The Sunday Picture Show (October 10th, 2021)

[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)

Almost this day in history, October 12th, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands on the Bahamian Island known today as San Salvador Island. (not the be confused with the capital city of El Salvador). A voyage that only suceeded by dumb luck. It was known even in Columbus's time that the world was not flat and somewhat accurate calculations of the diameter of the earth existed. It was known thru the travels of explorers such as the Marco Polo how far the orient was traveling east overland. Columbus proposed reaching the orient by sailing westward. He convinced himself this voyage was possible because his own calculations of the earth's diameter were much under estimated. If he had not bumped into the Americas he would have sailed out of the history books, a voyage of the true distance not being possible. As history is being rewritten, Columbus Day will probably meet the same fate as the 140 year old Columbus Statue torn down in St Louis last year. There are proposals to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day over concerns that Columbus spurred centuries of genocide against indigenous populations in the Americas.

This week I have a nice stag Buck 500 commemorating 500 years, 1492-1992. The distinctive crude colored etch is by Taylor.
There is also a Buck 110 handle scrimshawed by Linda Karst and another Buck 110 with a gold etch blade also commemorating Columbus day.

 

[Old Biker]

O.B.

 

[pjsjr]

Thanks Roger for doing such a great job hosting the Sunday Picture Show. Your historical tie-ins are well thought out, I appreciate the time and effort you put in to it.
Thanks to all who post photos and comment.
I don't have many commemorative knives/blades and have posted these before...I like duck hunting and these remind me of the good times I have had. Especially with Duck Dog Dutch

 

[Arian29]

Greetings,
Thanks DeSotoSky for another SPS and fellow Buck fans for posting, visiting here.

Buck 500 and 501.

 

[jb4570]

Hi All, Happy SPS to everyone who comes to see this weeks show. Thank you Roger to hosting these each week & I really appreciate seeing all the fantastic Buck knife photos everone shares here each week.

I'll add to the Duke 500 Taylor knives, Little Bighorn Both wood and Sambar stag variations.






Also A duck 500 for Preston with a hand carved bit of art from my wifes Grandfather

 

[Haebbie]

Thank you, Roger, for another Picture Show, and thank you to all the others who keep the show running. My small part are some 500 Duke, Ellis Island instead of Christoph Columbus.

Haebbie

 

[Makael]

Columbus Day and Cowboys and Indians go together. Geranimo Dagger one off Joe H did a fantastic job on. Blade was purchased online bare and Joe finished up.

 

[Ugly Truck Nut]

Columbus Day and Cowboys and Indians go together. Geranimo Dagger one off Joe H did a fantastic job on. Blade was purchased online bare and Joe finished up.

That is one sweet looking blade. Would love to have a blade like that, but without the fluff. Thanks for posting it.

 

[DeSotoSky]

Great job on the sheath Mike...

Columbus Day and Cowboys and Indians go together. Geranimo Dagger one off Joe H did a fantastic job on. Blade was purchased online bare and Joe finished up.

 

[Ugly Truck Nut]

Great job on the sheath Mike...

What he said.

 

[JOE NOWICKI]

Yes! Nice job Joe Houser did.

 

[pjsjr]

Also A duck 500 for Preston with a hand carved bit of art from my wifes Grandfather

Thanks John, that is a nice carving...great heirloom
I have seen photos of the 'old time' duck hunters that were wearing coat and tie out in the field. Stark difference from now a day's match the cover camo crowd.

 

[PatriotX]

There are some gorgeous blades in this Picture Show already, and it’s early!

Here‘s a nice 500 with some great American imagery…

 

[tiguy7]

Thank you Roger for the show and the history lesson. This is an anodized 186 Titan and a custom blade.View attachment 1657371

 

[Old Hunter]

Just one Buck 500 and it is the standard model, but also a waterfowl etched 110 for today's show. OH
Ps Happy Columbus Day!

 

[timberweasel]

A classic quality user... nothing special but I love the flavour!


Buck 303 Cadet

 

[Bastler]

No etch on this old 500. I carried it on my wedding day, so it is a commemorative to me.

 

[bertl]

I don't usually collect blade art; but here is a 312 PRCA knife from 1994, and it has a horse figure. Columbus was indirectly responsible for the introduction of horses to the west and that changed the culture of the Great Plains and Mountain West forever. Columbus never set foot on the continent and was not the first European to find the western hemisphere. That claim goes to the Norse or Vikings 500 years earlier.

Bert

 

[DeSotoSky]

Yeah, he gets credit for "discovering" a place where people were already living. True, he never stepped foot in North America yet Columbus Day is a Federal Holiday in the United States. He did spend some time poking around the Central and South American coasts. "Columbus Day" is celebrated elsewhere under various names. For North America, Leif Erikson Day would be more appropriate for a federal holiday beating Columbus by about 500 years. And yes, it is a real holiday, it was yesterday, October 9th. First recognized in 1925 by Calvin Coolidge, it has been recognized every year since 1964 by presidential proclamation. It is an official holiday in several states. He is believed to be the first viking to have visited North America. I don't think Buck has made any Viking blades so it was hard for me to do a tie in....;o)

"October 9 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the day that the ship Restauration arrived in New York from Stavanger, Norway on October 9, 1825. This was the start of organized immigration from Scandinavia to the USA. The date is not associated with an event in Leif Erikson's life."

Another 500 to keep the show on track despite my diversions. "3 ducks in flight". An issue of 2,000 for Sears. There is another version where the dog is smaller.
I've shown this one before. Engraving by George Sherwood.

 

[Makael]

Columbus didn't introduce them

The original theory accepted by the Western World was that there were no horses in the Americas prior to Columbus’ arrival in 1492. The Western World concluded that all horses of Native American peoples were, therefore, descendants of horses brought from overseas

This theory was forced to change, however, after paleontology pioneer Joseph Leidy discovered horse skeletons embedded in American soil in the 1830s. They were dated to be the oldest of any found in the world. According to Collin’s dissertation, the American scientific community was outraged and questioned his findings. Ultimately, they were forced to accept the evidence he provided

I don't usually collect blade art; but here is a 312 PRCA knife from 1994, and it has a horse figure. Columbus was indirectly responsible for the introduction of horses to the west and that changed the culture of the Great Plains and Mountain West forever. Columbus never set foot on the continent and was not the first European to find the western hemisphere. That claim goes to the Norse or Vikings 500 years earlier.

Bert

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