Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

[RDaneel]

Dean : That is a very nice looking knife. We need more pictures of that .


Harry

Aww shucks, here you go.



And in different light.

 

[knarfeng]

A person here told me I should leave after finding "The Knife", the constant temptation would prove to be too much for me. Alas, that individual was correct;I picked up an older Buck 501 with micarta handle covers that has also been re-bladed.The idea was to try out the pattern prior to ordering one from ther Buck Custom Shop.

The person responsible for this is of course none other than Knarfeng! He keeps posting that custom shop Buck 501 of his with that S30v blade!!!!!!! It is all his fault that I have fell off the GEC 73 wagon.

Congrats!
That's a pretty 501 right there.

The original Micarta handled 501's had 440C blades, IIRC.
What alloy is the new blade?

 

[cairndude]

Olive ALOX Farmer (couldn't resist the wood saw )

 

[Easyrider]

The original Micarta handled 501's had 440C blades, IIRC.
What alloy is the new blade?

It is a recent blade so 420 HC? It spent some time at the Buck Spa prior to obtaining it. It is a real nice 501 but I still have my eye on a S30v bladed 501 from the custom shop. I have yet to decide on either the buffalo horn or elk stag for handle material.

Just as an aside; I do have a Buck 500 with the micarta scales and gothic script on the blade. That knife has traveled around the world with me when I used to work for the USAF. My Pop gave me that Buck 500.

 

[knarfeng]

Very cool. That spa treatment is goodness.

 

[5K Qs]

I picked up this Vic Huntsman on sale when I got groceries a week ago. Didn't load photos onto my computer until tonight. It's a 4-layer SAK, but I pocket carried it all week very comfortably.

- GT

 

[13aphomet]

Got bit by the bug.. it's gonna be a rough summer......

 

[Gevonovich]

I picked up this Vic Huntsman on sale when I got groceries a week ago. Didn't load photos onto my computer until tonight. It's a 4-layer SAK, but I pocket carried it all week very comfortably.

- GT

Just a great knife, GT!! I really like the Huntsman.

 

[Easyrider]

Very cool. That spa treatment is goodness.

Thank you, and the spa treatment is great.

It is a little late but can I post the 501 here? I mean it is a locking stainless steel blade with a synthetic material (micarta) for handle material. I know lock back have been around sometime but do they fit in as traditional knives?

 

[jc57]

Thank you, and the spa treatment is great.

It is a little late but can I post the 501 here? I mean it is a locking stainless steel blade with a synthetic material (micarta) for handle material. I know lock back have been around sometime but do they fit in as traditional knives?

Buck 501s are welcome from what I have seen here, unless you have added a thumbstud.

 

[paulhilborn]

@ Gary, I agree with Gev Gary, the Huntsman is a great all around knife. I carried a Super Tinker for several years. One of my favorite work knives...I have more than one which really makes no sense

 

[knarfeng]

Thank you, and the spa treatment is great.

It is a little late but can I post the 501 here? I mean it is a locking stainless steel blade with a synthetic material (micarta) for handle material. I know lock back have been around sometime but do they fit in as traditional knives?

Synthetic materials have been used for knife handles for something on the order of 160 years. Micarta was developed about 100 years ago. More than enough history to make them "traditional". Lock backs are likewise considered "Traditional".

 

[5K Qs]

Just a great knife, GT!! I really like the Huntsman.

@ Gary, I agree with Gev Gary, the Huntsman is a great all around knife. I carried a Super Tinker for several years. One of my favorite work knives...I have more than one which really makes no sense

Thanks, Gev and Paul! I've wanted a SAK with both saw and scissors for quite a while, and although I'd prefer a backside Philips to a corkscrew (prefer Fieldmaster to Huntsman) the price and convenience of picking up the Huntsman were too good to pass up. I really like Alox SAKs, and in fact received a Farmer this week that will show up in this thread soon, but the pen blade of the celidor SAKs is something that I REALLY miss on Alox SAKs.

Paul, I don't want to start thinking about what's logical with regard to knife ownership! A year and a half ago I was happy and reasonably functional as the owner of ONE knife; now I probably have 40-some (haven't even checked lately - updating my spreadsheet would be a good Sunday afternoon project) and am already thinking about what the next will be!

 

[SAK Guy]

I picked up this Vic Huntsman on sale when I got groceries a week ago. Didn't load photos onto my computer until tonight. It's a 4-layer SAK, but I pocket carried it all week very comfortably.



- GT

Great EDC SAK!!!! Congrats!!!! :thumbup:

 

[SAK Guy]

Olive ALOX Farmer (couldn't resist the wood saw )

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Farmers Rock!!!! :thumbup:

 

[SAK Guy]

I've been really digging cattle knives lately, but they're hard to find with the specific blade setup that I like. Leaving the ahistorical caplifter closed (it's on the left), the Victorinox Electrician is...a cattle knife! Equal-end, spear main, sheepsfoot and punch secondaries. And it's a beaut:

I like my Cadet, but the Electrician offers four of my personal favorite tools in an appealing package. At 2.4 oz. (compared to the Cadet's 1.6) it's a bit heavier than I'd like for a "gent's carry," but not by much.

I'm surprised by how beefy it feels -- much beefier than the Cadet. In my head they were more similar, but in hand they're quite different. I suppose an extra 0.8 oz. will do have that effect!

Great point on the pattern and one a lot of folks miss!!!!!! :thumbup:

 

[Chris Montgomery]

I got this yesterday. I am enjoying it so far.

Chris

 

[5K Qs]

Congrats on the new Alox, Chris! :thumbup::thumbup:
I sometimes have trouble recognizing different SAK models from photos, but I'm guessing based on pin placement that yours is a Cadet?
I just got a red Cadet this week, which I examined to guide my guess ; pictures to follow shortly.

- GT

 

[Chris Montgomery]

Thanks GT. It is the Cadet. It is also my first alox ever and first SAK in 25+ years. I used it today to open my new table top milling machine and accessories came it. I am impressed, even if it didn't come as sharp as some of the others I have been shown.

Chris

 

[5K Qs]

You're welcome, Chris. If you're like me and many others, you may now be infected with "Alox pox", an insidious disease that leads to chronic Alox purchases! Symptoms include swollen pockets and emaciated wallet. My Cadet was my first smaller Alox SAK and I was surprised just how slim it is compared to my Pioneers and Farmer. (I wonder if you can update your avatar to some kind of prehistoric Alox? )

- GT