What is my old buck worth?

[LastSplash]

For christmas I got a new hunting knife it is a beautiful Alaska guide alpha hunter with the rosewood handle from Cabelas. It is taking over for my old 124 and I was wondering what the 124 is worth, not that I plan on selling it. It is a 1996 124 with the aluminum butt and finger guard and I think the handle is the red birchwood.

 

[Pack Rat]

For christmas I got a new hunting knife it is a beautiful Alaska guide alpha hunter with the rosewood handle from Cabelas. It is taking over for my old 124 and I was wondering what the 124 is worth, not that I plan on selling it. It is a 1996 124 with the aluminum butt and finger guard and I think the handle is the red birchwood.

Congrats on the new Alpha Hunter. Nice knife!!

The 124 is probably the most popular of the 100 series large knives. Jump on ebay and put in Buck 124 and search. Depending on condition they could go from $100 on up. Rarely see a 124 go for less than 100$

Welcome to the Buck forum. Lot of info here about the 124. Better get a big cuppa coffee. This could take a while.

The 124 guys will be along in a bit to talk about yours.

 

[Stubai]

Yep, the 124 is a great knife. I'd keep in in your collection and perhaps you can pass it down to your progeny. If you can snag another one for under $100, jump on it quickly. I have a model 691 in ATS-34 which is my new hunting blade. They say the Alpha Hunter is a winner, and I concur.

 

[gd526]

It is a 1996 124 with the aluminum butt and finger guard and I think the handle is the red birchwood.

Looks like you know what you have so what is to add? Value, as jb is often quick to note, is what some one is willing to pay. Condition is paramount to value as well, like anything else. Time of year and venue on which things are bought and sold contributes additionally. The popular internet sites tend to favor sellers from November to March and the buyers find some bargains in the warmer months. Vague? Try this. $200 is a collector price for a nice specimen with the accoutrements (box and papers). $140-160 for light use with the sheath in nice condition. No sheath and the knife alone could bring you $125-145, again in nice shape. These are pretty typical for this time of year. Reduce $20-30 this summer BUT not selling and just want an appraisal for your own valuing? Then let me add that 1996 was the last year for the 124 Frontiersman as a catalogued item. In 1997, the remaining '96 stamped and a few new '97 stamped 124s were listed as Discontinued Items and the stock sold out. The run of 124s went from '67 introduction to '97 discontinued, a thirty year period. So if this blather all helps your personal value for your 124 '96 model then you are welcome. Keep the old girl and enjoy her! :yawn: Still awake or have I bored you to tears :jerkit:

Dave

 

[LastSplash]

I thank everyone for thier replies. I was just curious how much the knife was worth.
To be totaly honest I really dont like the 124, if it wasn't for the fact that the knife looks so damn nice I would have thrown it in the Yukon river last season.
I got the knife from a friend last spring. He gave it to me because my old hunting knife (a buck 109) took it upon itself to check out the bottom of Prince William sound on a spring bear hunt, he is not a hunter and had no use for it so he gave it to me, it was still new in the box with the paperwork. Well this fall I took it moose hunting and found out that it is not really a practical hunting knife, the blade is to long and heavy and the knife in general is to bulky for field dressing game and the weight of the knife made it seem like I was carrying a camp axe. That being said if I was stuck out in the woods and I could only have one cutting tool I would want the 124, you can do most any task with it. By the time we finished the last moose of the season I was ready throw the knife in the Yukon river but I couldnt cause it is so pretty.
Now that I have the Alpha I am thinking of having a display case made for the 124 that will accent my moose antlers that I had mounted a long time ago.
I cant wait to use the Alpha just holding it makes you want to go out and skin something. The only drwback of the knife is that it is even prettier than the 124, with its curved titanium coated blade and rosewood handle it almost seems a shame to go out and get it covered in mud and blood....almost.

 

[jb4570]

Hi Lastsplash,

All of these guys have given you the straight poop on the 124 and it's value. It's the type of knife you ether "love it" or "hate it" in the field. Not many hard hunters want a short machete hanging from their side let alone try to process game with it. I love the 124...I have...let me see now eight of them....and could use another eight of them...LOL. If the 124 is cool for you to keep around to look at then keep it. If you really don't want it...then sell it and get another knife to go with your Alpha...by the way you are going to love, that knife. Oh and the guts will wash off the Alpha just fine.

jb4570