2024 Buck Knife Combos in Gift Tins

[Happy Hippo]

Hey, it is that time of year again. Buck's retail customers are offering their 2024 knife combo gift tins. Yes, I collect these. So far, I have found the following: 2 at Walmart, 1 at Menards, 1 at Duluth trading, 1 at MidwayUSA, 1 at Red Hill Cutlery. These are all run of the mill standard offerings. One of the Walmart ones has a imitation stag Canoe in it. Duluth Trading I think is doing it for the first time. One that I may call to your attention is from Academy Sports, They have white Delrin scales, very unusual. I do not yet have all of them in hand yet but, when I do, I'll post pictures. Please tell me if you see them somewhere else. Thanks. I wish Buck would make a list of what they made so that I don't have to hunt them down. I am probably missing some. And there may be more yet to be released. I haven't checked Canadian Tire yet. They sometimes have some but they are a pain for people in the US to get. They don't ship them to the US.
Edit: Red Hill doesn't appear to have it anymore but the same one is at SMKW, Sheels, and other places.
Edit 2: Attached pictures of what I received so far. More to come.
Edit 3: Added white POM handles from Academy Sports
Edit 4: Only 10 pictures allowed - added Duluth Trading at end of thread.

 

[Jeff of the North]

Hey, it is that time of year again. Buck's retail customers are offering their 2024 knife combo gift tins. Yes, I collect these. So far, I have found the following: 2 at Walmart, 1 at Menards, 1 at Duluth trading, 1 at MidwayUSA, 1 at Red Hill Cutlery. These are all run of the mill standard offerings. One of the Walmart ones has a imitation stag Canoe in it. Duluth Trading I think is doing it for the first time. One that I may call to your attention is from Academy Sports, They have white Delrin scales, very unusual. I do not yet have all of them in hand yet but, when I do, I'll post pictures. Please tell me if you see them somewhere else. Thanks. I wish Buck would make a list of what they made so that I don't have to hunt them down. I am probably missing some. And there may be more yet to be released. I haven't checked Canadian Tire yet. They sometimes have some but they are a pain for people in the US to get. They don't ship them to the US.

The white POM scales on the knives in that Academy Sports tin are Polyoxymethylene.

I had to look that up

 

[Happy Hippo]

Here is snapshot of the Academy Sports one. I don't have it in hand yet. If what they show is true, I've never seen one with these scales.

 

[Happy Hippo]

The white POM scales on the knives in that Academy Sports tin are Polyoxymethylene.

I had to look that up

Correct. But the trade name is Delrin, among other names.

 

[Happy Hippo]

I just checked Canadian Tire. The one they have shown is from a past release.

 

[Old Hunter]

Polyoxymethylene.

Poly-What? That's a new one on me too. OH

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Delrin

Thread 'Dupont Delrin/Staglon Research'

Dec 9, 2006

As with any major manufacturer, cutlerys are constantly seeking new processes, designs, and materials to increase market shares and profits. Progress in all of these has been exponential throughout the past century, particularly here in America.

Handle materials early on were mostly one of three materials; Metal (as on a lot of “waldemar “ knives), jigged bone (also including antler and horn), and synthetics (mainly variations of celluloids). Each of these materials have negative traits which caused the knife manufacturers to try all types of alternatives.

The progress made in the...

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[FranklinG]

Looks like Scheels has the same one as Red Hill Cutlery in case that's closer for anyone here.

Edit: just saw H Happy Hippo 's first edit.

 

[Happy Hippo]

Continued with OP.

Added Duluth Trading

 

[cccanada]

Do you have this set ?

 

[Happy Hippo]

Yes, that is from Canadian Tire. I have gone to Canadian Tire myself to pick up sets because I live close by in Michigan. It's not easy. And when I told the Canadian border guards that I was entering Canada to go to CT to buy knives, they held me for about two hours and thoroughly searched my vehicle. Too honest. But, I think for this set, some very generous person from Canada actually picked it up at CT for me and sent it to me at no charge. I was very grateful for that. That set is not new for 2024. I am not seeing any new sets at CT. I have about 120 unique sets now. There are a few sets from former years that came from CT that I am missing. Many of them have moose on them and are very cool.

 

[Happy Hippo]

Do you have this set ?

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Oh wait, it was you that sent me that set. I just checked my records. Thank you so much for that!

 

[cccanada]

Yes that was me
No Problem Just didnt remember the models that were in there
They are on half price at $40

 

[Happy Hippo]

It is hard for me to determine what is all out there. I did a lot of internet research on it. I found about 130 different sets, 10 of which I am missing. But I imagine I am really missing 10 to 20% more. There is no list for me to compare to see what was produced. I just found a new one yesterday that I didn't know existed.

 

[Happy Hippo]

Yes that was me
No Problem Just didnt remember the models that were in there
They are on half price at $40

There was a moose one I found on ebay a little while ago from Realtree. It was from CT. It wasn't in the original clamshell packaging but still a good specimen. Also, it had a Canoe in it, which I like.

 

[bucksway]

I wonder if we will ever see 110-112 tins again.. I remember the absolute frenzy the Walmart 110's on clearance had. It was frantic contest to find them and get the lowest price! Many found a bunch below $15.00 a few around $12.00 and very fortunate folks below $10.00. I think the record was six and change. For years after that Customs were made and rehandled with that run. When the 112 tin came out I burned a LOT of gas searching..and never found one.

 

[Happy Hippo]

I wonder if we will ever see 110-112 tins again.. I remember the absolute frenzy the Walmart 110's on clearance had. It was frantic contest to find them and get the lowest price! Many found a bunch below $15.00 a few around $12.00 and very fortunate folks below $10.00. I think the record was six and change. For years after that Customs were made and rehandled with that run. When the 112 tin came out I burned a LOT of gas searching..and never found one.

There was a 120th anniversary 110 tin that came out last year. I think it started at $69. But on the close-out, it was much cheaper. Even though, I have that tin, in this collection I am concentrating on tins that have more than one knife. Of course, probably the best one is the 112/113 B&C burlwood one. Also, the 301/309 is nice - I'm still searching for that one. The vast majority in my collection are Chinese ones.