Buck Master ? Special Forces ? Help!

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Markus

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Hi,
I am desperately trying to get some information about a Buck knife.
I think it had been a Special Forces knife.
It has a hollow handle and can be used a throwing anchor (well, I do not know whether "throwing anchor" is the correct expression; I am not a native english speaker)..
I searched plenty of web pages, without success.
I would like to know from what kind steel the knife is made. What is its hardness?
Most of all, what is your opinion about the knife?

Regards from Liechtenstein (which is located in the heard of the Alps, the European mountain range)

Markus
 
You should try asking in the Buck Knives forum, if you haven't already. I'm sure they'll have any data you might need on the Buckmaster survival knife. (I actually own one; it was a gift, many years ago.)
 
Hi Markus!

Please check out the Buck knives forum here at Bladeforums, i'm sure that the good people there will help you out in no time.

Warm welcome to these forums :)

[oops, razor was quicker, that'swhat i get for being lazy... ;) ]
 
Hi Markus and welcome to the forums. Your english is just fine.

The BuckMaster was developed in conjunction with a local seal team and a design firm up in oceanside (almost on the border of camp pendleton marine base).

This design firm called Phrobis specialized in custom weaponry and worked with us on the knife. We sold about 3000 pieces direct to the military and the rest to general public. This was about 1984. We produced that knife until the tooling gave out and the numbers did not justify new tooling.
(We went to school on this design and a few years later with Phrobis as prime contractor provided the M9 to the US Army.)

The blade was 5/16 425 mod steel. Heat treated to 58rc. It had a double quench heat treat plus a tang anneal because where the hollow handle bolted to the knife blade needed the ductility for abuse. The hollow handle was sealed with resin and an o-ring to ensure waterproof at depths I can not recall now...like 50 meters or so. There was a serrate chamfer for cutting rope and a saw along the spine of the knife. We flat ground the knife to provide relief for the saw but the teeth were so big it still bound up pretty easy. It worked great on ice though.

The anchor pins were specifically developed to scale chain link fences and later found uses as anchors.

The concept of this knife was to provide options in case of an emergency or crisis.

The sheath and webbing anchored the knife to your thigh or inner ankle for diving.

Our first year we sold over 50,000 pcs and through no fault of our own timed the movie "first blood" perfectly.

Hope this information helped and there are folks on the buck collector's club that can provide even more detailed information if you want it.
 
Thank you for your welcome and the information. This is are real nice forum.
I think I am going to buy the knife.

Best wishes,
Markus
 
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