What Buck are you carrying today?

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I generally use a stick or two of fatwood to start the wood stove. I baton each stick into two or three pieces so the box lasts two or three times longer. I know that lots of folks around here lose their minds when they hear of anyone using their tools and I really don’t get it. I baton with slipjoints, lockbacks, and fixed blades, and have never had a problem. But that’s a discussion for another day. The issue of today is that batoning fatwood and making feather sticks of it leaves a lot of pine sap/resin on the blade. A squirt of WD-40 and a paper towel cleans it up pretty easily, but if I’m re-starting the fire on my way out the door or something, I don’t always want to take the time to clean my knife. So I pulled out this 538 Open Season Small Game knife and decided to dedicate it to fatwood and woodstove duty. From henceforth, and forevermore - or at least till spring LOL! - it will live on the hearth where it’s welcome to accumulate sap and resin to its heart’s content.

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Culprit99 said:
I generally use a stick or two of fatwood to start the wood stove. I baton each stick into two or three pieces so the box lasts two or three times longer. I know that lots of folks around here lose their minds when they hear of anyone using their tools and I really don’t get it. I baton with slipjoints, lockbacks, and fixed blades, and have never had a problem. But that’s a discussion for another day. The issue of today is that batoning fatwood and making feather sticks of it leaves a lot of pine sap/resin on the blade. A squirt of WD-40 and a paper towel cleans it up pretty easily, but if I’m re-starting the fire on my way out the door or something, I don’t always want to take the time to clean my knife. So I pulled out this 538 Open Season Small Game knife and decided to dedicate it to fatwood and woodstove duty. From henceforth, and forevermore - or at least till spring LOL! - it will live on the hearth where it’s welcome to accumulate sap and resin to its heart’s content.

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That’s a pretty nice fire starter knife. Mines nowhere near that level but I can respect that
 
315 said:
I must’ve missed what happened but I fear your deer season has ended for the year☹️☹️☹️
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I slipped coming out of the stand a couple weeks ago
20 feet plus. Broke my left arm/wrist in multiple places which required surgery. I broke 4 vertebrae in my back but luckily no ligaments. I’m in lots of pain constantly. I did make it to my cabin for rifle season. Made it out opening day for a bit with the help of my wife. We have a couple heated and enclosed blinds. It’s unfortunate but I’m alive.
 
hunterjrg said:
I slipped coming out of the stand a couple weeks ago
20 feet plus. Broke my left arm/wrist in multiple places which required surgery. I broke 4 vertebrae in my back but luckily no ligaments. I’m in lots of pain constantly. I did make it to my cabin for rifle season. Made it out opening day for a bit with the help of my wife. We have a couple heated and enclosed blinds. It’s unfortunate but I’m alive.
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As terrible as that is, I’m glad that’s all it is!! A friend of a friend did the same several years ago. He got lucky it wasn’t worse but ended up with some damaged vertebrae and a broken tailbone. Happy to hear you went out yesterday. Good luck with the rest of the season.
 
315 said:
As terrible as that is, I’m glad that’s all it is!! A friend of a friend did the same several years ago. He got lucky it wasn’t worse but ended up with some damaged vertebrae and a broken tailbone. Happy to hear you went out yesterday. Good luck with the rest of the season.
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Wow. It doesn’t take much, sometimes, for a life-altering event. A friend at work was walking out of the woods from hunting two weeks ago and stepped in a thigh-deep hole (groundhog?) with one leg. Popped his hip out of socket. Laid there and cried in pain for a while then limped himself to the truck. Got home and realized he lost his wallet somewhere along the way. He asked his wife to go out the next morning but she couldn’t find it so his neighbor took him out on a four wheeler. Found his wallet, but is deeply bruised from shin to navel. His hip might be broken, but the swelling has to settle down a bit for the doctor to know for sure.

Be careful out there!
 
Culprit99 said:
I generally use a stick or two of fatwood to start the wood stove. I baton each stick into two or three pieces so the box lasts two or three times longer. I know that lots of folks around here lose their minds when they hear of anyone using their tools and I really don’t get it. I baton with slipjoints, lockbacks, and fixed blades, and have never had a problem. But that’s a discussion for another day. The issue of today is that batoning fatwood and making feather sticks of it leaves a lot of pine sap/resin on the blade. A squirt of WD-40 and a paper towel cleans it up pretty easily, but if I’m re-starting the fire on my way out the door or something, I don’t always want to take the time to clean my knife. So I pulled out this 538 Open Season Small Game knife and decided to dedicate it to fatwood and woodstove duty. From henceforth, and forevermore - or at least till spring LOL! - it will live on the hearth where it’s welcome to accumulate sap and resin to its heart’s content.

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What's the sheath?
I don't recall that knife with that sheath.
Looks better than the one I know of.

I miss my woodstove.
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GPyro said:
What's the sheath?
I don't recall that knife with that sheath.
Looks better than the one I know of.

I miss my woodstove.
🙁
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The sheath is custom. Several years ago I was giving these Open Season Small Game knives to my three daughters as their first fixed blades. My son is the oldest and already had a 102 and 104.

But I wasn’t comfortable with the factory sheath. I’ve had far too many sheath snaps come undone over the years by jackets, brush, etc. and the factory sheath design didn’t look like it would hold the knife securely if it came unsnapped. So I emailed Hickman Sadlery in Idaho. They made the fantastic sheath for the SK Blades version of the 104 Compadre. I knew nothing about the company - didn’t know how big or small they were - but I referenced the sheath they made for the 104 and asked if they would make me a few similar sheaths for another Buck knife. They said sure, gave me a reasonable quote, so I bought four or five. They even used their Buck stamp on the leather. Due to the shape of the knife, the sheath doesn’t “click” in with retention like the 104 does, but I’m much more comfortable with my girls carrying in this sheath rather than trusting the stock sheath. Plus, it’s brown leather, which automatically makes it a superior sheath to anything else on the planet. LOL! :)

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Culprit99 said:
The sheath is custom. Several years ago I was giving these Open Season Small Game knives to my three daughters as their first fixed blades. My son is the oldest and already had a 102 and 104.

But I wasn’t comfortable with the factory sheath. I’ve had far too many sheath snaps come undone over the years by jackets, brush, etc. and the factory sheath design didn’t look like it would hold the knife securely if it came unsnapped. So I emailed Hickman Sadlery in Idaho. They made the fantastic sheath for the SK Blades version of the 104 Compadre. I knew nothing about the company - didn’t know how big or small they were - but I referenced the sheath they made for the 104 and asked if they would make me a few similar sheaths for another Buck knife. They said sure, gave me a reasonable quote, so I bought four or five. They even used their Buck stamp on the leather. Due to the shape of the knife, the sheath doesn’t “click” in with retention like the 104 does, but I’m much more comfortable with my girls carrying in this sheath rather than trusting the stock sheath. Plus, it’s brown leather, which automatically makes it a superior sheath to anything else on the planet. LO
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Nice.
I prefer a leather slip sheath over a sheath with snaps.
I probably bought a dozen of them for various Bucks back when MAK was still doing them.

Your sheath caught my eye right away as I really don't like those Open Season sheaths Buck had.
✌
 
GPyro said:
Nice.
I prefer a leather slip sheath over a sheath with snaps.
I probably bought a dozen of them for various Bucks back when MAK was still doing them.

Your sheath caught my eye right away as I really don't like those Open Season sheaths Buck had.
✌
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I don’t have a sheath from MAK, but have seen the fine work on here. Ed Costa makes a fine sheath, too. I have a few from him.

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