These are my favorite fixed blade knives. Buck Diamondback 476 & 471 They meet my criteria for what I like in a knife.
The blade shape provides the longest possible edge and is almost a straight. This provides the maximum usable edge. Also, all the steel that can be sharpened is sharpened.
The blade size is great – the smaller is 3.25”; larger is 4.25” The width of the larger one is 1.25”. I would have liked it if it was 1” or so and if the handle was a bit smaller. This would have lightened up the knife a bit.
Except for the handle, the smaller one is what most people look for in a small knife. With different scales it would be a popular knife.
The larger one is a good bushcrafter knife.
The steel type isn’t noted on the blade but I think it is 420HC
The handle is very 'grippy' and is a full length tang.
Buck knives are well make and usable knives. Where they fall down is in their sheaths. They probably could get more for their knives if their sheaths were better. The plastic sheaths for theses hold the knives very well and keeps the package small. They also provide places to secure the sheath with a D ring at the top, hole at the bottom and velcro below the D ring at back for another attachment point.
You can sometimes find these knives for sale on Ebay.
The top two were sharpened by a knife maker in Washington State with the Ebay handle Powderkeg77on a EdgePro 4 to 20 degrees. They are very sharp. I sharpened the lower one on a Sharpmaker and is almost as sharp. I think the difference is that EdgePro removed more steel behind the edge. The EdgePro is a bit too expensive for my needs but I would like a similar system at a lower price.
The blade shape provides the longest possible edge and is almost a straight. This provides the maximum usable edge. Also, all the steel that can be sharpened is sharpened.
The blade size is great – the smaller is 3.25”; larger is 4.25” The width of the larger one is 1.25”. I would have liked it if it was 1” or so and if the handle was a bit smaller. This would have lightened up the knife a bit.
Except for the handle, the smaller one is what most people look for in a small knife. With different scales it would be a popular knife.
The larger one is a good bushcrafter knife.
The steel type isn’t noted on the blade but I think it is 420HC
The handle is very 'grippy' and is a full length tang.
Buck knives are well make and usable knives. Where they fall down is in their sheaths. They probably could get more for their knives if their sheaths were better. The plastic sheaths for theses hold the knives very well and keeps the package small. They also provide places to secure the sheath with a D ring at the top, hole at the bottom and velcro below the D ring at back for another attachment point.
You can sometimes find these knives for sale on Ebay.
The top two were sharpened by a knife maker in Washington State with the Ebay handle Powderkeg77on a EdgePro 4 to 20 degrees. They are very sharp. I sharpened the lower one on a Sharpmaker and is almost as sharp. I think the difference is that EdgePro removed more steel behind the edge. The EdgePro is a bit too expensive for my needs but I would like a similar system at a lower price.