What Buck are you carrying today?

I've been going with a 112 with finger grooves that I just got. It's pretty comfortable even with bigger hands, but the fit and finish are fantastic. Probably the best of any regular production Buck I've gotten (thanks C&C).
 
I've been staying with my red white and blue 285 the last few days. .It's really sharp!
 
Today, it is a Buck Nano-Bantum fixed blade.....

"But H1, Buck doesn't make one of those" you say. Well, that's true but apparently they can be modified.

So there I was, fixing some broken fiberglass tent poles and minding my own business. The process I use involves un-stringing the bungee cord, cutting the replacement section to size with a hacksaw, grinding the newly cut corners on the bench grinder and making a nice rounded edge and chamfering the hole a little with a drill bit. Then, I like to add a little superglue finish to the newly exposed fiberglass. This last part was the fatal flaw in the plan. I used my Buck 283 Nano Bantum to open the package of superglue and decided there was no need to use my old guy glasses. Well guess what? My little lockback knife is now a fixed blade and if I hadn't moved pretty quickly, it would have permanently attached to my hand. I'm not kidding, it will not move at all. The good news is that there is absolutely no blade play of any kind - whatsoever :). Of course, It got all over my hands and everywhere else. Putting pressure on the tube when slicing it open made the issue much worse, of course.

Anyway, I guess we will find out how the plastic handle on the knife holds up to acetone :). Or, I could just make a sheath......
 
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Into the acetone it went. In about 15 minutes I could wipe the blade off pretty well. Still locked up tighter than a drum after 1/2 hour in the sauce. Tried a pair of pliers from a Bucklite Multitool (thinking a brother could help here) on the lock, but I was afraid the spring might break after cranking on it as hard as I did. Will let it sit submerged in it's toxic bath for a while longer. The handle seems to be impervious to the acetone. I am a bit worried about the Buck inlay that I filled with kiddy school paint :). We'll see....
 
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