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PaulTX

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I usually carry two knives with me everywhere - one for utility and the other for defense. For defensive purposes I would much rather use my pistol but my Spyderco Native in S30V is there for extreme backup or when I occasionally need a sharp blade right away that I can open with one hand.

My utility type knife for the last few years has been a Victorinox Tinker. This has been a good tool but the knife requires frequent sharpening. A number of weeks ago I won on eBay a Bucklite 422 - which has the 112 blade. This has been my first experience with the 420 steel. I carried it for a time in my EDC bag. It wasn't long before the Bucklite was in my pocket and the Tinker was in the bag. I've been very impressed with this knife. It holds an edge well and is back in good form with a touch up on the Arkansas stone. The plastic handle seems reasonably tough and so light in my pocket I don't know it is there.

In the early 1980's I didn't carry a knife at all. A friend at work carried a 501 and I was impressed with it and how nice it carried in dress pants. I bought a 501 and carried that knife for about a decade until I got into SAK's.

Paul
 
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The Bucklite was the first good knife I had. I think I lost 3 of them as a kid in Boy Scouts (green handles and camo sheaths don't mix well with a kid in the woods). It had an amazing edge from the factory, and was very easy to maintain the edge on my arkansas stone.

After loosing the third one, I bought a slightly smaller Gerber LST with a blaze orange handle.

I never liked the Gerber as much as the bucklites, but twenty years later I still have that orange handled knife so the color must have really worked for me.

My older brother had the official BSA "scoutlite" with a red handle and I am pretty sure he never lost his in the woods.

Does Buck currently make a 3" blade composite handle knife like the Bucklite with a bright colored handle? I might have to go look around a but for one if they do.
 
I love my 422... :thumbup: ... Use it for everything... Green handles and camo sheath... :D ... I don't think they make any more Bright plastic color handles knives... :confused: ... But what do I know... :eek:.. Here's my 422...


 
if you watch on flea bay you can find the scout knives with the red handle for around 45
some times a collage knife that is a diff color will show up...
the 422 is a great knife .. i could hold it better then then 112 ... the 450 is also a good knife... same size blade more pointy though... the 422 is a good knife to collect ...
 
Are those clear handles on that other one? I've never seen one like that. I carried a black one for a long time. Nice and light.
 
I had a BuckLite in the 1980s that I carried on a month-long desert survival program in Utah. The BuckLite was just the knife to have - inexpensive, durable, and lightweight.
 
You'd probably like the 442 as well...same size blade as the 422/112 but with a drop-point...and a pocket clip... :)

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(Disregard the tomato stains!) :rolleyes:

I have two of them... ;)
 
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chickentrax said:
You'd probably like the 442 as well...same size blade as the 422/112 but with a drop-point...and a pocket clip...
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I can't explain why, since I like the drop point even more than a clip point, but I just don't like the looks of those 442's.
 
schiesz said:
I can't explain why, since I like the drop point even more than a clip point, but I just don't like the looks of those 442's.
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Several members (DarrylS comes to mind) have put the drop-point 442 blade in a 112 frame, and come up with a really neat knife... :)
 
schiesz said:
I can't explain why, since I like the drop point even more than a clip point, but I just don't like the looks of those 442's.
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I really liked mine! My Brother and I EDC'd them for years, until they finally wore out... I have since replaced mine with Tempests, and Rush's, and 110's...etc. But the 442 and 444 will always have a place in my heart ;)
 
morestag said:
Are those clear handles on that other one? I've never seen one like that. I carried a black one for a long time. Nice and light.
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Yes the handles are clear with some texture on the handles like the green one.... It's the only one I have ever seen too... But I'm sure there are more out there... :D
 
chickentrax said:
Several members (DarrylS comes to mind) have put the drop-point 442 blade in a 112 frame, and come up with a really neat knife... :)
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Now THAT sounds like a good idea. Its just something about the handle of the 442 that I don't like. And what is the difference with the 444?
 
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Although I've not done any skinning with my 422, I thought the clip point would make that chore a little easier. In my opinion, the clip point provides a very sharp point - hope I never stick myself with it!

Paul
 
...And these smaller Bucklites can be had fairly cheap...I just won one on eBay for $2.99...and $4.55 postage... :rolleyes:

It's another 442...I had saved a 112 w/NS bolsters; I'll make it my drop-point show 112... :D
 
I got a 444 fairly cheap on ebay this week (nice little knife), but couldn't find a good 442. I'll keep watching though.
 
I started to collect 422s to go along with my 112 collection so I was researching fairly extensivly.....There is a LOT of special project 422s in a quite a few different colors even a few scrimshawed models....Armond [Its to early] likes them too....Many SPs had a limted run of 250. I stoped going for them to concetrate on 112s ..Ive seen many rare issues go cheep 20.00-30.00 Ive lost 3 or 4, 2 in my own yard. Of all the 422s, 426s,My fave is the "Desert Storm" 1991?
 
bucksway said:
I started to collect 422s to go along with my 112 collection so I was researching fairly extensivly.....There is a LOT of special project 422s in a quite a few different colors even a few scrimshawed models....Armond [Its to early] likes them too....Many SPs had a limted run of 250. I stoped going for them to concetrate on 112s ..Ive seen many rare issues go cheep 20.00-30.00 Ive lost 3 or 4, 2 in my own yard. Of all the 422s, 426s,My fave is the "Desert Storm" 1991?
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Bucksway, I don't have a Desert Storm yet.... I just need a few more 422s, I think... :confused: ... Here's a few 422s I picked up in the last two weeks... :D ... The two top ones are from the bay and the other two I got in the San Diego area... :D :) :D I love it out here.... :thumbup:


 
:cool:...Is that bottom one a double-strike on the etch or are my eyes totally going further south than they already are??...:eek::eek:...:p
 
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