Bushcraft?

Snacktime said:
Opening a can of Beanie Weanies with a sak is about as bushcraft as I will get. I don't need a youtube video to use a sak either...

Buck would be my last choice of knife, not been to happy with them in actual use... Buck is just a generic term for hardware store knife. Never had an issue with Sak coming in and saving the day camping, at home or at work. I feel sak has done a good job of evolving, toothpicks and bottle openers are my go to features. My outdoor/fishing/hiking knife choice is a 3v Kephart made by Lt Wright. Nesmuk, Kephart and others lived off there knives the only newer design I would put in that category would be a Sak.
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A can of beans....? Then your in an urban Bushcraft frame of mind. SAK very handy multi tool. But not a tool to meet the definition of a Bushcraft knife. Buck has had knives in every situation ever imagined over the years.
Weird one off Troll puts his 2 bits out there then leaves. First to be eaten in a end of world scenario. Ill be sure to use his SAK to pick my teeth.
 
Snacktime said:
Opening a can of Beanie Weanies with a sak is about as bushcraft as I will get. I don't need a youtube video to use a sak either...

Buck would be my last choice of knife, not been to happy with them in actual use... Buck is just a generic term for hardware store knife. Never had an issue with Sak coming in and saving the day camping, at home or at work. I feel sak has done a good job of evolving, toothpicks and bottle openers are my go to features. My outdoor/fishing/hiking knife choice is a 3v Kephart made by Lt Wright. Nesmuk, Kephart and others lived off there knives the only newer design I would put in that category would be a Sak.
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Toothpick, bottle opener, and beanies and weenies? I think your version of camping would certainly be served well by a SAK. They are great tools.

That said, I would be curious to hear how Buck knives have not served you well. I have had fantastic experiences with many different models spanning from the mid 80’s to current day.
 
Experience has been going to Ace Hardware as a child and my grandfather always buying himself a new buck knife and me getting the hand me down. Spent the summers fishing, carving and camping on his property. Knifes just never lasted, ended up with a gerber that lasted me years in the end.

Recent started re buying some knives from my childhood, buck 119 (have 3 now) and 110. Tried a few of there newer styles and have moved on. I love 440 steel for outdoor use as it doesn't rust and no issues with buck blades. The handles on the other hand have left a lot to desire. Either to slick or dated 90s finger grips that hot spot your hand. Last 110 was a very cosmetically nice knife, denim pocket lint getting in the lock pissed me off. I would like to try a 192 but any real use of a 119 and my hand hurts from death grip (slippery when wet).

Bushcrafting and buck is just not best choice. Buck and truck knife are definitely a good idea, 119 comes in handy.
 
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Welcome to the Buck Forum.
Your first post here was :thumbsdown:, this one^^^ has a much better explanation of how you arrived at you opinions, thank you.
I agree that the term 'buck knife' is used for many that are not produced by Buck Knives. That fact has not been good and I wish more people would come here and question what knife they really have.
Some suggestions for your continued use of the 119 and 110. Some fine sandpaper or crocus cloth on the phenolic handle will give you better grip. For the pocket lint, well, you might just clean them out a bit more often:D I never have carried a 110 in the pocket always in a sheath.

Snacktime said:
Bushcrafting and buck is just not best choice. Buck and truck knife are definitely a good idea, 119 comes in handy.
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You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I don't agree on either point. I have used and carried a 1970 118 for many years and used it for many tasks. I would have no qualms having it as my only knife. I believe the phenolic handle on mine gets more grip when wet and I have cleaned many fish, deer and elk.
 
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Buck would be my last choice of knife, not been to happy with them in actual use... Buck is just a generic term for hardware store knife..
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Buck has never let me down in the field or for an edc knife. Buck makes a great product for a great price. To each his own.
 
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Old Hunter said:
Gents, you are better off not to enter into a contest of words with a troll or a fool - let it lob its inert grenade and run away. OH
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I didn't post as much for S Snacktime as I did for the occasional, casual reader/browser who may not know much about Buck Knives, to give them another opinion/point of view. Arguing on an internet forum is a complete waste of time.
 
