BuckMaster

[bigblackjim]

I just recently aquired on of these beauties and want to know how good are these knives? Mine is marked 184< Pat Pend. I love the look and feel. How good is the steel? I heard that it was going to be a SEAL knife and it failed the corrosion test. Any comments on the duribility Thanks.

 

[Krizzard]

All you ever wanted to know about the Buckmaster and more.
http://www.quarterbore.com/knives/buck184.html

Krizzard, out

"...Whoever kills with the sword must be killed by the sword... "
- The New Testament, Revelation 13:10

 

[tattoo223]

HI; I'VE GOT THE BUCKMASTER 184,TANG STAMPED "BUCK 184 USA PAT. PENDING" I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST WELL BUILT KNIVE BUCK MADE IN REGUARDS TO HEAVY DUTY. I ALSO HAVE HIS LITTLE BROTHER "BUCK'S 639 FIELD MATE" WHICH IS MUCH SMALLER BUT STILL WELL BUILT. ON MY 184 I'M MISSING THE 2 GRAPPLING SPIKES SO IF SOME ONE MIGHT HAVE AND EXTRA SET PLEASE EMAIL ME AT tattoo762x39@netscape.net. TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS.
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LARRY D FLETCHER

"HE THAT HAS NO SWORD, LET HIM SELL HIS GARMENT AND BUY ONE...[Luke 22:36-38]

 

[golok]

I have two Buckmasters. They are fine knives. A bit hefty but otherwise solid.

There have been some views in the past where Buckmaster has been viewed as less than adequate in certain departments. Let not this deter you from appreciating a well craft survival knife.

Every knife has its pros and cons. This one is no excepion. If you love it, keep it and ignore all views but your own.

 

[CJ Buck]

Very cool link to the facts about Buckmasters...A walk down memory lane...

I do not have a recollection about the knife failing a corrosion test. I do remember moving away from Sandblast finish and going with a glass bead finish cause we felt the sandblast was imbedding foreign material in the surface and this material was rusting.

Those were 425M blades and that stuff handled salt water pretty good.

I think the seals ordered 2500 pieces and that is what started the development on this knife. That first year we sold 53,000 pieces so the seal order became pretty insignificant as far as units went.

We had only forecasted doing 20,000 pieces that year so we scrambled all year long to produce.