New Buck....Made in USA?

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Is it possible to find a newly manufactured Buck 110 made in USA, or has all production gone overseas.
 
beachchair said:
Is it possible to find a newly manufactured Buck 110 made in USA, or has all production gone overseas.
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The Buck 110 is not the only Buck knife still made in the U.S.A., here are a few more U.S.A. Buck folders....

The Buck 55, 112 Ranger, 171 Mayo Waimea, 172 Mayo TNT, 204 Koji folder, all of the Alpha folders (276, 277, 278, 279), 281 NXT, 290 Rush, 295 Tempest, 297 Sirus, 301, 303, 305, 309, 415 Kalinga folder, 425 MiniBuck, 433 Juno, 436 Short Revolution, 442 Bucklite, 450 Protege, 501 Squire, 503 Prince, 505 Knight, 525 Gent, 526 Executive, 880 Strider, 881 Mini-Strider, 882 Police knife, 887 Police Advocate, 883 Code 3 Crosslock, 889 SBMF, and quite a few custom folders as well.



And most of Buck's fixed-blades are also U.S.A. made....

005 Gen 5 Skinner, 102 Woodsman, 103 Skinner, 105 Pathfinder, 119 Special, 124 Chipflint Frontiersman, 151 Mayo Kaala, 860 Hartsook, 191 Zipper, 192 Vanguard, 193 Alpha Hunter, 196 Mini Alpha, 205 Koji Dagger, 208 Koji Fixed-blade, 401 Jaguar Kalinga, 406 Kalinga, 408 Kalinga, 437 Revolution XT, 477 Caping knife, 650 Nighthawk, 655 Short Nighthawk, 888 Strider Solution, 890 Strider ML, 916 Custom Bowie.
 
Messersmith said:
Go into any nearly wally world in the country and you can get one for a measly $26.88.
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That's where I'm confused. I thought, for some reason, the 110's from wm were made elsewhere.
Recently added a nice Browning to my collection that turned out to be from Taiwan.
Thanks for all the good info.
 
It's far more personal preference than a quality issue when these come through names like Browning and Buck.

It's all a matter of what standards are set up by the company that contracts for knives.

We put our faith in THEM as far as getting a good product goes. The Buck knives, wherever they are made, are top of the line.....the best you can buy.

I think we all know by now that Buck is not going to screw you on quality.

If they ever do, we've lost far more than the price of a knife.....we've lost a way of life.
 
Buck is a knife making company. They own and operate a knife making factory in Idaho. I'm not sure if Browning ever owned a factory making anything?
 
Browning certainly does have a name and reputation to protect. I have had Browning knives made in Seki, Japan that were as good as any production knives I've ever seen.

The way the companies change hands these days, though.....who knows what they may be doing right this minute. Good reputation and the finest quality in many products in the past, I know that.
 
allenC said:
The Buck 110 is not the only Buck knife still made in the U.S.A., here are a few more U.S.A. Buck folders...And...fixed-blades...<snip!>
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Dude, you got way too much time on your hands... :D;)

(But thanks for the list!) :):thumbup:
 
Allenc
Thank you! You have given me a great idea. The next time someone ask what I want for (you name the occasion, holiday, birthday, graduation, divorce etc) I will point to your list and say you pick one.
 
Hey, I slept in a Browning sleeping bag this weekend when camping with my son on his Webelos weekend campout... It did a fine job.:D:D
 
speaking of Browning, Buck just did a collaboration with them on five different fixed blades. You will only find them on the Browning web site, with no mention of Buck making them:( . Just go to the master smith collection tab and you will see 571,572,574, and 576 are all made at the Buck plant in Idaho. Also in the living history knives tab the 006 Vietnam knife was made in the Buck plant as well, just thought you guys would like to know
 
Looks like Buck did a nice job on these. The 576 looks similar to some of the Bark River models. I especially like the 006 Vietnam knife, just wish there was one in my price range :(
 
Again, very interesting.

Only 500 of each being made and it says all the fixed blades are made in the U.S.

So......who makes the ones that are not being made by Buck? What other American manufacturers would be good possibilities?

Where did you get your information, Heng'em?
 
I don't know why we aren't doing the other models, but i am pretty sure that they were in place before we started the current collaboration. The 006 is a beast of a knife its a full .250 (1/4") thick. It is also well overpriced as you can see.
 
Browning stuff is usually well overpriced.....although it's hard to tell with collectible knives, isn't it?

Since you say "we" I assume you have inside information.

So, (this is a serious question) could an owner of one of these get verification from Buck that Buck manufactured it?
 
I work for Buck, I don't know who makes the other. I do know that Camillus tried to do the same collaboration before they went under.
 
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