I'm new to this forum and until recently have never paid attention to the different types of steel used. I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with these knives? They are made in colaboration with Buck and use S30V steel. The price seems right , thanks.
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Cabelas Alaskan Guide Knives
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The Cabelas Alaskan Guide line is very highly regarded.
- Buck specializes in hunting knives and their designs work well.
- The Buck Family worked for years with renowned knife steel heat treater Paul Bos. His heat treat schedule for S30V is as good as it gets. And it gets pretty darn good.
- S30V is a very good cutlery alloy for hunting knives.
The Cabelas Alaskan Guide line is very highly regarded.
- Buck specializes in hunting knives and their designs work well.
- The Buck Family worked for years with renowned knife steel heat treater Paul Bos. His heat treat schedule for S30V is as good as it gets. And it gets pretty darn good.
- S30V is a very good cutlery alloy for hunting knives.
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By all accounts on the Buck Forum these are pretty well thought of. Lifetime warranty, including shipping.
Click on the Buck Knives Forum. You'll get all the answers you need about the different steels, etc.
Click on the Buck Knives Forum. You'll get all the answers you need about the different steels, etc.
They were sale-priced over the weekend, making them even better. Some don't like the blackish finish - or the gold emblems, which can be removed. As far as S30V is concerned, you can have a custom 110 folding hunter made for you by Buck's Custom Shop, see the Buck Knife site, with S30V steel as an option. Here is my last one - blue Dymondwood scales, nickel silver bolsters, S30V, and the nylon (free) sheath - total: $84 shipped. It took 3 weeks a year or so ago. You can have them engraved, too.
I ordered blue Dymondwood for a 'user' knife - I have custom shop 110's in flaming koa, water buffalo, etc - too pretty to use. I thought the blue Dymondwood would look less appealing. Wrong! I just like 110 knives!
Stainz
I ordered blue Dymondwood for a 'user' knife - I have custom shop 110's in flaming koa, water buffalo, etc - too pretty to use. I thought the blue Dymondwood would look less appealing. Wrong! I just like 110 knives!
Stainz
Agree with all this, and love Buck knives. I've been planning to get a 110 from the Guide Series, so I can get one with s30v.
However, something I've been wondering for some time. A lot of Buck marketing and promotional material is always referring (even now) to the legendary heat treat work of Paul Bos. However, Paul retired in June 2010, which is coming up on 2 years ago. I've been trying to figure out for a while how they continue to talk about the Paul Bos heat treatment.
The working assumption is that somebody is carrying on Paul's tradition at Buck. I ran across a story here at BF (see thread). The short version is that Paul Bos trained an assistant named Paul Farner to take over for him and continue doing the same type of heat treat process at the Buck shop.