Gents, I was present when three members of BCCI interviewed a tough old Alaskan who killed a small Brown bear along the shore of one of the islands of SE Alaska with his 110. He was tough as nails. He had shot a Blacktailed Deer, leaned his rifle against a tree and began dressing a deer. Without warning the bear was on him and he was able to fight it off enough to get several stabs and cuts in its neck and eventually the bear lay down and died, he was covered in blood, some his, most the bears. He put a few rounds in the bears head and the shooting alerted his son in the big boat anchored down the shore. They came and bandaged him up and got him on the boat and called USCG to finish the rescue. This is written up in a BCCI newsletter. I would have had a pistol and a belt knife if hunting there. In Colorado I once had a mountain lion (says my spirit) creeping up behind but he rolled a stone with his foot and I rose up from my log seat. No mountain lion but the evening light made me feel very funny and a little lucky. I stayed in the open all the way back. All I had was a 112 in my pocket and a single shot TC .50 cal. in my hands. Could of been a ground squirrel but my outdoor senses told me otherwise. Carried a 119 on my belt for all other hunts in that spot. Couldn't change guns was a ML unit. That sort of thing is the real meaning of Woodcraft. 300
 
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In about 1976 I was watching a show on TV about Inuit people in a remote village in Alaska. A fellow butchered a seal with a 110. I’m thinkin “gotta be a good knife”. Shortly there after I owned one. My first Buck. I still have it.
 
Not to give away my age, but about 50 years ago, when I was in my early 20's, my wife and I would take a vacation and drive from the plains of Nebraska to the western slopes of the Rockies in Rocky Mountain National Park. We would park our pickup at a Trailhead and hike and fish the headwaters of the Colorado River. Not sure if you called it bushcrafting at that time or not. We tried to pack light, no firearms allowed. My wife carried a Buck 102 and I had a 105. We would also have ultralight spinning rods and assorted fishing lures for trout. We would fish the cutbacks on the River where the deeper water was for brook and brown trout. We would always try to save a few for our evening meal.

One night on about our 3rd evening out, we had started a fire, put up our small tent and cooked a couple trout we had caught. It was starting to get dark, so we tied our packs up in a tree away from camp, cleaned up the area and put a couple logs on the fire. Made a cup of decaf coffee and settled in somewhere around 10 pm to get some sleep in our tent. After about an hour, we were both awaken by some noise outside. Trying to keep quiet and calm, I grabbed my flashlight and my 105. When I opened up the tent I could see a tall figure standing by our campfire. It looked to be a bigfoot, about 8' tall. When I turned on my flashlight, I could see in his hand a Buck 119 and he was carving a stick similar to what you use for a weenie roast or marshmallows! From that moment on, I decided if a Buck knife is good enough for bigfoot to bushcraft with, it was good enough for me! Most of this story is true! :rolleyes:
 
In the '70s, I was fortunate to be a scout in Alaska for four years. Our troop camped and backpacked at least once a month year round, regardless of weather.

My go-to knives were the 112 and the 102. Received the 112 for making Eagle (a true motivator!). The 102 was purchased with paper route earnings at the Elmendorf AFB BX. Both were used regularly, sometimes in harsh conditions, and never let me down.

Established campground, c-store nearby, pre-cut firewood, maintained trails...in that scenario, just about any knife will do, I suppose. When the going gets tough, it's time for a Buck knife.
 
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Buck makes a 110 folder “pro” that has an s30v blade. G10 scales. 100$ seems low for a knife like that but that’s what it is. They have a whole line of s30v knives. If I figure out if they make a 102 “pro” I might but it.

My personal preference for a folder is one with a belt clip and assisted opening. If I’m going to carry a knife in a sheath it might as well be a fixed blade.
It’s just a carrying preference I don’t want to knock the folding buck knife. This is still America, after all.
 
We are on a knife forum, so we all have opinions. And I will admit to being more of a hunter who occasionally camps than a Bushcrafter. I will also admit to owning my fair share of knives including scandi grind models from Moras all the way up. But, I gotta say, they have nothing on this:
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