What is this Buck?

Sithus1966

Sithus1966

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I got this one with about 1/8 inch missing from the tip. Used for a screw driver no doubt. I fixed that, but what model is it? Every time I look the number 186 up I get the titanium 110 version.

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Thanks guys. I have the year mark chart saved so I knew that, it was the name I was looking for. It is a plastic handle, kind of made to look like G-10. And yes it is 1/8th short of 7-1/2 overall. The previous owner sharpened it on a angle down to the top grind, so it's definitely a user.
 
The first of those Odyssey's had premuim steel blades, ATS 34.Year 2002 maybe. But alot like them. DM
 
The 186 Odyssey should have a 420HC blade in it, either with a plain edge, or a partially serrated blade. The 181 Odyssey is the one with the ATS34 blade steel. If you notice in the earlier picture, you will see the two different types of pivot screws that i have noticed that Buck used. The earler ones have two small holes toward the opposite edges, the newer ones take a torx driver. I really liked this design, and still buy them when i can. There is a Buck 182 with ATS34 and carbon fiber handle. HL
 
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Best EDC carry knife Buck has made, in MNSHO, I wish they would bring them back, I always get people asking me where they can buy them

The plain edge version is the FL, and that rocks. particularly in the carbon fiber version and with the ATS 34 blade.
 
they jest lookk so "eurgonomic"
could use a blade like that in a
112..
wander how come they never did a
112 size of the 186?
 
334dave said:
they jest lookk so "eurgonomic"
could use a blade like that in a
112..
wander how come they never did a
112 size of the 186?
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They do look a bit odd at first, but (to me,) far less so than a lot of the current stuff like the Sirrus or the tempest or rush or that style. I realize its "eyes of the beholder" sort of stuff, but I have carried one now for over ten years, and all the others just drop by the wayside in everyday use. the finger hole is just the right size for fast opening, the blade has the right balance between "pointy ness" and "belly" and they are much stronger than they should be.

As a contractor, mine is used 30 or more times a day, marking trim length, cutting bundles open, sharpening pencils, etc, and its always there. The top swedge on the ATS 34 models reduces the cutting radius when cleaning up the inside radii of molding cuts and the edge stays for a really long time. I might strop mine once a week, and it needs a sharpening only a couple of times a month, if that. Come to thing of it, Mine is still shaving sharp and its not been really sharpened since Sept 13 (I did it while watching the Vikings /Browns game that day.)

I have posted before that I wish they would reintroduce it, but so far my calls have fallen on deaf ears.
 
As an aside, the original 182 actually had ATS34 baldes and G10 handles that had a light bead/sand blast to provide the texture and grip. They were not the "peel ply" G10 that we (and a lot of people) use now.

A brief history of the Odyssey- originally it consisted of the 181 with molded handles and ATS34 and the 182 with G10 handles adn ATS34- I believe both blades looked the same. There was some concern becasue the blades looked fairly agressive for us at the time. And, both of them were on the higher priced side of things- more later, have to go to a meeting.

We also played with a mini-Odyssey (about the size of a 501 or 503) but never went anywhere with it.

Bill Keys
Director of Manufacturing
Buck Knives, Inc.
 
Glad you brought up the G10 handled ones Bill. Not too many of those are out there. Other harder to find variations are ones that have ATS-34 engraved on the blade instead of stamped. Others are etched instead of stamped.
The very first run was almost through the shop when we saw that "someone" did not stamp them with the steel type.
I remember the discussion as to what we should do. It would have been way too costly to anneal the blades and restamp them so we decided to hand engrave the blades. Fun variation to hunt for!
 
I have a Carbon fibre handled Odyessy that has a 4-line double stamp. BUCK, 182[, U.S.A., ATS-34. It looks like the blade was first stamped or possibly etched, then a bolder stamp over that.

When I got it, I also thought the blade was much more "weapon like" than any other Bucks I have.

Peter
 
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