David Martin
Moderator
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2008
- Messages
- 19,520
JBM, your welcome.
Roam, I don't know. It didn't state this in the catalog. DM
Roam, I don't know. It didn't state this in the catalog. DM
-
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Why Buy A Buck Brahma?
- Thread starter Frisky
- Start date
DeSotoSky
Gold Member
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2011
- Messages
- 6,549
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2011
- Messages
- 473
David Martin
Moderator
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2008
- Messages
- 19,520
Hey, Doug what Weatherby you have to go with your Brahma? DM
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2011
- Messages
- 473
7mm Weatherby Mag Mark V. Its a kicker... I still love my Remington 700 30-06 and my 110 to hunt deer with.
I love anything American made as far as firearms go. Call me crazy but Ive take a few Muleys with Ruger 77 .22-250 and dressed them with a buck lite 422.
I had a Ruger 110 that I regret selling.. I bought it of JAG
David Martin
Moderator
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2008
- Messages
- 19,520
Doug, understood. Did you replace the mole sheath for a wrap around? Always like it when you visit. DM
Got out my 119 and 117. Leather shrunk a touch on the 117. Tightened it up a notch. Dyed and conditioned the handle.
[/URL][/IMG]
Love the mod. Great looking knives.
Also @ Badhammer, That axe is awesome.
afishhunter
Gold Member
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2014
- Messages
- 14,276
Why buy a Buck Bramah? Same reasons you buy any knife:
1) You like it.
2) You can afford it.
1) You like it.
2) You can afford it.
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2001
- Messages
- 6,135
[/URL][/IMG]
This is a perfect example of how one little photo can be a bad influence. These look great. :thumbup:
The Buck Brahma makes a bridge between the Buck
Hunting knives and my beloved old leather handled scouts
knives
Haebbie
Haebbie,
One of the key functional differences between those vintage scouting knives and the Brahmas is the grind.
Most fixed blade woodcraft type fixed blades that I've seen from before 1960 are either saber (more common) or full flat (less common) ground. Buck was one the forefront of popularizing the hollow grind design, which makes sense for a hunting knife. And you can push a good hollow grind quite hard... but not as hard a blade with more metal behind the edge, as you get with a saber grind.
IMO, the 119 and 105 should be left as is. Hollow grind and synthetic scales are great for cleaning game. As much as I love stacked leather and I do love it, it's not my choice for a hunting knife as it's harder to clean well. So I don't see the Brahma as a hunting knife.
I think the Brahma, Reaper, Compadre, Mesa and Endeavor would all be more compelling if they used a saber grind like the older woods knives used and the Ka-bar and Scandinavian knives do.
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2006
- Messages
- 4,359
Well, Pinnah, that's interesting what you wrote. My thought to the hollow grind:
it is possible to sharpen the knife a lot of times without differences of the cutting
edge geometry. Flat gind and saber grind: the more you sharpen the thicker
becomes your cutting edge, and from time to time you have to grind the bevel
to get the original cutting geometry again. These differences won't make the
difference between may be a scouts knife or a hunting knife. These are individual
preferences.
And the handle: A time ago there was a discussion about hygienic of cutting boards.
Wooden boards came on index because they are breeding sites for bacillies. And the
synthetic boards nothing is easier to keep clean. But now we know the wooden of the
woden boards works anti-bacterial and the synthetics keeps the bacteria on the surface.
Same to the leather handle of the knife. It works anti bacterial. Not as good as wood,
but it does. But it is necessary to seal the surface of the Buck Brahma. The old German
Scouts knives got the sealing at the factory .
The difference between hunting and scouts knives makes the knife geometry. The two on
top of the picture have small handles and a small guard, just for kids and nothing for game.
The knife on the bottom has a lage handle and the blade makes it to a good skinning
klnife as I used it a long tme ago before I knew the Buck knives exist.
And the Brahmas
have the classic geometry ot the universal hunting and fighting bowie knife, small and
medium size. And the hatchet? That's not for camping. That "knife" is for the big game to
open the breast bone of a big animal. As I understand it.
Haebbie
it is possible to sharpen the knife a lot of times without differences of the cutting
edge geometry. Flat gind and saber grind: the more you sharpen the thicker
becomes your cutting edge, and from time to time you have to grind the bevel
to get the original cutting geometry again. These differences won't make the
difference between may be a scouts knife or a hunting knife. These are individual
preferences.
And the handle: A time ago there was a discussion about hygienic of cutting boards.
Wooden boards came on index because they are breeding sites for bacillies. And the
synthetic boards nothing is easier to keep clean. But now we know the wooden of the
woden boards works anti-bacterial and the synthetics keeps the bacteria on the surface.
Same to the leather handle of the knife. It works anti bacterial. Not as good as wood,
but it does. But it is necessary to seal the surface of the Buck Brahma. The old German
Scouts knives got the sealing at the factory .
The difference between hunting and scouts knives makes the knife geometry. The two on
top of the picture have small handles and a small guard, just for kids and nothing for game.
The knife on the bottom has a lage handle and the blade makes it to a good skinning
klnife as I used it a long tme ago before I knew the Buck knives exist.
And the Brahmashave the classic geometry ot the universal hunting and fighting bowie knife, small and
medium size. And the hatchet? That's not for camping. That "knife" is for the big game to
open the breast bone of a big animal. As I understand it.
Haebbie
Last edited:
Haebbie, I agree with everything you've said about the benefits of a hollow grind which is why I like them for working with meat in the kitchen and field and for EDC. They are super thin behind the edge so they cut self-separating materials (like meat and rope) well and they can be touched up repeatedly without the need of reprofiling as the blade gets used up.
I also agree that user preference plays a big role and certainly understand that there are people who prefer hollow grinds for everything.
But I also note that the saber (aka flat or scandi -- they're all close) grind are widely accepted as being stronger for utility wood working use, as they have more metal behind the edge. In this light, I would say the Brahmas have the classic geometry of a hunting knife, but not of fighting utility Ka-Bar, nor the classic woods knives like the Marbles.
Interesting points about leather handles. I'll have to do more research on that.
I also agree that user preference plays a big role and certainly understand that there are people who prefer hollow grinds for everything.
But I also note that the saber (aka flat or scandi -- they're all close) grind are widely accepted as being stronger for utility wood working use, as they have more metal behind the edge. In this light, I would say the Brahmas have the classic geometry of a hunting knife, but not of fighting utility Ka-Bar, nor the classic woods knives like the Marbles.
Interesting points about leather handles. I'll have to do more research on that.