What KNIFE do you carry
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The Night Rider
Hellcat
I'm actually not carrying this today. In fact I don't even actually own it yet but my wife bought me a Bucklite 426 on Fleabay last night for 30 bucks. It should be here in a week to ten days.
Ethan Sackett
Elite
rcurtner
Hellcat
Nice collection.
Ethan Sackett
Elite
Thank you.
Oldmountaiman
Custom
UC_Guy 1971
Custom
For the past several years it has been a CRKT Cruiser 2.
The Night Rider
Hellcat
So, I got my 426 about a week after my post above.
This is what it looked like. I did some research and apparently the knife was a gimme from a plumbing supply company in Indiana.
Whoever had it before me obviously used that knife.
So I sent it off to Buck for a reblading and, in theory, the Spa treatment. I think I paid a total of $15 including shipping and they paid return shipping. They had it for about 16 weeks which is what they said which is how long they estimated they would have it.
This is what I got back.
Given that the knife is approximately 38 years old and, like I said, whoever had it before me actually used it, it's in pretty damn good shape. It has become my daily carrier.
The people at Buck told me that they were going to put a standard 110 blade on it because the 426 is a 110 variant and it works.
I have been told that because it's not an exact fit whoever redid my knife had to actually custom fit the blade to the knife.
I don't know if that's true but I do know that this knife has the best lock up of any buck knife I own with the exception of my traditional 110. I also know that it has the smoothest action of any 110 I've ever owned. It also came back from the factory like a razor.
This is what it looked like. I did some research and apparently the knife was a gimme from a plumbing supply company in Indiana.
Whoever had it before me obviously used that knife.
So I sent it off to Buck for a reblading and, in theory, the Spa treatment. I think I paid a total of $15 including shipping and they paid return shipping. They had it for about 16 weeks which is what they said which is how long they estimated they would have it.
This is what I got back.
Given that the knife is approximately 38 years old and, like I said, whoever had it before me actually used it, it's in pretty damn good shape. It has become my daily carrier.
The people at Buck told me that they were going to put a standard 110 blade on it because the 426 is a 110 variant and it works.
I have been told that because it's not an exact fit whoever redid my knife had to actually custom fit the blade to the knife.
I don't know if that's true but I do know that this knife has the best lock up of any buck knife I own with the exception of my traditional 110. I also know that it has the smoothest action of any 110 I've ever owned. It also came back from the factory like a razor.
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OldGrunt
Hellcat
Lighten up Ponyboy!
The Night Rider
Hellcat
Johnny actually carried a Hubertus Soligen Shellpuller.
They're not rare as such but it would have been way beyond Johnny's means.
Apparently Copola chose it because it's a very distinctive knife
Carnal_Nature
Operator
I carry a Leatherman Wave, a cheap plastic handle lock blade the American Legion gave me (says Army on the blade,) and a Glock M81 field knife, a long narrow set of high quality stainless steel sheers (Clauss.)
