Traditional Lockbacks

[r redden]

Man some beautiful knives in this thread but shipwright Wow!!

 

[shipwright]

Thanks guys, they are very special. The top one is amber stag, and the bottom is linerless green linen micarta. Blades are Ats-34, and that blade shape is super useful! He certainly was a master!

 

[bralexander]

Oh gosh. I feel bad posting these on the same page as so many really nice knives.

& I have a li'l Buck 506 on the way to me, but he's not here yet for photos.

I struggle sometimes myself about posting more "pedestrian" knives along with all the other beauties on this forum, but that middle JA Henckles locking sodbuster is something special! That looks like a wonderful knife and in great condition!
Bruce

 

[neal70]

Don't ever struggle about posting"pedestrian "knives, that in a sense is what the porch is about. Not to say I don't appreciate lookers like the two above, but people go nuts here for usin' knives, worn to the bone, literally in some cases. I have one , maybe two "special" knives and that's about it. Far more of my truly meager collection are users, beat up and loved. That's what this place likes, as much or more sometimes, than high dollar safe-queens. I will note,ahem, that some of the old users can get pricey for what it seems like your getting...but what can you do? (Helpless shrug). And I like the top 2 knives in your pic, my only locking soddie went to the son of one of my very best friends, widowed when he was still a babe. 🙂 Maybe that's why I don't have a lot of cutlery. What can you do, he was10-11, or so and his mom said it was okay. I like to think his father approves where ever he is. $.02
Thanks, Neal
Ps-this is my opinion, I don't mean to speak for others, it's just what I've observed

 

[bralexander]

Thanks Neal, my response to Alwaystomboy's was just to be encouraging. Personally, I think I am more disappointed with the quality of my pics, more than the subject. Between using a cheap phone and my very slight shake, most of my pics are a sad representation of what is actually in front of me. I am trying to find an inexpensive point and shoot, that I can put on a tripod. I do treasure my knives, and currently they are all "budget" knives.
Bruce

 

[5K Qs]

I'm not a huge fan of lockbacks, since I often seem to have substantial difficulty releasing the lock to close the knife.
But I do have several of them.

My most recent is a Buck 110 that one of my brothers gave me a couple of weeks ago. He had it in his toolbox for years, he says. I don't know how old it might be (but the sheath is still very supple and high quality IMHO).

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- GT

There is a sticky on dating Buck 110's in the Buck Forum:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/612901-revised-110-112-data-sheet-as-of-gt-5-1-08

110's made after 1985 have a date code stamped on the tang. There is a sticky with a list of the codes in the Buck Forum
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/716179-Buck-Date-Codes

Thanks for the informative links, Frank! :thumbup:
I should be able to make a good conjecture about my knife's age when I get it in hand this evening at home.

- GT

For what it's worth, here's a little update. Thanks to Frank's incredibly informative and helpful links (the first link was most relevant for my knife), I'm quite confident that the Buck 110 I recently got from one of my brothers was manufactured in 1967 - closing in on 50 years old!
Here's another photo, with blade open so you can see the tang stamp. Turns out that the plain vertical "BUCK", no "USA", no model number, no dots made dating the knife quite easy.

- GT

 

[kagato82]

My modest collection of lockbacks has steadily grown in the last few months. They are all beauties in my eyes.