420hc come on why not?

[knifeaholic101]

if 420hc is good enough for buck and we all know buck is a well respected manufacturer. then why is 420hc looked down on, after all their 119 is 420 hc atleast the new ones are i own a 119 and its a very well built knife as we know.

 

[micad]

Buck, and many other manufacturers, use these 'lower end' steels not because they make exceptional knives, but because they can be blanked out on a press, ground, heat treated, and finished at an economical price.

The key word here is 'EXCEPTIONAL'--that is what the custom knife is supposed to be---exceptional.

Many of Bucks higher end knives (that cost significantly more) are made of the better steels such as BG42 and S30V. It's the old 'you get what you pay for' thing at work here. 420HC simply will not perform upto the levels of the better steels.

Many of Buck's folders can be sent back to them for blade replacements with BG42 and perhaps S30V (at least this was the case a couple of years ago) at a very reasonable cost.

Personally I am not at all impressed with the Buck knives I have that are made with 420HC.

JMHO.

-Mike-

 

[mr.trooper]

You can get blade replacements from Buck? Rock on! Ill have to be gett'n me a 110 in S30V if they still offer it.

 

[mlovett]

ever Wonder why you can buy a new 119 for about the same price that they sold for in the 60's. The price is about the same after almost 45 years. Every thing has gone up, the 119 has gone down. It's not the knife it ust t be. Man. I hope I don't get flamed for this as well. Mike http://www.lovettknives.com/