What material are the Buck 119's spacers made of?

[CrazyCaucasian]

• What are the Buck 119's spacers made of? In case "spacers" is the wrong word, I'm speaking of the dark red lines going around the hand guard as well as the end of the handle? Thank you!

 

[Dfunk1210]

They are micarta

 

[CrazyCaucasian]

They are micarta

Thanks! I always wondered.

 

[Dfunk1210]

Thanks! I always wondered.

Oh and you had it right the first time. They are called spacers

 

[DeSotoSky]

lt depends on the age of the knife. The spacers are "Bone Hard Fiber" (a gasket material) up until 1969 than changed to Micarta continuing to the present. /Roger

 

[Haebbie]

Richard Matheny wrote in 2006:
"The spacer colors have varied quite a bit over the years. The 119 Special started with leather (1961), then went to red fiber then to Micarta. The Micarta has appeared as dark brown, black, yellow, etc. I recently had an all micarta handled 119 made from guard spacers and all the micarta was dark brown. The color is often a function of the availability of the material as was the case with the yellow spacers which showed up in the 2002 time frame."

Hope that helps

Haebbie

 

[David Martin]

Yes, these last 2 are correct. It depends on the age of the knife. DM

 

[Makael]

lt depends on the age of the knife. The spacers are "Bone Hard Fiber" (a gasket material) up until 1969 than changed to Micarta continuing to the present. /Roger

lol, what is up with your profile pic

 

[CrazyCaucasian]

lol, what is up with your profile pic

It's the sun from the Teletubbies! I wish I didn't know this but when I was a kid, it was on every morning before school and man did it freak me out a bit..