Buck 505 Knight

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PCL

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Picked this up at pawn shop yesterday. The pics aren't that great and the dark red micarta is hard to make out, along with the scroll B. LNIB with all papers.





 
That's nifty I've had my eye on a newer 505, but haven't pulled the trigger. Yours though is a real gem. Very cool, especially the micarta scales.
 
ok thanks, the dark red micarta is hard to see in the pics I took, but when I look with a ten power loupe you can see little yellow dots that I guess is part of the fabric. Looks cool.
 
PCL, very nice find... In the box to top it off... I like all the older Buck knives with micarta handles... :thumbup:
 
That's a great size lockback, and yours an oldie. You can slip that into almost any pocket and it will virtually disappear.

The rest of the 500-series is good too, and they're currently in production.
 
Its a small little thing for sure, when closed its about the size of my little finger. Was this line supposed to be a heavy duty locking penknife, or simply a locking gentleman's knife?
 
The 500 series was brought out with a polished stainless frame and 440C blade with old English script stamp and burgundy micarta handles and hidden pins. It was a classy, gentleman's series. A eye catcher. Then they were discovered to hold up well as a hard working model. This carries forward today. DM
 
So DM, since I have exposed pins where would this place my knife? Was the hidden pin one the first couple runs and then they changed? It's a great little knife but I'd be afraid to carry because it's so small, afraid I'd lose it.
 
Here's a photo to show some scale.
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The rocker pin. Buck began to hide that on it's first of the 500 series, the 501 in 1977. The other pins come and go. This first model came out in 1975. DM
 
Oh OK, I gotta get one of those 111's never new they had them. Don't need a special one just a plain Jane if they came that way.
 
I don't believe the 111 is a current model.

Someone else please jump in and correct me if I've got the story wrong. WalMart carries the 110 so that kinda ruins the market for other retailers. The 111 was an attempt for a cosmetically different "upgrade" for others to retail but I don't think it really caught on in that way. It has been used for several special projects and LE's. I don't think the 111 is out there in great numbers.
 
Thanks I got that from previous posts on the 111 I've read, whew what a thread lol. Anyway just want one don't have one will find one somewhere.
 
Buck mfg. 3 variations of the 505. They were the 506 White Knight w/ ivory micarta scales and the 507 Ultima w/ Mother of Pearl scales. Both are very handsome models. DM
 
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