Buck Intrepid Tanto 0187

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Gentlemen!

I got this interesting knife as a gift for my birthday!

Looks very reliable and tough :)

I couldn't find any feedback or reviews online. Anybody who has this knife - any feedback?

Also in some forums this knife called diving knife... Diving with this sheath and steel? Very strange! Is it made of 410HC?

Where can I find more info or feedback on this model?\

Thank you all in advance!
 
I don't own one, but here's the 2013 Catalog page. They're new for 2013. The XL is 1" longer overall than the L model, but the blades are listed as the same length. The XL must be designed for guys with bigger hands if that's not a typo.

 
I guess mine is from earlier production...

here is:

buckintrepid.jpg

anu ideas why would somebody call it diving?

(not my picture, from google)
 
The 187 is the earlier model Intrepid and was discontinuued, it was a great knife but I don't think it sold very well. Buck decided to bring it back for 2013 as you can see in Daves post listed as the 626 Intrepid XL. They came out in the 1999 catalog, listing 4 options. the 189 (the larger version) with a tanto point or chisel tip and the 187 tanto or chisel point. They ran from the 1999 catalog and dissapeared by the printing of the 2003 catalog. You could remove the handle grips and wrap the handle with 550 cord for a more grippy survivalist look, thus the holes in the hand guard. Its a pretty nice knife in my opinion. Better than todays version.
 
I love this knife! Yes I removed handle grips and tried cord. Looks awesome! Thank you for the information. For sue this is a keeper :)
 
I only have experience with the newer Intrepid Tanto, great knife, don't know why there aren't many reviews for it online? Yours seems a lot more chunky, i'm not a big fan of serrations but that blade seems like it would be an exception! Try it out man put that blade to the test.
Why is it called a dive knife? Well most "dive" knives are made of more corrosion resistant steel, not really the case with the Intrepid, let's just assume we will be carrying it in a freshwater environment. They usually come with a plastic sheath, like yours although it has a nylon 'glove'. They are easily strapped onto your body and are meant to be able to be deployed and put away quickly, easily cleaned out, combo edge for a variety of cutting tasks, strong grippy handle that contours the hand, so basically a knife that can be used safely, securely and effectively in a wet environment. That's my take on why the Intrepid may be called a dive knife. But the Intrepid, while it may be used for that purpose, it's not really the best option, when I think of a Dive knife I think of this:
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With a blunt tip so you wont puncture any hoses, wetsuit or an innocent little fishy passing by, but hey it doesn't seem like you will be diving anyways you just want to know why it's called that.
Hoped that helped
 
Kershaws said:
I only have experience with the newer Intrepid Tanto, great knife, don't know why there aren't many reviews for it online? Yours seems a lot more chunky, i'm not a big fan of serrations but that blade seems like it would be an exception! Try it out man put that blade to the test.
Why is it called a dive knife? Well most "dive" knives are made of more corrosion resistant steel, not really the case with the Intrepid, let's just assume we will be carrying it in a freshwater environment. They usually come with a plastic sheath, like yours although it has a nylon 'glove'. They are easily strapped onto your body and are meant to be able to be deployed and put away quickly, easily cleaned out, combo edge for a variety of cutting tasks, strong grippy handle that contours the hand, so basically a knife that can be used safely, securely and effectively in a wet environment. That's my take on why the Intrepid may be called a dive knife. But the Intrepid, while it may be used for that purpose, it's not really the best option, when I think of a Dive knife I think of this:
9dcfe83d-8708-4a43-86bc-0e899a159e7b.jpg

With a blunt tip so you wont puncture any hoses, wetsuit or an innocent little fishy passing by, but hey it doesn't seem like you will be diving anyways you just want to know why it's called that.
Hoped that helped
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Well, first of all, the original Intrepids came in a chisel point like the "dive knife" in post #6, if that was the direction you wanted to utilize this knife in. It came with both the Kydex fitted sheath which is underneith the nylon sleeve, shown in post #3. You could use either the sheath and sleeve together or just the sheath, if you wanted to dive. The Intrepid was listed as a Survival/utility knife and never called or marketed as a "Dive" knife. One would just assume that it would make a good "Dive knife" because it came in a chisel point, and it had a Kydex sheath. The new Intrepids are listed as Survival knives as wall and only come in the Tanto point blade, which again wouldn't be good for diving because of reasons listed above. This should clear up why this knife was represented or misrepresented the way it was, and probably is why it subsequently failed after 4 years.
 
I wish they made one in dark tan without the guard on the spine. I don't know many people who like dual guards, and I think they only limit it's bush/wood crafting abilities. I would gladly trade the cost of having it in favor of some G10 grips.

And the XL has a thicker blade and grip scales. At first both the guy at the counter and myself had a hard time figuring out the price difference. Just looking you can't even tell the blade is thicker unless they're side by side.
 
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It's a inch longer and .025'' thicker, and you had to have them side by side to see the differences, lets chalk it up to bad lighting...
 
mbjannusch said:
It's a inch longer and .025'' thicker, and you had to have them side by side to see the differences, lets chalk it up to bad lighting...
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No need to beat your chest there killer. The inch is not in the blade and when you're expecting a difference in blade length it's easy to overlook the differences when they're not side by side.

I guess my eyes be damned for not being able to see 100ths of an inch differences in blade thickness. :rolleyes:

Back in reality, the differences are very subtle, but as I said, you can tell once you have them both in front of you. Relax and have a beer or something. :cool:
 
o4tg said:
No need to beat your chest there killer. The inch is not in the blade and when you're expecting a difference in blade length it's easy to overlook the differences when they're not side by side.

I guess my eyes be damned for not being able to see 100ths of an inch differences in blade thickness. :rolleyes:

Back in reality, the differences are very subtle, but as I said, you can tell once you have them both in front of you. Relax and have a beer or something. :cool:
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Well I can see you know how to use the smiley face option, learn to take joke and have some humor, life isn't so serious especially here on the buck site. But I will take your advise and have a beer, Thanks, you do the same and we'll just keep talking knives...
 
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