Buck 119 ever failed

[Old Hunter]

I was duck hunting in Arkansas in January 2012, getting into the guides boat to head upriver. I kicked some trash in the boat to give my feet more room and this Buck 119 popped up! It was pretty abused looking but still had enough edge that it would have cut something if you needed to. OH

 

[Knives Survival]

I was duck hunting in Arkansas in January 2012, getting into the guides boat to head upriver. I kicked some trash in the boat to give my feet more room and this Buck 119 popped up! It was pretty abused looking but still had enough edge that it would have cut something if you needed to. OH

Very impressive. No rust at all and just a broken tip.. I could make that a drop point with 10 min worth of work.

 

[seacucumber]

Fail. It snapped (looked like <15°). Its purpose is to stab body armor. I like the design of the Gordon bowie knife better. Both seem to have bad steel.

 

[Lesknife]

Fail. It snapped (looked like <15°). Its purpose is to stab body armor. I like the design of the Gordon bowie knife better. Both seem to have bad steel.

Fail ? I don’t know about that. The 119 went well beyond its design capacities. If anything he proved that it is plenty tough for a hollow ground cutting/ slicing knife. The test he used would be more in line with testing a pickaxe or a pry bar not a knife designed for cutting.

Not only that but the other knife he used could be tested in a manner that it would fail as well he just didn’t bother to do that. As far as I’m concerned he showed how stupid some people can be using tools in a manner they aren’t designed for.

 

[TAH]

The gas mask says a lot.

 

[GPyro]

I've broke pry bars.

But I wasn't dumb enough to make a video about it.

And he probably has a following.

 

[BuckShack]

I liked the backflip off the log. Other than that he only proved it's a good tough knife. I recommend a one one niner in 1095 steel for him though.

 

[Bastler]

Look people, it's not that hard. Use thin tools for cutting and thick tools for prying. If you feel you must punch holes in a car, you probably suffer from diminished cognitive capability, and you shouldn't handle sharp objects. There, rant over.

 

[seacucumber]

designed for cutting

It looks mostly designed to stab well, split, and possibly pry. For this kind of knife, I don't think I would want it designed to cut well.

 

[BennyBlade]

I was sure I had seen a video once but couldn't find it. Did find a bunch of videos of people with opinions about how Buck could have made it better. Watching them led me to the conclusion they bought the wrong knife. What they wanted already existed elsewhere, even by Buck.

Well what kind of knife should I buy if I want to fight a demobilized '83 Volkswagen? Or make a soda can shoe heel salad?

 

[cupton]

The guy in that video on a different occasion also managed to break a Becker BK2. To me, that tells the whole story right there.

 

[NapalmCheese]

It looks mostly designed to stab well, split, and possibly pry. For this kind of knife, I don't think I would want it designed to cut well.

The Buck 119 does not look like an axe or a pry bar; so I'm not sure how you're coming to the conclusion that it was designed to split or pry. It certainly looks like it was designed to cut and stab so far as I can tell.

Edit to add: I also really don't think the Buck 119's purpose is to stab body armor.