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prices are all over the place on e bay; 150 for beaters to 600 for mintNo box with all the survival gear aint worth much. < As far as potential value
Plus IIRC black did not come out until much later, although the black oxide is low in production numbers
Like most stuff you generally want 1st run with paper work .
The better you can date your blade the better you can find its value.
If you have a ebay account look at completed auctions.
I know people who used to get all googley eyed over 184s.
Been a long time. i sold off my collection in 2000 to have a decent down payment on my house.
You can go here also
The Buck-184 Buckmaster - The peak of survival knives!
A quick google of the patent listed in the link from @mac1911 shared yielded this:Gotta ask.....what the heck is the use of the 2 spikes pointing back at you?
Hmm.A quick google of the patent listed in the link from @mac1911 shared yielded this:
US4622707A - Survival knives with grapple capability - Google Patents
"A survival knife is disclosed including hook members which are securable to the knife and angled rearward toward the handle. A ring is provided for securing a line to the pommel of the handle, thereby making the knife become a grapple. Several variations of location of the hook members are disclosed including the handle, the quillon and the blade. The hook members are fixed or pivotal and may be telescoping. A skeletal knife is disclosed, with openings for securing a line, and hook members to produce a grapple."
Yeah, I read it and immediately thought of Chinese quality (even though not Chinese) where the spikes just caved inward on both sides the minute you put any weight on it.Hmm.
Thanks.
Wonder if that thing would actually take the weight of a human being? I'm going to say doubtful and that the grapple spikes are decorative. Lol
Hmm.
Thanks.
Wonder if that thing would actually take the weight of a human being? I'm going to say doubtful and that the grapple spikes are decorative. Lol
mr. enbloc is the resident buck guy. he's acting squirrelly now days so just wait a bit. try google, also.
take your meds, behave and settle down!I'm not acting...
The "rambo" Knives are a different animal ....Ain’t volunteering.
I never did like those knives, even when the Rambo movies actually came out.
prices are all over the place on e bay; 150 for beaters to 600 for mint
yep, what the market brings. even i bought a couple of the larger folders, forget mod number, from a member here cause the price was right several years ago. 2 of 'em, nib, for 25 bucks for the pair. super deal as far as i was concerned. turned out they were made in their 50th (?) year and had the medallion on one of the scales. and were selling for 45 apiece at the time. gave one to a friend who likes bucks and kept the other. damn thing was as sharp as any knife i've ever unboxed, cut myself in the first couple of minutes playing with it. still own it.Like Mac said its what they sell for that matters.
mr. enbloc, if i had known at the time you liked buck knives i would have given it to you. seriously!
Ridiculous knives but there is a definite set of hard core collectors for these. Bought one when they first came out when a knife dealer acquaintance told me they were getting hot with the Rambo crowd. Sold it some years later when I was liquidating my knives on the bay for stupid good money to pay for more gunzez.
Here are the sold ebay listings so you can see where yours fits. Take a few minutes to review them. The more specifics you can determine and photograph the better. BuckMaster 184 | eBay
wow! good thing i was already sitting down, holy shit. i can't swear on it but i'm sure i've seen that exact buck knife in the op's post on the tables of a couple of vendors who do the show circuit. i only go to the wilmington show so they were there. don't know what generation they were but always south of a 100 bucks...~80-85. only reason i remember them is personally, i think they're silly with those spikes. i wouldn't trust them with my life. but hey, different strokes they say. any buck sells well i found out when i use to set up and sell knives at the shows. usually because everyone knows the name, they have great brand recognition. and seriously, if i had a limited budget, i'd choose a buck folder over a boutique brand, say kershaw just throwing the name out, cause i think buck is more knife for the dollar for a hard use blade.Those prices amaze me. I never would have thought it.
Came across this post going thru the archives........ So I figured I would put these 2 cents in
Carried one of these overseas, Not the Seal issued ones, Bought this in a normal store. Went thru Saudi Arabia and Iraq with it.. The spikes were for help securing gear by wedging in rock's or piling's or whatever else a Navy Seal could use for emergency gear retrieval....Not a grappling hook,
The serrations are not for cutting wood but cutting the aluminum fuselage of aircraft..
I put mine thru hell overseas and would still trust it today even with all the friction tape it still has on it, And yes it sits in the safe with the rest of my knives..
Don't have the compass or spikes. But do still have the original box and receipt for it.............
I remember those from years ago, IMO it’s worth nothing as an actual field knife, maybe good for collectors but not for hard use. That hollow (survival) handle and the blade would snap right in half with hard use unless it’s an all one piece body/blade (solid billet).
Its worth as a collectible I do not know.
Dude.
You know the rule. PICS!
I don’t think there are any grapple systems on the market I would trust my life to. Nothing you would carry in your ruck anyway.Yeah, I read it and immediately thought of Chinese quality (even though not Chinese) where the spikes just caved inward on both sides the minute you put any weight on it.
Is it something you are looking to turn loose of for a couple hundred?always liked an big mother knife: picked this up on the cheap, there are so many variants and price ranges and hear many of these are bring big bucks [pardon the pun] it is near mint, looks unused; does anyone have a ballpark value
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