What do you want to see in a new Bucklite?

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Just curious.

What do you like or dislike about the Bucklites 442/444.

What do you want to see different?

What do you think shouldn't be changed?

Linerlock or Lockback or Other?

Pocket clip or sheath?

etc.etc.
 
I really like the nylon sheath of my old 422, low hanging with velcro holding back and front together at the top.

I haven´t seen the present Bucklites but the 422 is great and the 442/444 seem to improve on it, offering two sizes and adding a lanyard hole. A removable pocket clip might be a good option.
 
I like my Bucklite but I wish the handle had steel liners. This would add strength and not alot of weight. I 'm not sure what model mine is as it has the anvil stamp on the blade in place of the model number but it has a removable pocket clip.
 
I would actually like to see Buck make a model like this:

3.5" or so 420HC blade, preferably the 110 blade or a drop point
Dual thumbstud
Finger grooved plastic handles with an aggressive texture
Boye Dent Lockback (with release in the middle of the handle)
A very short reversible bayonet mounted clip like you find on the Flash 2
Tip Up carry (by default due to the clip)

You'd have a great low profile one hander that would be very light and would dissappear in the pocket. I'd venture the street price could be as low as $30-35 since we're not using any super expensive materials.
 
yeh, its too bad they arent set up to do short pruction runs like Spyderco is.I've seen alot of what you guys are looking for at one time or another on Bucks models.
 
I like the way your thinking DeadMAn Walking. Keep the ideas coming. YOu never know, Buck might just read this and implement some of them.
 
Hey Dead Man, they already did that with the Buck 426, I just wish I could get one in BG42, I wonder if Buck will do upgrades on those 426's, its the same blade as a 110.
 
Jake, they should be able to.its only a rivit holding the blade in. When we did the 112 upgrade to BG42 i sent in one of the 112 size with the old style handle(422?) and no problem.
 
Jake Evans said:
Hey Dead Man, they already did that with the Buck 426, I just wish I could get one in BG42, I wonder if Buck will do upgrades on those 426's, its the same blade as a 110.
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Not quite. I actually happen to have a 426 right here in my knife case. Now it is an old 426 so I don't know if they changed the design on me.

Mine actually looks like this one except I have black handles.

The differences between what I described and the 426 aren't too radical however. If they were to take the 426, add thumbstuds, put the lock release in the middle of the handle (which isn't really necessary it's just something I like), and add the clip as I described it, that would be a cool knife.

I'd like to see it in BG-42 too because that would offer us another very solid choice in the $60ish one handed folder market, but to be very honest I don't see Buck going that way with it if they were to make something like this. I can however see them making it in 420HC which would make it an excellent choice in the sub $40 range.

I can also understand Buck not wanting to put studs on a 110 blade. That's why I indicated a drop point blade would be acceptable as well. Something like blade on the 177 but just a tad longer would work. The knife would have a slim profile hence I would avoid a hole.

I don't really like any opening hole besides the Spyderhole anyway... without a hump and a perfectly round shape holes don't work for me.

I'm glad you brought that up though because it just shows that what I suggested is not a radical departure from what Buck's already done.
 
I'd say no but I'm just prejudiced against linerlocks. A framelock would be okay. I'm just trying to think of a way they could do it that would build on what they've already done without ruining the formula.
 
I don't have a problem with it at all but if we're talking about a manufacturing standpoint I see two problems:

#1. You would have to make the blades as per normal and then take some of them off the line, so to speak, and mount studs on them. This would probably involve some simply but possibly cost prohibitive machine work.

#2. It looks really dumb to have both a stud and a nail nick on a blade direct from a manufacturer. Purely a cosmetic problem but I wouldn't make a knife this way and I'm sure Buck wouldn't.

You could circumvent the problem by making 110 blades without a nail nick but then you go back to problem #1.
 
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