Buck Vantage Force Pro!

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gytheran

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My own short and sweet review of this sweet blade. Thanks for watching!

[video=youtube_share;O0EZNOlw18A]http://youtu.be/O0EZNOlw18A[/video]
 
Mine failed the spike whack test out of the box, however it was the cheaper version. I fixed it myself. Does your fail or pass the test?
 
I will never be using the spine to cut things, so I have never beat on the spine of any of my folders. :) If you absolutely have to split kindling for starting a fire(we're talking a 3" blade here), you disengage the lock and only use the blade to split the wood, thus not damaging the knife. More often than not, if I had to do that, I would have a fixed blade knife already with me.
 
Thats a pretty late lock-up I have two vantages and the lock up on them arent even 50%
 
I have the full set of small vantages and 3 are early to mid lock up and only 1 is late. I may send it to buck under warranty, but as it stands there's no play whatsoever.
 
brownshoe said:
Mine failed the spike whack test out of the box, however it was the cheaper version. I fixed it myself. Does your fail or pass the test?
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One of these days, you'll realize the spine whack test is pointless. People have been using slipjoints for hundreds of years, and they will fail the spine whack test every time.
 
Well it certainly wasn't pointless on the Buck Vantage. As a $30 BassPro special, it was meant to be used as a beater and door prize for men's fishing weekend. The liner engagement was so bad that after the spine wack failed, I tried and could close it with my hand w/o disengaging the liner lock. Not what I expected from Buck. However, I fixed it and it is now a proud beater knife of the winner of the arm wrestling competition.

The full size vantage is not small. It's meant to be used hard. If you use your knives and do anything close to garden or construction work, you will find yourself occasionally whacking the spine. You don't want your knife to close.

Per "One of these days, you'll realize the spine whack test is pointless" I trust the experts in the production (Benchmade, Spyderco, etc.) and custom knife world (Terzuola, Mayo, etc.) who say a liner lock should not close with a smack on the spine. If it does, it qualifies as a warranty repair.
 
brownshoe said:
Well it certainly wasn't pointless on the Buck Vantage. As a $30 BassPro special, it was meant to be used as a beater and door prize for men's fishing weekend. The liner engagement was so bad that after the spine wack failed, I tried and could close it with my hand w/o disengaging the liner lock. Not what I expected from Buck. However, I fixed it and it is now a proud beater knife of the winner of the arm wrestling competition.

The full size vantage is not small. It's meant to be used hard. If you use your knives and do anything close to garden or construction work, you will find yourself occasionally whacking the spine. You don't want your knife to close.

Per "One of these days, you'll realize the spine whack test is pointless" I trust the experts in the production (Benchmade, Spyderco, etc.) and custom knife world (Terzuola, Mayo, etc.) who say a liner lock should not close with a smack on the spine. If it does, it qualifies as a warranty repair.
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Why not just send it in for warranty repair?
 
brownshoe said:
If you use your knives and do anything close to garden or construction work, you will find yourself occasionally whacking the spine.
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What task, in the professional world, would require you to beat on the spine of a folding knife?
 
"Why not just send it in for warranty repair?" Because I am a man and it was a simple fix. :)

When my Buck Mayo lost it's ball detent, then I sent the knife in for warranty repair.
 
No, seriously, what profession's task requires you to beat on the back of a folding knife? You show me one instance where you are required to do so, and I'll show you an instance where the wrong tool was used for the job.
 
In the garden cutting weeds next to the house, drew back, hit the stone, old puma with worn lockback closes on me. Only time cut, not the only time i have accidently wacked the spine of a knife in use.
 
brownshoe said:
In the garden cutting weeds next to the house, drew back, hit the stone, old puma with worn lockback closes on me. Only time cut, not the only time i have accidently wacked the spine of a knife in use.
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With all due respect, I seriously doubt your story. How big and heavy was the stone? What was your drawing motion and angle? I've also cut weeds with a knife numerous times before my old man smacked me upside the head and told me to pull the weeds, not cut them. You're supposed to yank the roots out if possible.
 
The off chance of hitting a rock is not enough reason for me to start abusing all my knives by spine whacking. I can't really imagine how that would happen unless a person was winding up in the motion of hacking. I don't really do that with my 3" folder, anyway.
 
I have never cut weeds from a garden. I've always pulled them(as they're suppose to be).

Sorry, I don't buy it. Several things don't add up.
 
Good thing I am not selling anything. :)

When I say whack, I don't mean batoning or lashing a knife to a stick to whack it on steel. I just mean, turn the knife over and wack it on the table, chair leg or arm using your hand with the fingers out of the way. Reputable makers of liner locks do not consider this abuse.

If you cannot imagine a situation where your knife would be open and it would hit the spine, then your life experience must be limited.
 
brownshoe said:
Good thing I am not selling anything. :)

When I say whack, I don't mean batoning or lashing a knife to a stick to whack it on steel. I just mean, turn the knife over and wack it on the table, chair leg or arm using your hand with the fingers out of the way. Reputable makers of liner locks do not consider this abuse.

If you cannot imagine a situation where your knife would be open and it would hit the spine, then your life experience must be limited.
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Well I guess you're lucky that you don't have to imagine a situation. Instead, you can just explain your true honest past experience in more detail for us (instead of trying to avoid the tough questions).
 
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