Your last Buck

[Bill Chamberlin]

Okay if you had to sell all your Buck knives except one which one would you keep?
I would probably keep my first Buck I bought. The one that I used the most from squirrels to deer and everything in between. A 112 I bought from the local hardware. It went everywhere with me for probably 12 years. The only knife I really owned for that time frame.
If you look it shows 1987 but there is a dot after the stamp. As you can see it’s been well used. I have way better but it’s sentimental of knowing what that knife and I have been through.

 

[tongueriver]

Mine would be the sentimental one. My Son gave it to me in 2007 and it was the very first knife I ever owned that was not just a tool. It started my long slide into cutlery oblivion. Bone covers installed by Muskrat Man (Kaleb Reynolds).

 

[Railsplitter]

If I absolutely had to make this decision it would be this Website Exclusive 112 but I would make it a life goal to replace some of the ones I had to get rid of.

 

[SoDak81]

Mine would be either a 70's era 102 that was my mom's hunting knife or my dad's 309. While they're far from being as nice as some of my stag Bucks or autos, they mean much more to me than any of them.

 

[howiema]

A gift from my late dad many many years ago, I wish it could talk

 

[mill428]

I always kind of appreciate these kind of mental exercises. Sure glad we don't actually have to put them in practice - yet. I don't have any deeply sentimental Buck knives, but I do have a some I have worked over and put to good use over the past few years.

I have some favorite 112's that I have rescaled and being practical, that would be the size I should choose. But I primarily carry a 110 so it would have to be one of them. My knee jerk decision would be my CS magnacut/walnut 110, but I could always replicate that in the future. So if I had to keep just one, it's the one I have with me on more often then not. I rescaled it a couple years ago with some very old micarta - what pat9198 so aptly named "Matrix" micarta. It's the one I would keep if I had to sell everything else.

I have to confess though, I would give my wife a heck of a deal on some of my other favorites...

 

[Ironbut]

I have " a few" Bucks, and I don't think there are any that I don't like. I doubt this will come as much of a surprise, but if I had to get rid of all but one, this one would be the keeper:

 

[pjsjr]

My last Buck...would be my first Buck, this 118. Companion on many hunts and adventures the past fifty plus years.

 

[MT_Pokt]

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Well, it's tempting to pick my V5V4 two-dot 110 that I bought while in the Navy and that has been with me for 50 years now, but from the standpoint of the one I think I'll enjoy using the most i'll have to pick the Web Exclusive 112 drop point that arrived just yesterday. Utility over sentiment, I guess.

 

[DeSotoSky]

Depends on why I'm down to only one. If it's because of the zombie apocalypse, I'd pick something like a 108 Froe, 060 Hoodlum, or 808 Talon. As a downsized retired gentleman I'd pick some form of a 110 lite. Upper knife is a 110 Slim Select as an example.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Can I just sell a kidney instead ?

Honestly for me it's much easier to pick the Buck knife that I would sell than to only pick one that I wouldn't.
Do I keep the 110 I got for graduating high school, my favorite 305, the yellow 305 I was gifted, my 1st CKS order, engraved knife to commemorate my last pitty pup, I can't choose.
I don't actually sell though, any good knives I'm not using I mostly gift but sometimes trade.

 

[kyhunt]

It’s pretty easy one for me. The AG stag 110. Not only is it a gorgeous knife but my wife bought it for me.My wife has bought me a lot of knives through the years but this one is still my absolute favorite.

 

[Old Hunter]

I have quite a few that I would want to keep, but the last to go will be this Buck 301 my Grandmother gifted me for Christmas in 1972; she has been gone for 36 years and this is a little tangible connection between us.

 

[Makunochimaster]

112

 

[Makunochimaster]

for 50 years now

50y Has the blade become loose during this time?

 

[Ace Rimmer]

50y Has the blade become loose during this time?

Yes, it did develop some play. Several years ago I gave the pivot a "light tap" and that tightened it up. The pivot pin is now slightly proud, but no big deal. I've thought about sending it in for a SPA treatment, but I don't want to lose all the years of wear and character.

 

[Zornhau]

 

[Makunochimaster]

please delete , fail post

 

[Wildcat]

i would keep my 501. its my edc and the one that always ends up back in my pocket when i think i need a new knife. i know you said i could only keep one but…. the other one would be my 107.