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Here's a cute little lockback
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that is a cutie willie. little lockback butterbean
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About what year was that thing made Kaleb? Any idea?
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1976-1978 you can date buck creeks by the style of shield used.
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I'll have learn a bit more about their shields I guess.

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4.125" closed, Stag handles, stainless blades, little tiny shield w/ antlers BUCK CREEK on it.
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Says HAND MADE GERMANY, two of the three blades marked GERMANY STAINLESS
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Some very nice pieces shared in this thread. Thanks.

The only Buck Creek I have is a very recent joint Buck Creek/Buffalo Creek Physician's knife. It has both Buck & Buffalo tang stamps and escutcheons with lovely stag scales. Hand made in Germany.

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Heres a recent one. old style christmas tree diamondback. It showed signs of outgas but was in a display with some roosters that were definately gassing so just cleaned it up and see if it turns again if not it was just the roosters sharing the pain.

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Kaleb,
I figure when you can see the bevel on the blade edge it's a pretty sharp, clear picture and I can definately see that on your knife. Good pic. ::tu:: Good lookin' knife too. ::nod::
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looks like jrl is a little remiss, so i'll throw up another to keep the thread alive

I don't think I posted this nice little slick red rattler yet
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the new buckcreeks do not compare to the older ones ::shrug:: ::shrug::
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No they do not Glenn, no comparison
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most bc are made of stainless look like frost line everything frost deal with goes doun a notch or 3 :cry: :cry:
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glenn wrote:most bc are made of stainless look like frost line everything frost deal with goes doun a notch or 3 :cry: :cry:
This one does not compare to a couple of other much older BC's that I have. In fact when the main blade on this ones snaps shut, the edge of the tip hit the spring. :x The springs are stout and it is polished up though.. :wink:
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Here are 3 Buck Creek Congress; 2 in Cracked Ice and one in Stag!!

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Nice pics Knifeguy . How old are the last 2 in pic? ::tu::
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Thanks Glenn, The 4 Blade Cracked ice is 2007 and the 2 blade is 1994.
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Been wanting one of these for a while. Came in todays mail
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Im still kicking :) heres a nice older bobcat.I have a few more when i can take photos.
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That is a DANDY! Jr Don't see too many of the older congress' in stag!

got a wood, stag, and slick black swing guard inbound. I have picked up a few new ones but haven't gotten the chance to snap any photos
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I only have one Buck Creek knife;a swing guard with celluloid scales.Bought it brand new and in less than a month the blade started showing signs of corrosion.Looked like celluloid breakdown but the scales looked undamaged.Should have returned the knife but decided to clean off the corrosion and keep it.
Seemed like about every 3 months or so the corrosion would return but the scales still looked good.They still looked good the day I went to close it and the entire rear bolster and part of the liners broke away from the rest of the knife.
Inspection revealed that even though the scales looked OK they were in fact outgassing and had corroded the brass liners to the point that when I pressed down on the lock they separated.
I wound up using JB Weld to re-attach the rear of the knife but the blade will not lock open any more due to no pressure on the spring.What a waste of a knife!
So this should be an incentive to VERY carefully inspect ALL your celluloid scaled knives periodically.See pictures.
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thats a shame, I hardly trust celluloid anymore

Here's a trio of mint swinguards I recently acquired from different sources.

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Nice how old is the black one ::tu::
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that's where i'm confused on these the blades are marked 90' 89' and 94' yest two of the knives has the older soligen shield. Tehy stopped use of that shield around '76 iirc. so I can't say for sure. maybe they used some old stock shields on them. ::shrug::
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got one last week bear & bull,real nice 'wildcat fever' etched on the blade but the shield is missing,any body have a photo of one or know anything about the shield
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