Admittedly, I consume a lot of media. I’m a pretty major movie buff, and I try my best to keep up with many streaming series, as well. One of my favorites from a couple of years ago was the Amazon Prime Fallout adaptation, based on the video game series of the same name (which I similarly love).
But there’s something else you should probably know about me: I also love gear spotting. I don’t necessarily do it consciously, but whenever I’m watching a show and see a piece of gear I recognize, I pull a full Leonardo DiCaprio and feverishly point at the screen — See that? I know that!
So, imagine my surprise when, during the Season 2 premiere, I happened to notice something of particular interest to me: a knife. And it wasn’t just any knife; this one could arguably be called the most iconic folding knife of all time. It was the Buck 110 Folding Hunter.
To be fair, this wasn’t a “blink, and you’ll miss it” moment, like the first shot of the Higonokami in Apple+’s Godzilla show, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Fallout put this Buck knife on prominent display.
Fall out with me, oh yeah
For the uninitiated, Fallout is a dystopian, post-apocalyptic show about an alternate United States where nuclear war has ravaged the landscape. It primarily follows Lucy MacLean, a vault dweller (someone born and raised in a seemingly idyllic underground bunker), who leaves the safety of her home to track down her father.
In the Season 2 premiere, her journey continues (albeit with a slightly different goal). However, there are also numerous tertiary stories unfolding simultaneously. One concerns the people in the vault she left behind, as they try to keep their crumbling infrastructure intact.
