Custom Shop Buck 184 Buckmaster with a Gold Blade!

[Quarterbore]

I have already e-mailed the seller of this knife to see if I can get larger images and a photocopy or scanned copy of the letter from Buck about this knife!

Here is the knife on auction! (http://www.qksrv.net/click-1671811-10381315?loc=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D6597720589&SID=buck184)

Here is the description from the auction:

BUCK CUSTOM BUCKMASTER 184 GOLD BLADE MIRROR FINISH..VERY RARE TO GET ONE OUT OF THE CUSTOM SHOP WITH LETTER FROM BUCK 1986 425-M STEEL ROCKWELL 58/60 AND COATED TITANIUM NITRATE STAMPED BUCK CUSTOM USA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RICASSO. AND THE SERIAL NUMBER 0026 ENGRAVED ON IT.. THE HANDLE AND GUARD MATERIAL IS BLACK CROMED STAINLESS STEEL..THIS IS A VERY NICE KNIFE WITH THE GOLD BLADE,, I UNDERSTAND BUCK ONLY MADE A FEW OF THE 184'S IN THE CUSTOM SHOP THEY MADE THE GOLD BLADE AND ALSO THE 184 DEMASCUS BLADE..IF YOU COLLECT 184 BUCKMASTERS DONT MISS THE CHANCE TO GET ONE OF THE NICEST AND RAREST 184'S MADE' YOU WONT GET A CHANCE TO GET ANOTHER ONE.

Attached are the two images from the auction in case the auction drops off the servers and I don't get new images from the seller for the website...

[rcn]

@ Quaterbore

I have the gold 184 with serial number 0025. (More Pics coming soon)

I'm Swiss. Sorry for bad english.

http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fall107xi9.jpg

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http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fall288sp7.jpg

[Quarterbore]

That is a great looking knife! Is there a chance that you have larger images? Can you upload them to the Photoserver?

http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/543

You can also directly attach here and I will upload to the photoserver for you if needed...

Thanks!
Ken

[Quarterbore]

I saw you trying to upload... you may need to upload to your member Gallary here:

http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/photopost/showmembers.php/cat/500

Then I will move it for you. I had to limit permissions because of spammers/trolls in the past..

[rcn]

http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fall107lb4.jpg

I'm happy that you like my 184.

These are bigger pics. I try to make better pics, tommorow. You can delete the posts with small pics. I wont be offended.

Yes I try to upload to the photoserver. But I'm not a computer expert nor a photographer. And don't know how to do that. My goal was to share these pics of a rare 184 with the community.

Perhaps I can borrow a better camera.

http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fall119kn4.jpg

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[Quarterbore]

I uploaded the photos for you:

http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=543&page=0&sort=

Thanks for sharing!
Ken

[rcn]

Thank you for uploading.

[rcn]

2 new pics

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3126/buck002lm0.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck002lm0.jpg)

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/6397/buck026mu3.th.jpg (http://img361.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck026mu3.jpg)

[rcn]

Again 2 new pics. Sorry but I can't take better pics.

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/5089/buck039do0.th.jpg (http://img157.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck039do0.jpg)

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7020/buck060ot1.th.jpg (http://img157.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck060ot1.jpg)

[rcn]

Hello Quaterbore,

I tried to upload them to the photoserver but the pics are to big. I don't know how to make a pic smaller. Uploading to imageshack is the easiest way for me

It would be nice if you could upload them to the photoserver again. I don't know if the pics lose quality by uploading to imageshack. I could send them by E-mail to you.

I hope you enjoy the pics.

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3082/buck089sa8.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck089sa8.jpg)

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6466/buck062pp3.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck062pp3.jpg)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7770/buck042ma1.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck042ma1.jpg)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6523/buck101jk1.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck101jk1.jpg)

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9561/buck124uf6.th.jpg (http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buck124uf6.jpg)

[Quarterbore]

There is nothing to appoligize for... those photos look great especually for an unusual knife! I am just real happy you decided to share!

Your photos are here:

http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/559

Note, I made a special category for just those images!

[rcn]

Is anybody interested in buying my gold blade 184?

[Jim Smyth]

Hello, I just recently picked this very knife up from Ray. I would like to add that Ray is a great guy to deal with by the way! ;-) Thanks again for a great deal brother!

This is my first Buckmaster 184 and definitely wont be my last and I couldn't be happier! I don't know why its taken me so long to get my first Buckmaster! But I do have some questions if theres anyone out there that has some "expertise" in this area and this particular type of custom run of Buckmaster 184 knife. This Buckmaster came with all the original paperwork, box, Custom Buck made leather sheath (still looks like it is brand new!) and a New plastic sheath with 1 pouch attached that doesn't look used either.

I am a hobbyist knife maker myself and am reluctant to mess with this knife for the time being until I gain some more information from the resident experts, but I like all the knives that I own in my collection to be mint if at all possible. The knife in its present condition I would consider to be in 95 percent + condition and for its age its actually in great shape! But it does have a few minor age/handleing issues. The Gold Titanium Nitrate coating (which I have literally no experience with) has a few marks on it. They can be best described as marks on the front side on the hollow grind and may be scratches and/or rub marks in the coating. May or may not be able to be taken off or buffed or rubbed back out. It also looks like at one point in this knifes life it made a trip into the hard shell case at least once. There are faint lines on the flats that are barely noticeable running lengthwise but they are there. Also at certain angles of lighting the titanium coating appears cloudy.

My question is this. Can a person use Flitz/BrassO,Rouge etc to clean up the surface of the Titanium Nitrate coating to make it shine again and get rid of the cloudiness? Can you lightly buff it (don't worry! I have many hundrends of hours at the buffer and know the dangers there!) to remove the haze without removing gold titanium nitrate coating etc?

Any info is appreciated.......

Thanks in advance, Jim