help: about BUCK' D2 steel

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why does 118BO-B (stag and D2) and 118BFSLE (buffalo and chip flint) and 118BFSLE1 (buffalo and chip flint) has so mixed steel type such as 420HC and D2, include some 118BFSLE(FB) .......

some as bellow:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Buck-knife-118-...559?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item4154296a3f

http://cgi.ebay.com/Buck-Knives-Lim...206?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item5639c6a15e

http://cgi.ebay.com/Buck-Knife-Ltd-...990?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483bdacf5e

http://cgi.ebay.com/CUSTOM-BUCK-118...496?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item27b58dc850


which one is real that made from D2?

THANKS
 
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Buck made 118's in D2. It may be the only fixed blade to be made in that steel.
Knottosharp is an executive with Buck Inc. Whatever he says is the truth so bid with confidence.

The others look legit as well.
 
118BO-B (stag and D2) is correct. Build out using overstocked D2 blades

118BFSLE (buffalo and chip flint) is D2

118BFSLE1, I show no record of us making.

The seller with the blade listed as 420 is incorrect.
 
Here's a buildout bought direct from Buck.

D2118a.jpg


D2118b.jpg


D2118c.jpg
 
thanks Dave

too many editions of 118 reproduction. so , i quit from D2, just for 420HC.
 
Would anyone be willing to take the time, and explain the difference between 420HC Satin, and S30V satin?

What is Chipflint? What's the difference between 420HC chipflint, and S30v black Cerakote.

My guess is that it's just the black coat left on metal after it's cooled down from being in the forge, but I was hoping to get a more detailed explanation.

Does it make a difference using the knife if the blade has the groove or doesn't have it? What is the purpose of the grooves besides adding to it's appearance?
 
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If you would start your own thread, not revive one from seven years ago you might get more info from more people.

Here's a link to blade steels that will help. https://gearjunkie.com/common-knife-blade-steels

Satin is a finish for the blade steel as is stone washed or bead blast. Chipflint is steel made to look like it has been/is chipped flint. Like Native Americans and other cultures did before the steel age. Cerakote is a paint like finish that is heat treated, comes in various colors and IMO not very durable for a knife blade.

If you google blood groove or fuller on knives you'll get info that it was to lighten the blade, not to allow blood to flow easier.

Hope this helped, Preston
 
pjsjr said:
If you google blood groove or fuller on knives you'll get info that it was to lighten the blade, not to allow blood to flow easier.
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I'll go along with Preston, with this addition. The fuller groove is to decrease the weight of the blade without an appreciable loss of strength. That's valid for large swords, but the Buck knives with a fuller really aren't large enough for any real weight savings and on the Buck knives the groove is a decorative feature.

Bert
 
I do not know where that blood groove nonsense started, but it sure is used a lot by anti-knife people. They seem to think it is there to prevent suction when you stab a person with it. Weird. It is a fuller and it makes the knife lighter and in some aspects, perhaps a bit stronger (arguments are for and against, but I am for). Marbles was famous for using a wide fuller on the Ideal and Kabar copied that idea when it made its famous Kabar fighting knife. But, it was not there for blood. It was there to lighten a heavy knife just a little.
 
I value informed opinion so I'll defer on expressing mine on this vitally important fuller/blood groove dispute until I've stabbed a few hundred warm-blooded creatures for a scientific sample and analyzed the results in a careful comparison of the performance of fullered and non-fullered blades.
Potentially offensive pictures, charts and graphs will be posted.
The faint of heart should avert their eyes.
 
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