And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I've been carrying some sort of Buck folding knife since the early 70's. I'm used to a shorter blade than the Hunter has, it's easier for me to stay with a 3" blade than it is to learn new habits.
Same here Rob. Got my first 112 at the Rod & Gun Club in Wildflecken Germany when I got stationed there in 1974. It's here on my desk right now, where it usually is. Some may not know this but Buck has a lifetime warranty on their knives and I tested it out a few years ago. While doing something stupid I broke the tip off the blade and sent it to Buck for repair. That was when I leaned of the warranty. I sent them $10 for shipping and they sent me what appears to be a brand new knife. I didn't send them the leather sheath. If it's not brand new they did a helluva job restoring to where it looks brand new to me.
In 1980 I was hitch hiking from Seattle to Los Angeles and slept in the medium strip on I5 one night. After getting up and heading down the road the next morn I realized I lost my Buck (another one). Didn't go back to get it.
Showing my age now, but the bunch I used to hang with would spend hours pulling a 110 out of the sheath and grabbing the blade with thumb and forefinger at the nail groove and flicking it just right to open it one handed. There was a knack to it. Nowadays you can go on Amazon or E-pay and buy a thumb stud that attaches to the 110 blade or the shorter 112, but that was years before thumb studs were invented.
I wore out one Buck 110, bought another and moved up to a job that didn't require that much knife. I brought it back out and passed it to my Grandson when he received his knife chit in Scouts. It's one of the older models with squared brass instead of the rounded brass they use now, and it's still in the original leather sheath.
My favorite folder is a Buck Lite that came with a nylon sheath. I've had it for decades and have never found one that I like better.......
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ReplyDeleteI have the 50th anniversary addition of the folding lock blade. It's a damn good knife, and hold its edge well.
ReplyDeleteI've been carrying some sort of Buck folding knife since the early 70's. I'm used to a shorter blade than the Hunter has, it's easier for me to stay with a 3" blade than it is to learn new habits.
ReplyDeleteSame here Rob. Got my first 112 at the Rod & Gun Club in Wildflecken Germany when I got stationed there in 1974. It's here on my desk right now, where it usually is. Some may not know this but Buck has a lifetime warranty on their knives and I tested it out a few years ago. While doing something stupid I broke the tip off the blade and sent it to Buck for repair. That was when I leaned of the warranty. I sent them $10 for shipping and they sent me what appears to be a brand new knife. I didn't send them the leather sheath. If it's not brand new they did a helluva job restoring to where it looks brand new to me.
DeleteIn 1980 I was hitch hiking from Seattle to Los Angeles and slept in the medium strip on I5 one night. After getting up and heading down the road the next morn I realized I lost my Buck (another one). Didn't go back to get it.
Lost one on Appalation trail, the replacement Buck knife isn't the same one.
ReplyDeleteMight still be there, some lucky person might have found it.
Showing my age now, but the bunch I used to hang with would spend hours pulling a 110 out of the sheath and grabbing the blade with thumb and forefinger at the nail groove and flicking it just right to open it one handed. There was a knack to it. Nowadays you can go on Amazon or E-pay and buy a thumb stud that attaches to the 110 blade or the shorter 112, but that was years before thumb studs were invented.
ReplyDeleteI wore out one Buck 110, bought another and moved up to a job that didn't require that much knife. I brought it back out and passed it to my Grandson when he received his knife chit in Scouts. It's one of the older models with squared brass instead of the rounded brass they use now, and it's still in the original leather sheath.
ReplyDelete"Currently Unavailable"..... damn!
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