Long before I'd ever owned any customs, I had a Buck limited edition 1 of xxx I was pretty excited about. I used it on an elk one afternoon and had a bit of a rodeo in the dark packing out when my headlamp chit the bed. Digging out fresh batteries, that knife managed to fall out of my pack and is still on a hillside somewhere. I went back with a metal detector and tried to find it and was pretty bummed not being able to replace it with same.

I now have a drawer full of mostly production and a few customs, but these below are the last I'd part with:

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