DeSotoSky
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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. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
On this day, May 18th 1980, The eruption of Mt St Helens.
Located in Washington State, 98 miles South of Seattle. Was the deadliest and destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.
By the Numbers
Blast energy equivalent to 24 megatons of TNT (25,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs)
Eruption column 80,000'
.67 cubic miles of material ejected
Lateral blast destroyed 229 square miles
Elevation loss 9,677 to 8,363'
Damages $1 billion
Deaths 57
200 homes
185 miles of highway
15 miles of railway
47 bridges
en.wikipedia.org
Prior to 1980, Mt. St. Helens had the shape of a conical volcano sometimes referred to as the Mount Fuji of America.
I know I've shown this picture a bunch but come on... it's a volcano!
Buck 110 with Mt Fuji gold etch. c. 1988. Beautiful stag handles. Mt Fuji is the highest peak in Japan at 12,388'. It is located 60 miles SW of Tokyo and last erupted in 1707. My feeling is that the etch is by Taylor and the serial number location is typical as I have seen some Taylor etches serial numbered on the bolster. I can find no special projects listing for this knife but interestingly there are 3 other Taylor etched stag 110's on the 1989 Special Projects list, Emperor Hirohito, Elvis Presley, and one listed as "Hunter, Stag". I am guessing the Mt Fuji and Emperor Hirohito knives were for export and rare in the USA. The Elvis knife does pop up occasionally but I've not snagged one yet.
On this day, May 18th 1980, The eruption of Mt St Helens.
Located in Washington State, 98 miles South of Seattle. Was the deadliest and destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.
By the Numbers
Blast energy equivalent to 24 megatons of TNT (25,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs)
Eruption column 80,000'
.67 cubic miles of material ejected
Lateral blast destroyed 229 square miles
Elevation loss 9,677 to 8,363'
Damages $1 billion
Deaths 57
200 homes
185 miles of highway
15 miles of railway
47 bridges
Mount St. Helens - Wikipedia
I know I've shown this picture a bunch but come on... it's a volcano!
Buck 110 with Mt Fuji gold etch. c. 1988. Beautiful stag handles. Mt Fuji is the highest peak in Japan at 12,388'. It is located 60 miles SW of Tokyo and last erupted in 1707. My feeling is that the etch is by Taylor and the serial number location is typical as I have seen some Taylor etches serial numbered on the bolster. I can find no special projects listing for this knife but interestingly there are 3 other Taylor etched stag 110's on the 1989 Special Projects list, Emperor Hirohito, Elvis Presley, and one listed as "Hunter, Stag". I am guessing the Mt Fuji and Emperor Hirohito knives were for export and rare in the USA. The Elvis knife does pop up occasionally but I've not snagged one yet.
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