BUCK 179 Mayo Hilo

longbeachguy · Nov 16, 2005

440C (heat treated to BOS specs?), framelock. Mayo design. Is this as good a deal as it seems for thirty bucks?

Could someone who's used this knife give an assessment?

Thanks!

Jim

Hair · Nov 16, 2005

Someone else on the forum got one and says it's a great knife for 30 bucks.

440C, framelock, Buck, Mayo, 30 bucks... Sounds like a good deal to me. I wish I had the money to go grab one right now.

longbeachguy · Nov 16, 2005

I'm an idiot, didn't see the thread with review of this very knife six lines down.

Hair · Nov 17, 2005

Don't worry, it happens.

Jumbi · Nov 17, 2005

Get one; you won't regret it:thumbup:

Pyromancer · Nov 17, 2005

I had high hopes too...But...
Mine came with warped washers, so the blade would literally grind into the liners when closing/opening. It also had more than a few machining marks. Was nice and sharp though. I returned it to NGK.

rhino · Nov 18, 2005

They are a beautiful design. They are well made in terms of the grinding and fitting of parts.

The heat treat (on mine) sucked. The entire edge would fold over during very light duty slicing (with the factory edge profile). Reprofiling to a significantly thicker, blunter edge helped, but now it's not a very useful cutting tool. Just a tiny bit more attention the heat treatment and it would have been a solid winner.

T.K.C. · Nov 18, 2005

If you like that one, then you will really LOVE the Buck/Mayo TNT.