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, September 1, 1752, the Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia from a foundry in England.
Originally known as the Assembly House Bell (and later State House Bell), the Pennsylvania Assembly ordered the bell in 1751 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1701 Charter of Privileges, Pennsylvania's first Constitution. The primary inscription on the bell is “Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof" (Leviticus 25:10) The bell is 3.82' diameter, 4' tall, and weighs 2,080lbs. The tower on the Assembly House, now known as Independence Hall, was not yet completed but the bell was tested and the rim of the bell cracked on the first ringing. Initial thought was to return the bell but the shipmaster did not want to take it back on board. Two local foundrymen were tasked with breaking up the bell and recasting it. The bell did not have a good sound and it was recast for a second time. Meanwhile the Assembly had ordered a second bell from the foundry in England. The new bell did not sound any better than the twice recast original. It was decided to keep both, the new bell was installed in a cupola and the Liberty Bell was left hanging in the Tower. The bell was used heavily into the 1840's. It is not known exactly when the crack started. The crack was drilled, widening it in an attempt to stabilize but a second crack later developed. The bell was first termed the "Liberty Bell" in 1830's anti-slavery journals and became somewhat of a symbol for that movement. It was noted the irony of the bell's inscription that not all inhabitants of the land had liberty. Skipping forward, after WW2 custodianship was transfered to the National Park Service with Philadelphia retaining ownership. The story of the Liberty Bell is long and continues to the present day. Wiki is a pretty good read of the complete history.
Liberty Bell - Wikipedia
This is the only knife I have with the Liberty Bell image. The model 1776 Spirit of '76. This was Buck's first commemorative edition knife and the blades were etched by Aurum. 7600 were made for the 1776-1976 Bicentennial. My understanding is because of the large quantity they were available for a very long time. This Stag handled knife was a run of 50 by Joe Houser in 2008.
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