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Since we have been talking a little about the Bantams coming back for USA production, I would like to know if the 37- and 38- series wood handled Stockmans, Trappers etc are coming back as well?
 
imafritz said:
Since we have been talking a little about the Bantams coming back for USA production, I would like to know if the 37- and 38- series wood handled Stockmans, Trappers etc are coming back as well?
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That I would love to see happen. :thumbup: I'd start buying them if they made the wood handled ones here in the states. I know they make the Dymond (sp?) ones here, but they just don't appeal to me like wood handles do.
 
Yeah Plum I agree, although I was hoping Joe or CJ or Bill would answer last night cause there was a 373 trio on the bay they were just giving away on the buy it now. I bought it anyway-couldnt stand to pass it up. I really like the wood they use on them-if they do make em at home i hope they use the same handle material, although sometimes the front and back scales dont match as well as i would expect.
 
imafritz said:
Yeah Plum I agree, although I was hoping Joe or CJ or Bill would answer last night cause there was a 373 trio on the bay they were just giving away on the buy it now. I bought it anyway-couldnt stand to pass it up. I really like the wood they use on them-if they do make em at home i hope they use the same handle material, although sometimes the front and back scales dont match as well as i would expect.
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I really like the Trapper pattern and I own a whole bunch of them made by other brands. I only have one Buck trapper and it's a yellow handled one called the "Freedom Trapper". I'd be all over some wood handled made in the US models if they were available.:thumbup:
 
Just an FYI, the overseas ones are also a version of Dymondwood, not real wood. While we are not looking currently at bringing this back, we are adding more wood versions, and really extending the line from the US.
 
J Hubbard said:
Just an FYI, the overseas ones are also a version of Dymondwood, not real wood. While we are not looking currently at bringing this back, we are adding more wood versions, and really extending the line from the US.
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I like that version better than the US version of Dymondwood and would buy them.
 
J Hubbard said:
Just an FYI, the overseas ones are also a version of Dymondwood, not real wood. While we are not looking currently at bringing this back, we are adding more wood versions, and really extending the line from the US.
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I want to make sure I understand...The brown woodgrain handles on my 371 are dymondwood?:confused: If so I must be dumber than I look(which wouldnt be easy to do:eek:)
 
J Hubbard said:
Not the brand Dymond wood.
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I was thinking you were saying that it is dymondwood material like the 301dw only "dyed" to be brown. I hadnt carried my 371 for a few days so I looked at it yesterday and it looked like wood laminate similar to the way 110,112 and such are done only with a different finish.
 
So, the brown "wood" isn't really wood? Just what is Dymondwood? The catalog specs just say "woodgrain".
 
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Dymondwood is real wood; BUT, it is made up of thin laminated sheets (think plywood) and it is resin impregnated. The resin is what allows the wood to be buffed to a "shine". Dymondwood (type wood) is available in countless colors and finishes; walnut, cherry wood, oak, indigo blue from the blue indigo tree (just kidding on that last part). So it is real wood, it just has resin also.

Bill Keys
Director of Manufacturing
Buck Knives
 
Bill Keys said:
Dymondwood is real wood; BUT, it is made up of thin laminated sheets (think plywood) and it is resin impregnated. The resin is what allows the wood to be buffed to a "shine". Dymondwood (type wood) is available in countless colors and finishes; walnut, cherry wood, oak, indigo blue from the blue indigo tree (just kidding on that last part). So it is real wood, it just has resin also.

Bill Keys
Director of Manufacturing
Buck Knives
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Thanks for clearing that up Mr Keys. I had in my mind, based on the appearance of the 300 series, that they were a synthetic material.
As a sidebar to this, I see an Avid 346 on the bay indicating Dymondwood,
is the Vantage offered in DW for Pro and Avid?

Thanks again,
Fritz
 
Guys,
There all sorta plywood. Think about it. Solid wood has to be cured,stained, sealed and buffed. All of the mentioned above is layers of wood, usually listed as birch (but could be like scallops, usually are skate wings cut to look like'em) could be several different species of trees called Birch some place in the world. But the thin layers are laminated under high pressure with resin glue. Layers and glue equal strength, high gloss and little splitting.

Give me bone(real or fake) or yellar micarta, Please. I will pay 10 $ more for the privledge.....

300Bucks
 
For imafritz, the model 346 is indeed Dymondwood and is the Avid level of the large Vantage. The 346 also has a Sandvik 13C26 steel blade, which is a very good upper/mid level steel.

Bill Keys
 
Bill Keys said:
For imafritz, the model 346 is indeed Dymondwood and is the Avid level of the large Vantage. The 346 also has a Sandvik 13C26 steel blade, which is a very good upper/mid level steel.

Bill Keys
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Thanks again Mr Keys,

By your answer I guess there is no way to get a Pro in DW. I would love that combo.:thumbup:
 
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