Buck Strider question.

[skoal2]

I just bought a Buck Strider 889-SBMF and I have a couple of questions.
1. Why don't they stamp "Made in the U.S.A." on the blade?
2. The liner lock, on mine, does not move on to the tang very far
in fact it is even with the side of the blade, is this normal?
The blade seems to lock ok, but I would feel better if it were more centered.

Thanks for any information you can give.:thumbup:

 

[110 Dave]

I just bought a Buck Strider 889-SBMF and I have a couple of questions.
1. Why don't they stamp "Made in the U.S.A." on the blade?
....Thanks for any information you can give.:thumbup:

i cant help you with the others but in #1 i can...
there are two differing laws by two differing agecys
there is much confusion over the diffreance in these laws!!!
one is the assurence that all of the primary materal is USA sorced! inc ore..
one is the disclosure of foren materals.. on item of us makeing ...
a item that is 100% made in the usa does not have to be marked as usa
buck started marking their knives as usa so they could be sold in canada in 68...

sologan steel for example can not have usa on it as the steel is from germany
per us import laws if the steel billit is from germany and it is re worked and shaped in to a blade it does not have to be marked with "Germany" as it was reworked from a 'importated raw materal' but it can not be marked as USA tho it can still be advertised as made in the usa if it is disclosed that the primary materal is of some ware else..
example "made in the usa of the finest German steel "
thus sologan steel can not be marked USA...
if a rough blade from Germany is used no mater the amount of work it has to be marked as German.

only if it is made in the usa of primary raw materals that are sorced org from the usa it can have USA stamped on it.\

if there is the possability of materals that can not be directly confermed to be sorced from the usa then it can not be marked as usa it can still be said to be made in the usa..

the laws governing the use of USA marked on any product are much more stringent and a higher burden of proff of usa materals then the laws governing the marking of contry of orgian...

jest call the HD cycle company and ask if their bikes are made in the usa...
be preared for one heck of a good old boy story ... then ask if all the carb or break parts are from the usa ....

the use of ATS-34 that is marked USA has brought up issues as to if the steel is importated as raw bullit or if it is a licensing issue of the process or chemical make up ...
it is known that the trade mark is Japanese owned ... i have not the resorces to answer that question

 

[110 Dave]

I just bought a Buck Strider 889-SBMF...
The blade seems to lock ok, but I would feel better if it were more centered.
Thanks for any information you can give.:thumbup:

if you send it in with a note saying what you are concerned with
they will make good on it either by fixing it or replaceing it!

 

[STR]

ATS34 is a Japanese steel so that may be why it is no longer stamped USA.

On the lock question. Its new right? I had a few of the Buck/Strider folders of my own and have had them mailed to me for various work as well and of the ones that looked like the liner lock version of the SnG by Strider did come with the lock up as you describe. I began using my own being wary of the lock since it was in fact barely engaging the blade just as you describe only I don't think mine actually was as good as yours from the sounds of it.

Shortly after using it, (about three weeks or so) I noticed one day that the lock was in fact moving out closer to half way across the tang where it stayed for quite a while. Those locks are stainless so they wear quite well. I suspect once it is broken in that it will be a good user for you. There is nothing at all wrong with being watchful of it until then though.

In my testing of that knife I noted several times how you could make the lock flex and visibly see it give and bend under pressure. I split wood with it by using another log as a baton and hammering the blade through to make the splits, twisted it, cut carpet, cardboard and hemp and did some whittling on hard woods testing it out the same way I do knives for Kershaw or Kabar or anyone else and although the flexing made me wary of it, try as I might I could not make the lock defeat on that one. Unlike other knives of this type when I used the twisting torques that have been associated with cutting cardboard which can and has made liner locks defeat, this lock did not move toward release but instead got tighter each time.

Overall it was a formidable opponent!

STR

 

[skoal2]

Thank you 334dave and STR, that is good to know.:thumbup:
The lock was my main concern, I feel better about it now.
The box was marked "Made in the U.S.A." and I thought the blade
should have been too.

Thanks again for all the information.