Originally Posted by RalphK22

A Buck 112 Ranger, I had it since I was 12 or 13, 44 or 45 years. I think it is an early 112 as it is only marked Buck USA. It has micarta nandles and no nail nick I still have the box and original sheath.It was given to me by my youngest, but 14 year older, brother. It has cleaned alot of game and fish. It was the center of my focus one day in my youth, when I foolishly closely approached a hugh black bear near our hunting camp, to try to get a picture with a cheap pocket camera. He decides to get closer to me also, and since I was just a kid and had no money to buy S&Ws at that stage in life, the 112 was my only defense. Young, but wise enough to not turn and run, I slowly kept backing away, and happily he lost interest.