buck cutlery

allen.hollestelle · Mar 1, 2011

I need to buy some new kitchen knives and saw that buck makes them. I am a huge fan of buck and was wondering if anyone has any experience with them. I noticed they are made from 420hc; shouldnt they be made out of something a little better?

Thanks,
Allen

DennisStrickland · Mar 1, 2011

420 hc is not a great alloy but buck to my knowledge has a process that gets real decent performance from this steel. maybe they are the only company that does something to make this marginal steel perform real well.--dennis

oldschool45 · Mar 1, 2011

420hc, not so great relative to premium blade steels but its nothing to sneer at when compared to what is in the average Americans kitchen. If your a big Buck fan go for it. But for $320 (retail on Buck's site) for a 13 piece set I'd look at piecing together a set of Shun's.

allen.hollestelle · Mar 2, 2011

Also how do they compare to the cold steel ones?

oldschool45 · Mar 2, 2011

Depends on the knife (the steel appears to vary) but comparable to the Buck's 420hc. Unless you absolutely have to have a western style handle take a look at the Kershaw/KAI Wasabi line of kitchen knives same ballpark price wise.

allen.hollestelle · Mar 3, 2011

The Kershaws seem to be the winner as of now. Thank you for your help

Hard H2O · Mar 4, 2011

I love my Kershaw Wasabis.

oldschool45 · Mar 4, 2011

I'm heavily invested in Carbon Steel kitchen knives now, but the Wasabi or Shun's would be what I'd be picking up if I started over. Wustof and Henkels are bring out stuff in better steel but it remains to be seen.