Alpha Hunter steel quality?

waelwulfas

waelwulfas

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A quick question re Buck steels. I've recently bought the rubber handled Alpah Hunter which is I believe a 420 steel. The knife to me is perfect in all respects but I am curious that 420 steels are not highly rated as appropriate for quality knives. Any info on this; is Buck steel better than other 420's (I often see 'fantasy' knives made from this).
 
Greetings, welcome. Buck uses 420HC steel in most of their knives. It has a higher carbon and more chromium than regular 420. This enables the steel to be hardened better than the lower 420 grade. Buck also uses a specially designed heat treating system and gets excellant and consistant results.
You may also look at Bucks site and here on the forums under FAQS.
guy
 
Doug, there are two versions, the ATS 34 is on the Alpha with the wood handles. The 420hc is on the rubber handled one. At least its easy to tell in the pictures. My Alpha is also marked "Bos" heattreated. definatly cool!!!
guy
 
The use of the higher carbon 420HC, Buck's excellent heat treat, and the edge geometry that Buck provides will gives dramatically better performance than the vast majority of other manufacturer's knives that use 420 SS. There really is no comparison.
 
Can someone verify that the Rosewood Handled Alpha Hunters are ATS-34 steel please? With ATS-34 the Alpha Hunter would put me over the top and be the piece'd'resistance that gets into my wallet. :)

TIA,
Daniel
 
Verified - Definitely ATS-34 - Stamped on the blades of folding & fixed blade wood handled Alphas.

John
 
I'll second theoldawg! Just got my wood handled Alpha Hunter recently. Stamped BOS ATS-34.
 
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