why do you collect knives, esp buck knives?

Hmmm, I started out just picking up knives I liked. Then I started buying custom made knives. Then I met a great bunch of Buck collectors at the Shenandoah Valley Knife Collectors show and they helped to peak my interest in Buck knives. Once I started using and buying Buck knives...it was all over. I sold my customs,my "others", some guns, and my bass boat...for funds for Buck knives. Talk about an addiction:p I've spent the last year replenishing my arsenal....but I've managed to pick up a dozen nice Bucks. It was tough just narrowing my collecting to Bucks from certain time frames, but once those empty slots are filled.... I'll choose from some of the many knives Buck has made over many decades :D
 
I just picked up a 4 dot 110 in like new condition this past week and today I scored a maroon micarta 503 in very good shape at a flea market. I like the new bucks just fine,Especially the special runs like the D2 blades and S30V Bass Pro shops models. I really get a kick out of finding the 70's and early 80's 110's and 500 series! Brings back the memory of my first Buck knife, a 501 with Maroon Micarta!
I have an inverted stamped 110 and some 2 dots and a couple of 501's. I need to score a white knight at some point!
On another note, Did anyone see that M9 Buck Bayonet go off on the bay the other day? Last I looked, It was around $1600!
 
From Buckaroo:
My first Buck was a 110 I got somehow - I prefer Buck because they're a legend, strong Christian values and (mostly) made in the USA. I don't collect any other knives -

That is kinda it!
Dave
 
Guess along with the Buck Patriarchs, I should mention Joe Houser. He, alone, is a reason to favor BUCK !!! :)
 
"We choose to collect knives (especially Buck Knives). We choose to collect knives in this decade and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
 
Farmer Brown said:
"We choose to collect knives (especially Buck Knives). We choose to collect knives in this decade and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
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Hmmm, guess I need to get out my decoder ring again.
 
Knives just draw my attention. When I was 8 years old I developed rhuematic fever. Every month for like 6 months I had to go in for a big a** penicillin shot and they hurt baaaaaad:mad:. After the 1st one, when I didnt know what to expect, I would never go quietly again. The nurses, doctor an my mom used to chase me around the office for 15 minutes before they would catch me and literally hold me down on the table to get my shot. I must have told my mom I wanted a knife so in a subsequent visit she held a Kamp King multi knife in front of me and said if I was good I would get it. I bit my lip and took it so I could get the knife.

18 years later I got a 500 Duke for Christmas and with the rosie scales and N/S bolsters, I was hooked on Bucks. The family and Christian values are just a very welcome bonus. It'll always be Bucks for me.:thumbup::D
 
Dang Fritz,
I use to be a runner too but all I got was a piece of gum...300Bucks

Sidecutter, I emailed Plumb with that same answer. But couldn't determine which one. Inaguration ?
 
300Bucks said:
Dang Fritz,
I use to be a runner too but all I got was a piece of gum...300Bucks

Sidecutter, I emailed Plumb with that same answer. But couldn't determine which one. Inaguration ?
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its all about desire 300... ya gotta want it:D
 
1963, walked into a failing Sporting Goods store in Spokane that was selling everything at 50% off. Came upon a little display of BUCK knives (didn't even know what BUCK was). The knives were just beautiful both in form and finish. Those thick leather sheaths were unbelievable. I blew a little less than $50 and bought 4 knives. They were all only stamped BUCK but using the later model numbers, they were 120,119, 102 and 110(later renumbered to 103).

I have 3 of the 4 even now and still find them just as beautiful as in 1963. Over the years the numbers have increased as I added to the little group. The neat thing is that they are not just pretty faces. They are hard working instruments that fulfill the wishes of the knowledgeable knife user.

Then along came the 124s and others and the collection continues to grow.

Telechronos
 
My 112's are a part of my life...The chase,the hunt is fun!I like most of all, all the people I've met that are part of the Buck World.... Chuck and CJ shocked me by how real and nice they were..My kind of folks! The knives ARE great but there is a lot of great blades out there...not verrrry many like Joe, and all the BUCK PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
i like that there is a club that supports us and is building a data base
of knowledge for collectors...
 
I have a lot of other knife brands, but I like Buck because they use 'real' materials, assembled by 'real' people and through some sort of miracle, manage to blend it all together into a quality product from an ethical company. When I buy a Buck, I get a good feeling, on many levels.

When the Custom Shoppe starts making custom 112s' on a full time basis, some of my other brands will be considerably thinned out. In the mean time, my Bass Pro 110 rests comfortably on my belt.
 
I collect mostly the older made in the USA tools because nowadays most new tools are junk.Buck Knives are about the last high quality USA made tool still being made.The steel they use in Buck knives is the very best!They take pride in what they make and back it up with a lifetime warranty.I have carried a knife on me almost every day of my life,since I was 8 years old and still do.Buck has got me hooked on collecting knives now.
 
I collect Bucks because I grew up with the brand and it's like an old friend I love having around. ;)


Who wouldn't want to have a collection of beauty like this?:confused::eek::D
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Man, this topic really takes me back. When I was a kid, I remember my Dad saying that Bucks were the "best there is." Saved up my allowance, and Dad took me to Sears, where I proudly bought my first Buck - the one I HAD to have - a #103 Skinner (hence, my username!). It felt like I was taking a big step toward manhood that day in 1972.
Now I take great pleasure in giving Bucks to family and friends, as gifts that I know will be appreciated. I just gave a #112 to a good friend in Alaska. (maybe that's why I can't seem to build up a large collection of my own.)
They may not be the most expensive knives out there, but they've long been my personal favorites!

Jeff
 
Well, some of us have this "hunter" instinct in us, but we tend to do less and less real hunting as we get older--so hunting for collectible knives becomes a comfortable substitute that we can do easily and at any time (in fact, 24-7 with the internet).

With an outdoor background, I started in sporting (meaning hunting and fishing) collectibles and was heavily into guns.

But, guns are big and expensive and they attract criminals and after a while most of the guns end up in steel safes where nobody can enjoy them anyway.

So, the guns went except for a few carry and SHTF guns and instead, knives really came to the forefront. It doesn't take a HUGE investment to have an interesting display of knives, nor would it be disastrous if they were stolen.

I can display a few thousand dollars worth of old knives and people really get a kick out of seeing them.....which is part of the fun.

Why Bucks? They are the best and they also have a great tradition and history. They are the knives of my childhood. The 110s really polish up nice, as do the Kalingas.

Also, getting into buying them has made me realize how little I know about them and how much there is to be learned about them. I enjoy it. I enjoy finding the occasional bargain and especially the more unusual huge score.

It's like catching or shooting the big one used to be......but no freezing, no blood and guts, no getting up while it's pitch black and cold at 'O Dark Hundred in the morning.

It's also about having the best auction when you die and I'm gonna have a hum-dinger.

:D
 
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