The Sunday Picture Show (September 17th, 2023)

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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)

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On this Day: September 17th 1862 The Battle of Antietam (Washington County, MD)
Was the deadliest one-day battle in American military history. 87,000 Union troops under McClellan against 45,000 Confederate troops under Lee. Union casualties 12,401 (2,108 deaths). Confederate casualties 10,316 (1,546 deaths). Soldiers with mortal woulds who succumed days or weeks after the battle were not counted and would have pushed the death total higher. Generally considered a win for the Union, McClellan failed to aggressively pursue the retreating Lee. Lincoln was not pleased with McClellan's over caution and replaced him with Burnside as commander of the Army.
To read more about the battle use the references below.

Buck produced 7 different 531 gold etched knives featuring the major Civil War battles. The handles were bias cut Birch and were serialized. Made about 1992 so the gold etching would have been performed in house at Buck as the last etchings by Aurum were in 1989. 100 total sets and came packaged in a clamshell box. I found a reference in the BCCI newsletter that they were produced for Gordon McCoy of Cloverdale VA. Does anyone have an idea of who he was? A businessman, Buck distributor, or regional sales person perhaps?

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Roger, thanks for another Sunday Picture Show. Thanks, also, to all who post photos and comments.
I was stationed at Ft. Holabird, MD in the late sixties, early seventies. Saw many of the battlefields in and around that area.
Copper and carbon fiber, drop point 110 for today's show...
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Reading that the deadliest day in US Military history was the Battle of Antietam had me wondering about D-Day. There were 3,654 combined Union and Confederate deaths at Antietam. 2,501 Americans died on Omaha Beach June 6, 1944. D-Day was only the beginning, 29,204 Americans were killed in the overall Battle of Normandy, June to August 1944.

(repost) This is the Buck model 612 Eisenhower commemorating D-Day. Not widely known but it is one of the Living History series knives Buck did for Browning. A large knife at 13" with a 8" blade. Looks to be TiN coated and the handle is Ash wood. Eisenhower's "5 Stars" ornate the handle. Mine is Serialized 504/1944 and can be found on the 2008 SP list.
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Happy SPS!

Needed a break today so decided to take my 28ga Franchi and sit on the dove field this morning. Not very optimistic about a limit today, but it's a clear day with a nice little breeze. Could have covered the ground with starlings though!

Every time I'm afield my S90V 110 goes along. I also have a 560 with a DLC coated S30V blade in my pack. Forgot it was there...

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Thank you Roger for doing the Sunday Picture Show and The History Lesson. I spent a few days checking out some Civil War sites including Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam. The carnage was horrific, in part because the weapons were more modern than the tactics.
Blades can be sharpened on regular stones using jigs. The trick is to get the jig properly located and then to position it in the same place every time. I trace the fingers of the jig on the blade with a Diamond glass cutter. 2 lines closer to the edge let me move the jig and do a compound edge using the finest stone. Buck’s Hone Master was a little large for the 110 blade. Blades get shorter if you use them regularly.View attachment 2325055View attachment 2325054
 
tiguy7 said:
Thank you Roger for doing the Sunday Picture Show and The History Lesson. I spent a few days checking out some Civil War sites including Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam. The carnage was horrific, in part because the weapons were more modern than the tactics.
Blades can be sharpened on regular stones using jigs. The trick is to get the jig properly located and then to position it in the same place every time. I trace the fingers of the jig on the blade with a Diamond glass cutter. 2 lines closer to the edge let me move the jig and do a compound edge using the finest stone. Buck’s Hone Master was a little large for the 110 blade. Blades get shorter if you use them regularly.View attachment 2325055View attachment 2325054
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could ya show how the honemaster works when it's setup? thanks....
 
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