Getting Very Frustrated with Buck Knives!

How much for one for this?

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I meant Holster. Lol

Unsure. I haven't done enough. Built the one for the Mark4, Ruger sp101 and my Sig p320.
 
JayC783 said:
I, too, have some Buck knives that are up and down on the quality. I've got two Spitfires that are noticeably different from each other when handling them. I love the Spitfire, but we're all rather familiar with what they're like, so I'll leave it at that. The Buck that I have that really surprised me in the quality was my Alaskan Guide 110. That knife isn't cheap. It looks amazing. When it arrived I was not disappointed with how it looks. However, the blade sharpening left a lot to be desired. The father back from the tip you went, the duller the blade got. By the time you got to the tang it was, well, blunt. For a knife that cost that much it was disappointing to say the least. I have the Work Sharp Guided Sharpening System with upgrade kit which uses diamond plates. It was easy to sharpen up with the diamond plates, but on a knife that expensive it shouldn't have needed anything. Since S30V is rather hard, the Alaskan Guide knives come with free lifetime sharpening from Buck. I'm sure Buck would have taken care of it, but again, it shouldn't have to be that way with a brand new knife like that. I keep thinking about a non-knife enthusiast that might by one because of the Cabela's name or something, and find out he has an extremely hard time sharpening his new knife with a dull edge. I know I'm overthinking it, and like I said, I did fix the problem easy enough. In all honesty, since I had the tools, it was a minor issue. It's just bugged me, though. With that said, Buck is still really the only brand of knife I want to buy.
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I had a similar experience, took it back to Cabelas and hand picked a replacement
 
scottyj said:
...I LOVE the 110, and would buy perfect examples all day long. The problem is finding one free of flaws. Buck slams these together in fifteen minutes. The other part I feel is that if a guy gets a 110 with a wobbly blade, or a badly leaning blade to one side he figures oh well its only like $40 bucks....I'll just throw it in my tool box, or glove compartment and forget about it. Like its not worth the time and hassle of sending it back to Buck. I hate to admit......I've gotten brand new 110's out of the box, found a serious flaw, and either gave it away, or tossed it into the junk drawer. I wont buy a 110 without putting hands, and eyes on it first. And for 40 bucks its not worth returning.
Edit: In that video of how Buck builds the 110.....the person responsible for final inspection is some kid....Mike. It's actually shocking to see a kid in that position. Correct me if I'm wrong....but shouldn't the final inspection person be someone of experience, and have a working knowledge of what a 110 is supposed to be? I'm pretty sure that the 110 is the knife that has carried this company for this long, and they deserve to be perfect.
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Generally, it seems the present generation of American workers have no desire to work hard, create and produce quality products that provide pride in ownership, thus I guess to make America great again would just be too much work. They do want to get paid unreasonable sums for substandard labor though.
 
I received one of their modern locking backs. Had more blade play up and down and sideto side than any knife I've seen in my life.

I tried to tighten the pivot a bit to see if it helped. The pivot moved in the hole and now it is even worse.

Never carried it at all. I guess I should send it back for repair...

Buck Spitfire....
 
skypeace said:
Generally, it seems the present generation of American workers have no desire to work hard, create and produce quality products that provide pride in ownership, thus I guess to make America great again would just be too much work. They do want to get paid unreasonable sums for substandard labor though.
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Sure let’s blame it all on the workers. It couldn’t have anything to do with the manufacturing process or how fast they are expected to turn out finished products.
Manufacturing is a tough business these days. In order to compete it’s common now to expect more work out of less people. That’s just how it is.
Ultimately it’s the manufacturers responsibility to get good products out the door.
 
Grateful said:
Sure let’s blame it all on the workers. It couldn’t have anything to do with the manufacturing process or how fast they are expected to turn out finished products.
Manufacturing is a tough business these days. In order to compete it’s common now to expect more work out of less people. That’s just how it is.
Ultimately it’s the manufacturers responsibility to get good products out the door.
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When wasn't manufacturing a tough business? This is 'Merica we have created, invented, frontier explored and adventured into, discovered, produced, protected and defended, bounced back from market crashes and initiated a society of unparalleled prosperity. We should be able to BUCK UP and handle competition and adversity. There exists a generational global work ethic problem in 1st World countries.
 
skypeace said:
There exists a generational global work ethic problem in 1st World countries.
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Prove it.
skypeace said:
When wasn't manufacturing a tough business?
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Are you really going to compare today’s manufacturing realities with let’s say the 1960’s into the mid 1970’s. Do you realize how many manufacturers are no longer in business because of foreign competitors. It’s a completely different world now. Gonna blame that on the workers too?
skypeace said:
This is 'Merica we have created, invented, frontier explored and adventured into, discovered, produced, protected and defended, bounced back from market crashes and initiated a society of unparalleled prosperity. We should be able to BUCK UP and handle competition and adversity.
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What does this have to do with a manufacturer letting bad products out the door?
 
Grateful said:
Prove it.

What does this have to do with a manufacturer letting bad products out the door?
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In the late 60's and early 70's a large part of the population was high, flower power was in vogue, and production quality began to wane. Our educational system has gone down hill and you have people graduating that can't measure a board. Manufacturers hire from the society, and our society has produced a few generations of slackers and snowflakes. Denial is more than a river in Egypt. If you haven't seen American production quality drop across the board I don't know what economy you have been watching.

This isn't even a reasonable argument so I am going to leave this alone.
 
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