The Sunday Picture Show (September 28, 2025)

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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 Date, September 28, 1887. The Yellow River or Huáng Hé flood in China kills between estimated 900.000 to 2 million people, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. The flood area was estimated at 50,000 square miles. As many people died from the sickness and homelessness that followed as directly from the flood itself. The Yellow River flows thru vast low lying plains, rich and perfect for agriculture. For centuries the farmers have attempted to control the flooding by building levees. Because of the high silt content being deposited on the riverbed the level of the river has risen to the point where it is higher than the surrounding plains and containment dependent on the levees. Not a stable situation. (on a smaller scale, think of a subsiding New Orleans). The Yellow river is the 2nd longest river in China (3,395mi) and 6th in the world. The Yellow River gets its name from its high silt content. In the 2,540 years from 595 BC to 1946 AD 1,593 floods have been recorded. A mixed blessing while providing some of the richest agricultural land in China.
Not the best video but gives a good explanation (7:27)
addendum.
1931 flooding of the Yellow, Yangtze, and Huai rivers is estimated to have killed up to 4 million.
1938 Chiang Kai-Shek caused the deadliest manmade flood in history when he intentionally broke the Yellow River dams & levees to halt advancing Japanese forces, killing 400-900 thousand.

Normally I search for a relevant local history topic but felt the magnitude of the disaster(s) deserved mention. Since China was the topic, I chose my most recent ChinaBuck purchase for my lead. For the 2025 Red Hill Cutlery Burbon & Blades event there were actually 5 knives this year. In addition to the 110, Fire Red 301, and Red 722 Spitfire, there was also a 389 Jigged Bone Canoe and 736 Trekker XLT. Buck seems to have used the event to clear the 389 and 736 from the Web Exclusives page as the both now show sold out. All of the event knives except the 110 still show available at Red Hill. The Trekker is not a fit for me but I do collect the Canoes. Perfect fit and finish.
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Good Morning Gents. Many Thanks to Roger & all who participate in today's show. The Buck Canoes are a handsome lot of which I have none, although I do own a Remington Canoe. As such, for review this morning, the 2024 Limited Edition 402 Akonua........

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Thanks Roger for the History lesson and for doing the Sunday Picture Show. Floods, famines, Japanese invasions, civil war, political purges, oh my. It’s worse than lions, tigers, and bears. This is a Buck Master Series 110 with a BG-42 blade and Dymondwood scales.IMG_8467.png
 
NEW IN BOX WITH PAPERS—These are magic words for collectors, especially for older knives, and sometimes you get a little more than the standard Buck paperwork. Some time ago, I bought a knife that had all of the regular paperwork plus a copy of “Knife Know-How” by Al Buck. The twelve- page pamphlet includes a short history of Buck Knives, how to care for your knife, descriptions of knives, and sections on how to field dress deer and how to fillet fish. Since neither the Model 110 nor Model 121 were mentioned in the listing of knives, I assume this was written before 1964.

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After the fiasco of my recent post “A couple of two-line 121s”, a fellow collector said he could help me out with a two-line 121 Fisherman Scaler. Thanks Generalist. I now have a knife from 1968, the last year of production for the 121 Scaler. Combined with my 1964 knife, that covers the years of production for the 121 Scaler.

The 1968 knife has a two-line tang stamp of BUCK/u s a. The sheath with this knife has BUCK stamped on the snap. This sheath is commonly thought of as being from 1967. The sheath associated with 1968 does not have BUCK on the stamp and the loop rivet on the back is concave. Dating a knife by sheath characteristics is often a roll of the dice—things can be switched— but in this case I don’t think so. First, we often think of the two-line stamp as being 1968, but it’s quite possible that change occurred in late 1967. Second, Buck changed 100 Series sheath suppliers in 1968, and perhaps Buck was using the inventory of 1967 sheaths for the 1968 knives. In any event, the two-line stamp and 1968 mark the end of the 121 Fisherman Scaler.

Like the 1968 knife, the 1964 knife has hard fiber spacers. The knife has the BUCK stamp at the spine and a sheath with two keeper straps. I think the early 121s were the only sheaths with two keeper straps. The two-piece box for my knife probably was not made for the 121, and that makes me think it was one of the early knives in 1964. The inside length of the box is 10 1/4”, which is a very tight fit. (I have a box for a 1967 121 Scaler and it is 1” longer”.) The end of the box has a gold foil label attached. The printing on the label is pretty well faded, but with a hand lens and bright light I can make out the words “Buck Fisherman” and “Model No. 121”. It wouldn’t surprise me if this is a 105 box, but I’m not going to remove the gold foil to find out.1 121 scaler 1968.jpeg2 121 scaler (1964) 1.jpeg3 121 scaler 1968 sheath.jpeg4 121 scaler sheath (1964).jpeg5 121 gold foil.jpeg
 
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Happy SPS! My thanks to Roger and all who respond. That sure was a sobering history lesson.
Roger, I didn't know what a 736 Trekker XLT so I looked it up. Ironically, Buck shows it on sale.
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bertl said:
After the fiasco of my recent post “A couple of two-line 121s”, a fellow collector said he could help me out with a two-line 121 Fisherman Scaler. Thanks Generalist. I now have a knife from 1968, the last year of production for the 121 Scaler. Combined with my 1964 knife, that covers the years of production for the 121 Scaler.

The 1968 knife has a two-line tang stamp of BUCK/u s a. The sheath with this knife has BUCK stamped on the snap. This sheath is commonly thought of as being from 1967. The sheath associated with 1968 does not have BUCK on the stamp and the loop rivet on the back is concave. Dating a knife by sheath characteristics is often a roll of the dice—things can be switched— but in this case I don’t think so. First, we often think of the two-line stamp as being 1968, but it’s quite possible that change occurred in late 1967. Second, Buck changed 100 Series sheath suppliers in 1968, and perhaps Buck was using the inventory of 1967 sheaths for the 1968 knives. In any event, the two-line stamp and 1968 mark the end of the 121 Fisherman Scaler.

Like the 1968 knife, the 1964 knife has hard fiber spacers. The knife has the BUCK stamp at the spine and a sheath with two keeper straps. I think the early 121s were the only sheaths with two keeper straps. The two-piece box for my knife probably was not made for the 121, and that makes me think it was one of the early knives in 1964. The inside length of the box is 10 1/4”, which is a very tight fit. (I have a box for a 1967 121 Scaler and it is 1” longer”.) The end of the box has a gold foil label attached. The printing on the label is pretty well faded, but with a hand lens and bright light I can make out the words “Buck Fisherman” and “Model No. 121”. It wouldn’t surprise me if this is a 105 box, but I’m not going to remove the gold foil to find out.View attachment 2986883View attachment 2986884View attachment 2986885View attachment 2986886View attachment 2986887
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Here are my two. I am guessing that the one with the 'inverted' stamp has a replacement sheath?

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Hi All,

Happy SPS, thank you Roger for hosting this weekly event. That history bite was sobering to say the least, wow, the amount of lives lost is stagering. Thanks to all who post in Roger's show!

The 903 made it to the fixed blade friday show, so he is the rest of the set.


top photo older, the display has changed a bit over the years. As scene in the bottom photo.

 
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