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Been meaning to post this for a while. I was inspired by all of AR8Jason's folding-knife posts of the past few weeks. Thanks Kevin! It's a Buck 305 from the 1960s. It was one of a bunch of knives I had when I was a kid. I had a Kabar fixed-blade, a three-bladed Case with a jigged stag handle, a fat Swiss Army with tweezers and a tooth pick and a saw (among other things...), and this little Buck, which is the only one from my childhood that survived the years. It's odd, because as you can see from the dime used for scale, it's tiny; the handle is just 2 1/2 inches long. This should have been the first one to get misplaced or lost, right?
Folding KnivesWe all remember our first folding knife or pocket knife, whether it was a S…