbolizes St Louis history as the gateway to the West.
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The St Louis riverfront at night. There is a free museum underground below the arch. A ride to the top costs about $15-$19. The triangular cross section of the arch is 54' tapering to 17' at the top. You can see about 30 mi on a clear day. The Arch's exterior lights are turned off during the peak spring and fall bird migration seasons. This prevents the lights from disorienting the millions of birds that travel along the Mississippi River flyway.
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May 17, 1884, Alaska becomes a U.S. district with civilian governance.
From the time of it's purchase in 1867 Alaska was considered a Department, variously under the control of the Army, Navy, or Treasury.

Model 193 Alpha Hunter Alaskan Guide. The fixed blade Alpha Hunter was introduced in the 2002 catalog and last seen in 2013. Related models were the non gut hook 194 and rubber handled versions 693 and 694. The knife I show here is a Cabela's Alaskan Guide version. Rosewood Dymondwood handles, S30V blade steel, and a Titanium Nitride coated blade. I believe the TiN blades gave way over the years to DLC (Diamond Like Coating) and then to the current Ceracote. The blade markings are stamped, I'm not sure what year Buck switched to laser etching. The box label date is 9-22-05. Note that there is no date code or Idaho logo.
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DeSotoSky said:
May 17, 1884, Alaska becomes a U.S. district with civilian governance.
From the time of it's purchase in 1867 Alaska was considered a Department, variously under the control of the Army, Navy, or Treasury.

Model 193 Alpha Hunter Alaskan Guide. The fixed blade Alpha Hunter was introduced in the 2002 catalog and last seen in 2013. Related models were the non gut hook 194 and rubber handled versions 693 and 694. The knife I show here is a Cabela's Alaskan Guide version. Rosewood Dymondwood handles, S30V blade steel, and a Titanium Nitride coated blade. I believe the TiN blades gave way over the years to DLC (Diamond Like Coating) and then to the current Ceracote. The blade markings are stamped, I'm not sure what year Buck switched to laser etching. The box label date is 9-22-05. Note that there is no date code or Idaho logo.
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The BuckCote (Ion Fusion) ceramic coatings came in 4 flavors: Titanium Nitride was Gold, Zirconium Nitride was Champagne, Titanium Carbo Nitride was Purple, and Titanium Aluminum Nitride was Charcoal. The Cabela stuff was mostly Tungsten Diamond Like Carbon which was black. The knife above looks like TiCN.
 
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Thanks Roger for the History lesson and doing the GSOE. St. Louis made out a little better than Peshtigo, Wisconsin which also had a fire. The 186 Titan was Buck’s first take apart offering. Many of the newer 110’s have this feature. They all can use factory blades, custom blades, and old style Selector blades.
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DeSotoSky said:
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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. Above all, enjoy the show. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
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9RG9PCn.jpg

On this Day, May 17, The St Louis Fire of 1849.
St Louis is located just below the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and was an important hub for the people and materials pushing our westward expansion. The 1849 population was about 63,000. The paddle wheel steamer White Cloud had caught fire about 9 p.m., originating from a burning mattress in a cabin. The White Cloud's moorings burnt thru and as she drifted the fire spread to the other steamers and buildings on the riverfront. In all, 430 buildings, 23 steamboats as well as other smaller boats were lost. I find it remarkable that the fire was contained in 11 hours with the loss of only 3 lives. One of the deaths was a fire captain while blowing up a row of buildings with kegs of black powder to act as a fire break. At the time of the fire, St Louis was also in in the grip of another tragedy, a Cholera epidemic. The epidemic was caused by poor sanitation and contaminated water in the crowded rapidly expanding city and ultimately killed about 10% of the city's population. The two tragedies combined resulted in new building codes requiring more fire resistant construction such a bricks and the other infrastructure improvements such as sanitary sewer systems.
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I've shown this before but it's the only knife I can think of with a St Louis theme. 100 of these Buck 120 Generals were made for the 2007 NRA Convention in St Louis. I rubbed the engraving with white chalk to show better. The 630' stainless steel "Gateway Arch" on the St Louis riverfront is both a National Park and National Monument. It symbolizes St Louis history as the gateway to the West.
120-nra-stl-070221-3-jpg.2396411
120-nra-stl-070221-1-jpg.2396410

The St Louis riverfront at night. There is a free museum underground below the arch. A ride to the top costs about $15-$19. The triangular cross section of the arch is 54' tapering to 17' at the top. You can see about 30 mi on a clear day. The Arch's exterior lights are turned off during the peak spring and fall bird migration seasons. This prevents the lights from disorienting the millions of birds that travel along the Mississippi River flyway.
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Great SPS, Roger. Traumatic history lesson. Beautiful knives. Thanks to everyone!
 
When I bought this Vantage Force directly from Buck Knives last August I never realized it would become my virtually everyday EDC. I will never give up my pocketknives, but those I rotate, this Buck is my all the time knife. I never even liked Modern's until Makael here gifted me with a large Vantage several years ago, that gift sure turned my head. Not a hunting knife, but a do it all everyday knife for sure. Not even sure what the coating on the blade is, but it is not gun blue or it would be mostly gone.
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Thanks Roger for the Sunday Picture Show. Thanks to all who post photos and comment.
'Well I've never been to England'
'But I've been to St. Louis'
'They say the knives are insane there'
'And they sure know how to use them'
'They don't abuse 'em'
'But they might lose 'em'😁😁
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DeSotoSky said:
On this Day, May 17, The St Louis Fire of 1849.
St Louis is located just below the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and was an important hub for the people and materials pushing our westward expansion. The 1849 population was about 63,000. The paddle wheel steamer White Cloud had caught fire about 9 p.m.
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TRIVIA: Mark Twain's (Samuel Clemens) first job as a licensed steamboat pilot was on the "A B Chambers" which was owned by Robert Campbell, an important figure in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade and a leading citizen of St Louis. The "A B Chambers" sank at the mouth of the Missouri in 1860—Mark Twain was not the pilot.
 
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