What is the most "Muggle Friendly" Buck Knife?

Lesknife said:
Back home in the small rural town I live in you commonly see large knives like the 110 and quite a few 501 pathfinder fixed blades on hip carry. Lots of farmers and ranchers out here need a large knife for their work and no body thinks twice about it. I think it mostly depends on the cultural mindset in the particular area and what people are accustomed to. And of course it matters how you go about using a knife large or small. If you’re more discreet and not flashing it around to draw attention it will probably go un noticed.
Click to expand...
Growing up on a farm and working on several neighbors' farms, I often saw 110's (or knockoffs) or something about the size of a 505. There didn't seem to be a rhyme or reason for what people carried on the farm. That could have just been where I came from though.
 
Flambeau said:
Lesknife......I agree with your logic of what knife to carry when & where, but I didn't recognize the Buck 501 you mentioned and scratched my head a bit. Looked it up and the Buck 105 showed up.
I bought one of the last Buck 105 Pro's [ green Micarta handle, 35svn steel ] last summer (from Buck).
A great knife for sure !
Click to expand...
Yeah you are right I got my numbers transverse. I did mean 105, i think I still had 501 on my brain from an earlier post I was reading.
 
DrMegabyte said:
If the 505 Knight or any of its related cousins that used the now discontinued 1 & 7/8th inch blade, like the 525 Gent, were still in the catalog, they would easily run the "least likely to provoke the muggles" hands down.
Click to expand...
Apologies for referencing a non-Buck knife, but this reminds me of the time I was in line for package pickup at the Post Office. I had already picked up my letters and while I was waiting I took out my little yellow Case small stockman (same size as the 505) and started opening my mail. The lady behind the counter looked over, saw the knife, and said, “Ohhhhh. That’s so CUTE!!!!” That’s the kind of reaction I like in public places.

Edited to add: I forgot to mention that at least 90% of the time I carry either a 303 or 373. I've never had any problems (or comments, for that matter.)
 
Last edited:
DrMegabyte said:
My brother and I were debating the other night about which Buck knife, in the current catalog, is least likely to get an adverse reaction when you take it out in a public setting. Or as we put it: the least likely to upset the muggles. :cool:

We agreed that all the fixed blades are out ...

We agree that if you decide to carry a small, one hand opener like the mini-Spitfire or the Small Vantage, it is best to open it two handed when among muggles.

We agreed the "tiny knives" like the deuce / toothpick / solo are too small to be useful for EDC so ruled them out ...

In the end ... my vote was for the 303 Cadet as it certainly isn't "tactical" and it looks like, "that knife grandpa had." His vote was for the 389 Canoe as "just like the knife I had (or my brother had) as a kid."

The Trapper was a compromise we both agree could work ... So while we disagreed on the order, we did agree that the "top three least likely to panic the knife-phobic would the a 303, a 389, and a 382."

Thoughts?
Click to expand...
"...all fixed blades are out."

what, what, what about my 662 Alpha Scout Elites?

😭

They are perfect EDC Fixies!

ok, I'll play along.

Obviously the Buck 110. It is clearly an Archetype in The Universal Subconscious.

Jung would agree.
 
DrMegabyte said:
We agreed the "tiny knives" like the deuce / toothpick / solo are too small to be useful for EDC so ruled them out ...



Thoughts?
Click to expand...
My thoughts are that you're wrong and are underestimating the usefulness of a small knife.
1000001002.jpg

They don't make the 305 lancer anymore, but the deuce is a current production Chinese copy of the 305.
 
I carry what I want.
Be appropriate and respectful.
I've NEVER had an issue.
If somebody has a problem with it, the problem is theirs. I don't care.

A friend that is a State Policeman told me the only way your going to get into trouble carrying a 110 is if your already in trouble for something else.
If what you carry is an issue, then you probably need to learn how to be appropriate.
🥱
 
GPyro said:
I carry what I want.
Be appropriate and respectful.
I've NEVER had an issue.
If somebody has a problem with it, the problem is theirs. I don't care.

A friend that is a State Policeman told me the only way your going to get into trouble carrying a 110 is if your already in trouble for something else.
If what you carry is an issue, then you probably need to learn how to be appropriate.
🥱
Click to expand...
Exactly.
I could carry a large illegal switchblade if I wanted to and never get into trouble for carrying it because I don't get into trouble.
 
Background: My wife is not "knife-phobic" but she also isn't a knife collector or enthusiast. I showed her a few of my Bucks and asked her "Who carries this knife?"

110: Hunter
124: Crocodile Dundee
301: Boy Scout
119: Hunter with an inferiority complex
102: Fisherman, maybe a bird hunter
503: Rich Cowboy Gentleman
303: Grandpa
389: Cub Scout
112: (Slim Selects) The black one, a cop, the orange one, a hunter, the green one, a camper
500: Texas Rich Cowboy Gentleman .. 'cause everything is bigger in Texas

That is a much as she would play with me .. still .. amusing to see the "instant impression" of, maybe not a muggle, but for sure not a "knife person."
 
I do see value in carrying a knife that does not draw any attention.

I work in paper mills all over the place. Many of them frown upon large knives for so called safety reasons or try to make you use those dumb self retracing utility knives. It’s nice to have a knife that I can use very discreetly. You never know when the safety person is going to pop up!

Plus I am lazy and don’t want to look up knife laws everywhere I travel. The smaller knives are usually okay.
 
Last edited:
jbmonkey said:
none. People who feel knives are weapons feel all knives are weapons. even sak and traditionals. its a myth to think anti knife people are fine with any knife. they arent.
Click to expand...
That's true...
Some garner a bigger more instant reaction and some are easier to just not get noticed...but ultimately any knife they notice is ultimately a deadly weapon in their eyes.
 
I dont EDC a knife anymore. When I did, I carried some version of a 112 with synthetic handle. An office coworker got worried when she saw me using a black handled one to cut an apple. It must have looked tactical to her. No one ever said anything about my bright green handled knife. To be fair to my coworker, there were rules against knives of that size in that office which I wasn't following.

I just keep knives in my truck and around the house now. Not because of any law/rule, just because I don't regularly need a knife. If I were to carry one it would be specialized to whatever I needed to do with it. If it was around non-knife people I would try to find one brightly colored or with a wood handle to avoid looking unnecessarily scary.
 
DrMegabyte said:
Background: My wife is not "knife-phobic" but she also isn't a knife collector or enthusiast. I showed her a few of my Bucks and asked her "Who carries this knife?"

110: Hunter
124: Crocodile Dundee
301: Boy Scout
119: Hunter with an inferiority complex
102: Fisherman, maybe a bird hunter
503: Rich Cowboy Gentleman
303: Grandpa
389: Cub Scout
112: (Slim Selects) The black one, a cop, the orange one, a hunter, the green one, a camper
500: Texas Rich Cowboy Gentleman .. 'cause everything is bigger in Texas

That is a much as she would play with me .. still .. amusing to see the "instant impression" of, maybe not a muggle, but for sure not a "knife person."
Click to expand...
For a "non-knife person/muggle", she really hit close to the bull's eye on those!

I don't generally spend much time in the company of knife-fearing folk - people in my area seem to understand that knives are tools. With that being said, when I was in high school (east Texas, spring of '92) I was sent to the principal's office along with another kid that I had been scrapping with. We were told to empty our pockets, and out came my 501. He picked it up, casually nodded approval and told me to keep it out of sight. I wonder if a 110 would have passed? Even at that time, it was technically against the rules, but there were still a few "good ol boys" around, who had some common sense. Interesting topic!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top