Very odd Buck knife if it’s real

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Offering an opinion is one thing. To badger the brand repeatedly is something entirely different.

I appreciate Gedlicks and Skyler posting here with their opinions. I value their opinion more than Levine and even some folks at Buck when it comes to pre-factory knives. It's a shame though that by offering their opinion it may have enlisted new bidders and/or higher bids. I like to think that they chimed in because of the brand badgering that was going on.

While links to live auctions are against the rules, I think there's enough information provided here that the thread should be locked for that reason, but I'm not one to report it.

Remember; it's okay to offer an opinion, and it's okay to not know everything. Some might take offense to someone trying to sway opinions of others without facts to back them up.

Everyone who was sticking up for the brand, kudos to you. I wish more folks would know when to keep their pie holes shut. (Myself included)

Be less 80 grit and a little more 800 grit.
 
Nobody here was criticizing the "Brand," I assume you mean Buck in general.

Some of us questioned the authenticity of this particular old knife as to whether it was a real Buck or a fake.

Opinions varied. That's the way of it. I didn't bid on the knife. Others did. Maybe we'll never know who was right and who was wrong.

Experts have expert opinions.......and experts can also craft almost perfect fakes.

As to the question of people posting info on ongoing auctions........I don't mind.

Usually they are interesting auctions that I may have missed otherwise and even if I don't want to bid I am probably going to watch.

It also inspires interesting discussion......and many of us may learn things.
 
Because you don't mind, doesn't make it okay. Posting links to live auctions is against the forum rules. And before you tell me "...,but, but, but nobodies posteds linkies" - I know...

The difference between posting the link and posting "...auction site", and search for "this very specific text", is one of only 2 possibilities - laziness, or intentionally subverting the forum rules?

You might benefit from reading your posts out loud, or to someone before posting. A lot gets lost in the words on the page without proper context. This post for instance... Someone might read this as if I'm being sarcastic, while others might feel like I'm attacking you. I'm merely trying to be helpful.

Forum etiquette isn't all black and white either. I've known many of the folks around here for years and read miles of their text! I think I've got a pretty good grip on most of the personalities around here so I rarely read anything they say out of context. You might benefit from being a little more vanilla yourself until folks get a feel for your forum personality. Read through your posts and you might figure out why you might be rubbing folks the wrong way. Again, just trying to help...
 
guess talking about it while happening was a bad idear.......but I was into this thread only to learn about it. as the early/pre factory versions dont get much chatter or showings here since I've been reading and participating. appreciate everyone with knowledge on it sharing with us all. also those who showed early versions and one of a kinds... I havent seen many of these and find them interesting. so thank you.....

also like David said, these are also way out of my pay grade.:)
 
jbmonkey said:
guess talking about it while happening was a bad idear.......:)
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Not so bad.

The fact that there are some fairly serious questions about authenticity may have kept some novices from spending too much.

The Buck stamp (the only real evidence) when enlarged greatly, shows some odd little shiny dots in the depths of the lines. This could be from an electronic marker, but it also sometimes shows up this way when digital photos are magnified to really large size. No way to be sure what's going on until you can hold the knife and carefully examine it with a glass. So it's arguably a gamble.

Discussion here helps us learn more about the early knives which (as you say) don't get a lot of discussion or photographic exposure. The discussion here also helps people learn how e-Bay works (bidding strategies are important).

There are currently six experienced bidders (high numbers of purchases and mostly collectible knives) who have been very conservative. Are some going to make a big bid at the end of the auction tomorrow? Maybe.

If you click on "Show Automatic Bids" you can see exactly what they've been doing.

If you click on the individual bidders you can see their buying history.......in this case......almost all buy a LOT of knives.

The OP didn't break the rules and the thread provides some real educational benefit.

If this thread had broken the rules or did not serve a useful purpose of enhancing knowledge........it would have been closed immediately by moderators.

As has been said already by Makael, this is an interesting knife worthy of consideration--whether authentic Buck or not.
 
I’m sorry to see this thread dissolve into nothing productive. To me the stamp looks legit the blade where the sharpened portion stops looks nothing like any of the photos of pre factory knives I’ve ever seen and I wonder about the spacer material for its age.
 
Kansaswoodguy said:
I’m sorry to see this thread dissolve into nothing productive. To me the stamp looks legit the blade where the sharpened portion stops looks nothing like any of the photos of pre factory knives I’ve ever seen and I wonder about the spacer material for its age.
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Productive?

There's not much that can be produced.

Nobody has been able to show an authenticated old Buck knife with pommel, guard, choil, plunge line, or any other feature characteristic of Buck's work that seem the same or even somewhat similar to this knife.

The handle is similar to some old Buck knives......but handles like that are common to many knives of the era.

All anybody has been able to say is, as you mentioned, the stamp looks pretty good (but does look a little odd when pictures are pushed to intense magnification).

So, the stamp is all there is as evidence. Otherwise, it's just a nice big old knife.

It looks like a nice old knife, Buck or not.

That's why bidding has gone above $150 now. Five hours left to go with a couple of guys fighting it out and several more lurking who will maybe throw in an increase at the last second.

I'm surprised that there are only 49 watchers on the auction......us Buck lovers must be dying off faster than I thought.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention. These are fun to watch. Maybe it will go real high?

Popcorn is needed for the last hour.
 
Tough to put a price on a piece of Buck history like that. I figured it would take around a grand to buy it, but I was in a meeting and didn't get to play. I bought a few old custom 560s in stead.

Perhaps if the folks in the "it's a fake" camp were BCCI members and did a little research, they might have driven the price up even further though. So thanks to the guy driving the "fake" train for keeping others away...lol


 
DAM. OP seller- only kidding
Got even money on who the winner was :)
no not me !!!!!
 
J Hubbard said:
Our Company historian can always be contacted and help with Authenticity. Just drop a line to Joe Houser or point him to thread like this.
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Thanks Jeff. Good to know. I wasn't sure if Buck required the knife to be sent in for authenticating like Randall does.
 
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