Veteran Military Bucks

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At the Gator Show in Lakeland I was given a 722 Buck had created for Veterans as a "Thank you for your Service"..I thought that was a very classy move by both Buck and the BCCI !! CJ gave me one (by David my brother) when I could not go to the 35th as I was in the hospital with heart issues. So I passed it on to my sister Karen who is also a Navy vet and in fact was in the first group of seagoing women sailors on the east coast on a Sub tender out of Charleston SC.
I thought it would be nice to start a thread (pictures too!!) on Veteran/Military theme Bucks as I'm sure there is quite a few I'm not aware of..Customs are welcome!20240127_173920.jpg20240127_173909.jpg
 
A lot of us carried Buck 110s on tank in the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
A lot of them were replaced by the first Leatherman multitools, but I kept mine on my belt until it disappeared on deployment for Operation Bright Star with the Egyptian Army back in the early 90s.
 
I need to see if I can find an old photo of me in Korea. I bought a Buck Intrepid after OSUT in 2000 and carried it for a several years on active duty.
 
Buck 110s were very popular with the nuclear machinist mates on my submarine. Not sure why, as I don't think there was anything that could be cut, especially in the engineering spaces. Anyway, I thought it was a really cool knife and had to have one myself! (Although as a division officer I never carried it on the ship.) I bought mine at a hardware store in Groton, CT.

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Buck 301 my grandmother gave me for Christmas in 1972, carried it as my Soldering pocketknife until the mid/late 1980's. Picture of me at Fort Knox KY in summer 1973.
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The Buck 105 field knife I bought myself at the PX, Aberdeen Proving Ground MD, when I was attending the Ordnance Officer Basic Course in 1976 and the only picture I have of me then (snipped from a group picture). I still have both of these Buck Knives. OH
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My Cousin Mac (the 1LT on the left, my Dad in the center, and the battery First Sergeant on the right) in 1961. Mac bought a Buck 105 as his field knife from the MCX at Camp Lejeune in 1966. His wife gave it to me after he passed at 88 years old. Funny that I never knew Mac had purchased and carried a Buck 105 until after his death - we both chose the same field knife ten years apart. OH

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My Cousin Mac (the 1LT on the left, my Dad in the center, and the battery First Sergeant on the right) in 1961. Mac bought a Buck 105 as his field knife from the MCX at Camp Lejeune in 1966. His wife gave it to me after he passed at 88 years old. Funny that I never knew Mac had purchased and carried a Buck 105 until after his death - we both chose the same field knife ten years apart. OH

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OH they dont get better than that, nice setup that is - TX for your service Pete
 
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