Yellow Spacer 100 Year 119

When did Buck go from Red to Black on the spacers?
I only have two Buck fixed. An Alpha in walnut and a 103BR. Can't find the Alpha, so I guess I really only have one.
Anyway...just curious.
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Goose.
 
Buckaholic said:
When did Buck go from Red to Black on the spacers?
Goose.
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Goose, I've just remember it refered to as red...if you put it in good light/sunlight and look at it closely it does have a red cast to it. I'll try a search and see if I can find that thread...I think it was Joe H. who called it red. Preston
 
IIRC there were some red striped Bucks. Used to notice them when I was a Scout. I was never cool enough to have a fixed blade anything back then, but I remember seeing a few red stripes. But I may have been stoned from smoking rope (we did some really stupid things).
Goose.
 
Thanks Preston, but did they switch from red to black? And, if so, when?

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Buckaholic said:
Thanks Preston, but did they switch from red to black? And, if so, when?

Please type your assignment in 50 words or less and double spaced. Due tomorrow.
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:grumpy: :D :eek: ;) :p :mad: :rolleyes: :D. Preston
 
Buckaholic said:
Thanks Preston, but did they switch from red to black?
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Well, the problem, as I see it, is that the "red" Micarta is actually a dark maroon color, that looks pretty darn well black unless you're looking at it in bright light. Looking at my most recent Idaho-stamped 119, it is a dark maroon colored/"red" Micarta spacer:


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Yep, looks maroon...Is that canvas Micarta??? You can see the little individual threads in it...
 
chickentrax said:
Yep, looks maroon...Is that canvas Micarta??? You can see the little individual threads in it...
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Trax, you mean you don't have a 100 series fixed blade:confused: :eek: :confused:. Yes, you can see the individual threads.

I also looked at several of my older 100 series fixed blades and they have either faded or the micarta is of a different manufacturer, it's brownish.

Maroon would be my choice of a word to descibe the newer spacers, I used red because that's what I remembered Joe used. It seems somewhat translucent and in bright sunlight I could see how if it were not encased by the other parts of the handle...it might read red. We see colors by reflected light, so in low/dim light we could read it as black. Preston
 
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