Buck Knives

Re: Buck Knives

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>18 Bucks for a 110? Bob...You suck!

Nice knife, pain to get an edge on but it stays there a long time once you do!

Can't help with the case.

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Skip in Falls Church

>You might try hitting the case with some Neats foot oil - or more likely Neats foot oil compound these days.

Skip

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Todd Hughes

>I know lots of people like Buck knives but I have never been to impressed with them.In my experance the blades are to thick and tend to be rather brittle.Am amazed that they have been able to stay in bussiness all these years but like I say they do have a following.Lots better older knives as well as better modern knives I think. ....Still $18 is a cheap price for a 110 , makes you think that they must not be a big seller anymore and they are discounting them.........Todd

Re: Buck Knives

Dan Donaldson

>What knife would you recommend from those modern ones available. Both a hunting knife and a folder, with, say, a 3 inch blade?

my person recommendation...

John Longwitz-Doraville, GA

>...is a 3" drop point lockback folder. I have a Buck "Duke" model that LOML found down by the mailbox one day. As was mentioned in a previous post they (Buck) are hard to sharpen. Was no problem for my 8" pressed paper wheels on the grinder. One with silicon carbide grit and the other with white polishing compound. Once sharpened it holds it's edge for a real long time. Took a nice Georgia buck and dressed and skinned it with the 3". Not sure what a belt knife would have done to improve the situation. I have a KaBar 8" blade Marine Corps type fixed blade that I take bowhunting in case I need to dig an arrowhead out of a tree. Several 40-60 yr old Westerns just 'cause Dad carried one in WWII and I like them, a 50+ yr old Kinfolks, a Pachmayr drop point that has handles to match the Pachmayr's on my Ruger Super Blackhawk, and a Randall Model #1 8" with stag grips.

Schrade.

Bob Hackett

>For a big manufacturer it`s hard to go wrong with an Uncle Henry brand knife.Thier line of Irish manufactured CS blades are reasonably priced and work well too.

Kabar and Western are also good quality blades.

I have never really been impressed with Buck knives but found them to not be as brittle as Gerbers(I`ve had the tips of at least 3 Gerber blades break off in use and had one snap at the intersection of blade and handle.After that I stopped buying them).

If you lose knives then go with a low cost brand mentioned above.If you lose knives ALOT stick with the flea markets,either old stuff or the better of the imported crap.

Now if you are the kind of person who keeps track of things and cares for things then go see your nearest custom knifemaker and have one made to fit.A good maker can fit the size,balance,and weight of the knife to you and the job.He can also provide options for grip,durability,servicability and looks on both the handle and blade.All this comes at a cost though.

Yet another option would be for a handy sort of guy to make his own from a kit.Smokey Mountain Knives and other suppliers offer kits and material to make your own.Sort of like a Shepard infill kit with more options.

This question has alot in common with the "What plane should I buy" question.It depends on the type of tasks you want to do with your knife.I really like my Kukri for things like cutting a trail and building a shelter.I wouldn`t use it to open a can of beans though,unless the beans belonged to someone who had been agravating me alot that day.

Mainely,Bob

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Todd Hughes

>I carried a Gerber "Bolt Action " folder for years and really thought it was a great knife.But with Gerbers I think they make two quality lines with the cheap ones, well being cheap.I have a spydico folder that I carry some now and it seems to be a good knife, though stainless and serreated which I don't like.Have heard good stuff about cold steel, and probably Kabar and Schrade are still good esp. in thier moderate to higher priced knives.Truth is with modern knives you get what you pay for.The advantage with modern pocket knives is that they are lighter, have a pocket clip and often are easy opeoners often I think the steel takes a backseat to the older knives esp. if Stainless.Anymore i rarely use my pocket knife much so all this is more important to me and is why I carry the spydico, plus got it cheap and ain't the end of the world if I lose it.

I sort of collect vintage knives and if I wasn't worried about losing them I would,[and do somtimes] carry an older pocket knife made by Ney York Knife co., Cattaraugus, Case XX or some other quality older maker and go with a Marbles hunting knife, or if you didn't want to spend as much $ for a marbles maybe a Western, Kabar, Pal, Case .......Todd , who bought an antique japanese Tanto knife yesterday and would love to carry that!

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Bob Smalser, Seabeck, WA

>I don't have any problem either with the quality/hardness of Buck steel or the ease of sharpening. Takes my best edge just like my older K-Bar and fine Witherby paring chisels.

I'm an old paratrooper, and I like automatic knives....look around Bladeauction.com for the folks who make them and ask for a conversion kit.

I also have an illustrated tutorial on improving your sheath if you've a mind to do that. Vegetable-tanned tooling leather is common on Ebay reasonably-priced. If you want it soft, simply oil rather than wax it.




Sheath Making

Thanks, Guys!

Bob Hutchins in central Texas

>Guess I did all right with the Buck for $20. Bob Smalser, thank you for answering the question about the sheath. Think I'll look into that easy-opening option too.

Thanks again,

BobH

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dave jeske

>Being from Oregon City, I must recommend Benchmade! I have a 705 with about a 3" blade. I love it, goes with me everywhere. (my kids laugh at me!)

dave

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Dan Donaldson

>I normally carry two pocket knives. A little swiss army that I like for the scissors and a Benchmade 722 with the axis lock which I like because I can open and close it with one hand. What do you think of the Benchmade? It seems to be rugged and holds an edge well (it has the tanto blade.) I like the serrated part of the blade because I cut quite a bit of rope with it, and the serrations work well for that as long as the cut does not have to be too clean.

I thought I was the only one

Bruce, a MN galoot

>to carry two knives all the time. One is my little SAK, because my daughter gaveit to me (plus the toothpick and scissors) and a Laguiole style that LOML got from Lee Valley.

Bruce

Bench Made

Todd Hughes

>I have always heard that Benchmade knives are very good,I used to have one of thier big Bowies and it sure would take an edge , though the handle had some movement in it.Never had any personal experance with one of the folders though have thought about getting one.For me I don't like a serated edge but could see if you cut alot of rope you would.I would want a thin,non serated,non stainless steel blade but I realise I am probably in the minority in todays market......Todd