A well said defense of Buck knives.

MT_Pokt said:
Drawing my own conclusions from the pole, I suspect most respondents are younger city dwellers.
I'm not terribly familiar with Chris Reves (Superman?), but don't know them as hunting or fishing knives and Spyderco would be a distant 3rd or 4th for hunting, fishing, farming, or rural use.
Now if I was a full time city folk with no aspirations for clean and and muddy boots, Microtech would be my first choice.
But as it is, I live in unincorporated county in a 200 year old log cabin, own a business on the edge of the city, and a 100+ acre farm out in the sticks. I've woken in my home, started the day in my office, and picked veggies on my farm in a single day. I've even woke in my KY home, started early in my office in Cincinnati, and drove to the MO boot heel for duck hunting in a single day.
Buck has a good tool for each of those things, so if it's a single brand, it's Buck for me.
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most folks in this country live in city/suburbs of the city or just on the outskirts of the suburbs. even rural outskirts areas a lot of those folks tend to have jobs back in the city suburbs areas and spend a lot of their day in those areas. that has some influence on what their knife pick would be........
 
jbmonkey said:
most folks in this country live in city/suburbs of the city or just on the outskirts of the suburbs. even rural outskirts areas a lot of those folks tend to have jobs back in the city suburbs areas and spend a lot of their day in those areas. that has some influence on what their knife pick would be........
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For sure!
That's the observation I was making merely from the results.
 
Quiet said:
Count me in the "I didn't know they needed defending" camp. Buck makes a historical knife that had a tremendous impact on the folding knife scene, to the point that its flagship folding knife spawned countless imitators, and coined the term "Buck knife" into public lexicon. Buck is a part of the history of this hobby we enjoy, and always will be.
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The problem is many claim they're just resting on that history.
all because their primary blade steel isn't fancy enough, and because there are some inconsistencies from the human hands making them.
Sadly these claims seem to be something that is very easy for ignorant people to take as gospel.
 
Hickory n steel said:
The problem is many claim they're just resting on that history.
all because their primary blade steel isn't fancy enough, and because there are some inconsistencies from the human hands making them.
Sadly these claims seem to be something that is very easy for ignorant people to take as gospel.
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Be that as it may, those folks generally aren't the target audience for Buck. Buck sells knives to people who need a decent knife, and they have prices to match. Countless people have had a Buck 110 on their belt, and in more recent years, one of the more modernized variants in their pockets. I know an awful lot of hunters who still carry a 119 with them even though "better" options are easily available these days.

There are plenty of companies who make knives in the latest steels, more than plenty for those collectors who will buy those super performance steels, and then put them in a drawer. Buck still sells knives to people who work and who need a proven knife that will work along with them. All that said, what I DO like seeing is them taking chances with new designs and steels, because I am a collector. I will keep buying their new knives that speak to me when I can. I have a new Deploy in my pocket right now I need to get some pictures of!
 
Quiet said:
Be that as it may, those folks generally aren't the target audience for Buck. Buck sells knives to people who need a decent knife, and they have prices to match. Countless people have had a Buck 110 on their belt, and in more recent years, one of the more modernized variants in their pockets. I know an awful lot of hunters who still carry a 119 with them even though "better" options are easily available these days.

There are plenty of companies who make knives in the latest steels, more than plenty for those collectors who will buy those super performance steels, and then put them in a drawer. Buck still sells knives to people who work and who need a proven knife that will work along with them. All that said, what I DO like seeing is them taking chances with new designs and steels, because I am a collector. I will keep buying their new knives that speak to me when I can. I have a new Deploy in my pocket right now I need to get some pictures of!
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I completely agree, and that's the point.
 
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