Are 110's really made here?

Harry Callahan wrote:
The Walmart 110s almost have to be made overseas judging by the price they're selling for. If they are made in Idaho, the plant manager is a penny pincher on an epic scale. I would like to hear some authorive comment on this issue. There's been lots of guesswork concerning this on the other thread.

My guess is that the all of the parts are made in China and imported to the Idaho plant where they are assembled by a skeleton crew that are probably knocking down 9 bucks an hour and crank a tractor-trailer load of these out in a couple of days, then get laid off for three months.
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You are waaaaaay off base on this Harry. We will make 300,000 110's in our Idaho plant using 2 shifts of American crews and 100% American parts. we can give good prices because we are really good at making these efficently.

We 80% of our products here in the states using very few off-shore parts.


Jeff Hubbard
Quality Supervisor
 
In Harry's defense, though he was completely wrong about the source of parts, maybe he meant penny pincher in a good way. Getting something like the 110 out the door of an American factory to sell for $30 or less is no accident.
 
Carl64 said:
In Harry's defense, though he was completely wrong about the source of parts, maybe he meant penny pincher in a good way. Getting something like the 110 out the door of an American factory to sell for $30 or less is no accident.
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Carl,
Your comments are admirable, however, the part that I take issue with has to do with statements about Buck's workforce. The comment was made that Buck probably pays them $9 per hour for three months of intense work and then lays them off. I think the truth is that Buck has a great handle on their QA where they can make them efficiently enough to keep the price down. Volume must certainly be a factor as well. From everything I've ever heard or read about, Buck is a great company to work for.
 
Mike Kerins said:
Carl,
Your comments are admirable, however, the part that I take issue with has to do with statements about Buck's workforce. The comment was made that Buck probably pays them $9 per hour for three months of intense work and then lays them off. I think the truth is that Buck has a great handle on their QA where they can make them efficiently enough to keep the price down. Volume must certainly be a factor as well. From everything I've ever heard or read about, Buck is a great company to work for.
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Yeah, you're right. That was pretty crass and ignorant to assume about how Buck treats their employees. I should have started of with "even though he was wrong about EVERYTHING..."
 
While we're on the subject of the 110 I was wondering if someone could confirm a rumor for me. I have heard that the 110 utilizes a pivot bushing and I was wondering if this is true?
 
I stand corrected and am glad to hear of the efficency coming from the new Buck plant. Obviously there's some rare kind of teamwork going on out there. :confused:
 
About those pivot bushings, I do believe that is correct.If I'm not mistaken the 110 and the 112 both have pivot bushings and I can tell you that I'm sure the bushing in the 112 that I've used the longest is probably totally shot...LOL...I can move the blade up and down some .015 to .032. Thinking of sending her in but she just seems to hate leavin' me. Maybe I'll do it for Christmas.
 
Funny how even after you've been corrected you still feel the need to belittle a great American company and its employees.:thumbdn:
 
Harry, you paint a depressing picture. :( I have been here over 20 years now and boy am I glad to say that it is not like that at all. Or maybe my pink slip just got lost somewhere??? :eek:
They got a great crew out in the shop and we have been making the 110 for over 40 years now so we kinda have it figured out.
I would go by Larry's list as to what is made here, he knows his Buck knives.
 
AF said:
Funny how even after you've been corrected you still feel the need to belittle a great American company and its employees.:thumbdn:
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I don't look at it that way at all. I don't see how you can either. That was intended as a compliment. If they are making 110s in America with (mostly) American made parts, with the kind of quality we've been seeing, and they are able to pipe them out of Walmart for 22 bucks, then obviously there's a "rare form of teamwork" going on out there. I don't see how you could read that as a belittling statement. Seems to me, other factories could learn a thing or two from these guys.
 
Harry Callahan said:
I don't look at it that way at all. I don't see how you can either. That was intended as a compliment. If they are making 110s in America with (mostly) American made parts, with the kind of quality we've been seeing, and they are able to pipe them out of Walmart for 22 bucks, then obviously there's a "rare form of teamwork" going on out there. I don't see how you could read that as a belittling statement. Seems to me, other factories could learn a thing or two from these guys.
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If you meant it as a compliment, then how come the :confused: after your statement? Were you insinuating that you were confused about how they could have such efficiency? I honestly don't see a compliment there. :confused:
 
If you are paying ID workers 9 bucks they got a good pay raise from last I was there.


Joe Houser said:
Harry, you paint a depressing picture. :( I have been here over 20 years now and boy am I glad to say that it is not like that at all. Or maybe my pink slip just got lost somewhere??? :eek:
They got a great crew out in the shop and we have been making the 110 for over 40 years now so we kinda have it figured out.
I would go by Larry's list as to what is made here, he knows his Buck knives.
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Ok, My Buck 110 says the following on the blade:

Buck
110
USA

It also has a mark that looks like the State of Idaho on the left side of the Buck/110/USA stamp.

This knife was bought two weeks ago at Academy Sports in Lewisville, TX.

Looks like an Idaho, USA made knife to me!!!

Scott
 
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