DeSotoSky
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Picture Show. Share your Buck knives with others by posting pictures of them here. New or old, plain or custom, user or safe queen, one or a collection, we love to see them all. This weekly tradition was started in 2010 by ItsTooEarly (Armand Hernandez) and Oregon (Steve Dunn). Help keep the tradition alive. Feel free to click that 'LIKE' but lets not let it replace discussing and complimenting each others knives. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
On this Day, June 16th 1775. The Second Continental Congress appoints George Washington as the Commander of the Continental Army. On this same day a position as Chief Engineer for the Army was created. With the expected upcoming conflict engineers would be needed for surveying, building fortifications, and roads. The engineering work had proven to be so valuable during the war that the Continental Congress created the Army Corps of Engineers in 1779.
Resolved, That the engineers in the service of the United States shall be formed into a corps, and styled the “corps of engineers;” and shall take rank and enjoy the same rights, honours, and privileges, with the other troops…That a commandant of the corps of engineers shall be appointed by Congress, to whom their orders, and those of the Commander in Chief, shall be addressed…
In 1802 Thomas Jefferson created West Point Military Academy, which became our nations first Engineering School. Today the modern U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has three mission areas: combat engineers, military construction, and civil works. The operational responsibility is impressive.
- One HQ, 8 Divisions, 2 Provisional Division, 45 Districts, 6 Centers, one active-duty unit, 2 Engineer Reserve Command
- At work in more than 90 countries
- Supports 159 Army installations and 91 Air Force installations
- Owns and operates 609 dams
- Owns or operates 257 navigation lock chambers at 212 sites
- Largest owner-operator of hydroelectric plants in the US. Owns and operates 75 plants—24% of U.S. hydropower capacity (3% of the total U.S. electric capacity)[45]
- Operates and maintains 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of commercial inland navigation channels
- Maintains 926 coast, Great Lakes, and inland harbors
- Dredge 255,000,000 cubic yards (195,000,000 m3) annually for construction or maintenance
- Nation's number one provider of outdoor recreation with more than 368 million visits annually to 4,485 sites at 423 USACE projects (383 major lakes and reservoirs)[46]
- Total water supply storage capacity of 329,900,000 acre-feet (406.9 km3)
- Average annual damages prevented by Corps flood risk management projects (1995–2004) of $21 billion (see "Civil works controversies" below)
- Approximately 137 environmental protection projects under construction (September 2006 figure)
- Approximately 38,700 acres (157,000,000 m2) of wetlands restored, created, enhanced, or preserved annually under the Corps' Regulatory Program
- Approximately $4 billion in technical services to 70 non-DoD Federal agencies annually
- Completed (and continuing work on) thousands of infrastructure projects in Iraq at an estimated cost over $9 billion: school projects (324,000 students), crude oil production 3 million barrels per day (480,000 m3/d), potable water projects (3.9 million people (goal 5.2 million)), fire stations, border posts, prison/courthouse improvements, transportation/communication projects, village road/expressways, railroad stations, postal facilities, and aviation projects. More than 90 percent of the USACE construction contracts have been awarded to Iraqi-owned businesses — offering employment opportunities, boosting the economy, providing jobs, and training, promoting stability and security where before there was none. Consequently, the mission is a central part of the U.S. exit strategy.
- The Corps of Engineers has one of the strongest Small Business Programs in the Army—Each year, approximately 33% of all contract dollars are obligated with Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Women Owned Small Businesses, Historically Underutilized Business Zones, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Jackie Robinson-Burnette was named the Chief of the Corps' Small Business Program in May 2010. The program is managed through an integrated network of over 60 Small Business Advisors, 8 Division Commanders, 4 Center Directors, and 45 District Commanders.
United States Army Corps of Engineers - Wikipedia
This week, the Buck ECCO. This knife came in two sizes, the ECCO 2.25 (274) and the ECCO 3.0 (275). I think the numbers relate closely to the blade length but the 3.0 measures more like 2.75" These knives were very short lived, new in the 2001 catalog and gone after 2002. If you search 'ECCO" on the forum you can find some discussion dating back to about 2001. To summarize, the first batch was made in Japan by Sakai. There were problems, more with delivery than quality and production was moved from Japan to the US. These were 2 blade liner locks and the handles were made of Zytel, a glass filled Nylon. I have two specimens in my collection, a 274 made in USA and a 275 made in Japan. No model numbers, the USA knife has a 2001 date code and the Japanese knife has JAPAN stamped on the pyle side and no date code. These are very solid feeling in the hand and the quality seems very good on both. Notice that the sword handle logo is formed by the word "SEKIDEN".
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