Posted: 6/19/2007 12:31:43 PM EDT
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I dont know what the hell is up i been the knife magnet lately guy brought these over to swap for some shit today all are new never used..... Only reason i really traded is because i just like the feel of the buck...... not a high dollar knife but has a good feel to it..... maybe i'll kill something and see how it works   |
Bucks have really hard steel and are bad about getting nicked on the edge. I don't know how it will work on a possum (you do eat possum, don't you? ) but on deer, they knick real easily against bone.If you want really good steel in a USA made knife, get a Camillus. Not to hard - won't knick - and not too soft, holds an edge really well. I've got a Remington folder, with a saw blade/gut hook and regular blade that has skinned everything from elk to turkey. It's made by Camillus and is my most prized knife. My son, Matt, carries one just like mine. It hasn't done as many deer, but has done quite a few. Here's my favorite 3 folders. A Benchmade CQC7, a Boker, and that Remington/Camillus knife that has worked damn good for me for over 15 years. Also, that Diamond EZ Lap is one good tool to sharpen a knife. 
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Camilius is out of buisness ....... i know because after i got my bk7 i was going to buy a crewman and a couple others...... I know nobody likes buck knives but i guess i'm lucky i've been using one forever on deer and have had zero problems...... it only got replaced by the little puma i got a few years ago.... I think this buck will sufice for boat trips...... all my lifejackets are straped to my bowcase
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Camillus went out of business????? Shit!  I do like Bucks, I've had a 110 forever. I just got tired of nicking the blade. I used to skin back 750 mcm making up services using that Buck. I've even used it for opening oil cans back in the day when oil came in cans! I've probably got over 50 knives, folders, autos, fixed blades, etc. Everything from a real Filipino balisong with stag horn grips, steel from a car spring, to a custom made auto. Now I carry a little Case pen knife. Got tired of too many questions of why I carried a big folder. |
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hell man, I've only got three good folders, a gerber, old timer and an old boy scout bone handled camilus with the tip broke off I got from my uncle, the rest of my knifes are fixed blades, they're an assortment of camulus, buck, old timer, marbles and some japanese survival type I got years ago, it was harder than hell to sharpen, but once I got it sharpened, it'd shave hair and it keeps an edge well. |
I'm thinking more like people jumping outta the boat and trying to swim to shore carrying more log chain and cider blocks than they could safely swim very far with .
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Yeah, I know what you're talking about. Even though he worships the ground I walk on, I wouldn't get in his boat if I saw concrete blocks and baling wire anywhere nearby. 
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