Have you read your posts? They go beyond a normal concern about your experience. You go on and on and on about it in a Buck enthusiast forum. I'm not sure what kind of reaction you were looking for. We welcome people to the Buck family but the approach was harsh on the negative.
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Badhammer, I don't remember how many cable ends I terminated before my ranger went dull, but I got more done with my $12 Mora craftline Q than my $60 Buck.
I completely gave up on whittling or making fire sticks with a buck and I completely gave up on using it for trimming plastic modeling pieces. I'm actually using a cutco paring knife for that now because the edge retention is far superior to the buck bantams my son and I tried to use.
keep hearing about how great it's supposed to be, which is why I bought Buck knives. I was sold on the Brand.
But when I actually go to use them, I'm consistently disappointed in edge retention. In my own personal experience the hype does not live up to the reality.
It makes me wonder how the "satisfied" folks gauge edge retention. What are they cutting? What are they comparing it to? What's the function of these knives? Are they only to be used to cut paper and cheese?
Ok. And I'll give you that the ranger isn't a general purpose knife. Here's Buck's usage guide.. See under Drop Point where it says "It can also be used as a general work knife." Well guess what kind of blade is on the Bantam? Yep, it's a drop point, which means it's officially approved for use as a general work knife by the manufacturer.
It was the Buck Bantam Drop Point Official General Purpose Work Knife that couldn't hold a candle to a Cutco when cutting (polystyrene?) model plastic, or making feather sticks when compared to a Mora craftline q.
Like I've said before, I bought the Buck's on brand value. The point of my participation in this thread is to communicate to the world at large that, imho, that brand value is undeserved, based on my experiences. In other words, I would not recommend a Buck knife to anyone and I want people to know what they're buying BEFORE money is spent.
I know people identify with corporate brands. I'm not a psychologist but I think it would be an interesting conversation about how humans can identify emotionally with a corporate brand. I think we've seen, in this thread, people responding to brand criticism as a nearly personal attack, as if I were criticizing a relative.
I think if Buck was a new company starting out today they would be judged honestly. I definitely think there is a fan-boy level brand recognition that prevents some people from seeing Buck's faults.
I agree. You should finish reading the rest of what I wrote...oh wait, it doesn't matter because I'm a new user here. Scientifically speaking, edge retention is based on how many posts someone has.
Enough said
