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Willieboy

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Hello Buck guys. I'm reading a book set to post WWII Germany where the allies are in the process of round up German war criminals. Several times the author has mentioned am SS dagger made by Buck. Can this possible be true? Did Buck make knives for the German Military?

By the way, this author knows nothing about firearms as he has described a Colt Commander being issued to US Officers. They got the 9+1, double action version of the Commander.

Thanks for your input.
 
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Germany was known as a knife making country with most being made in Solingen. I doubt if with the quality of the German knives that there was any room for Buck to make any for the German Army.
 
Willieboy said:
Hello Buck guys. I'm reading a book set to post WWII Germany where the allies are in the process of round up German war criminals. Several times the author has mentioned am SS dagger made by Buck.
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Stephen Hunter is an author whose books sometimes contain mistakes about pistols, rifles, knives, etc...They're authors...Ya gotta expect mistakes... :D

(In fact, Hunter wrote an excellent fictional novel about post-WW II Germany..."The Master Sniper"...)

My buddies and I used to sit around the Air Base bar watching JAG and count all the mistakes... :p
 
to get to the facts
Hoyt Buck made knives for the army air GI at the Homestead base in Idaho.
they may or may not have been marked Buck
it is my firm belief that if a SS officer had a buck knife he got it off a Army Fly Boy.
that said there were a lot of knives made by GI's and daggers were common
and many used air craft windshield Lucite as handles like Hoyt did
author knows nothing about buck knives either..
tell him i said so!
 
When I had the chance to talk to Chuck Buck a few weeks ago he told me about Hoyts part in supplying American troops. I believe he made 12,000 at a rate of 5 a day made from files at a cost of $5 each.
 
imafritz said:
When I had the chance to talk to Chuck Buck a few weeks ago he told me about Hoyts part in supplying American troops. I believe he made 12,000 at a rate of 5 a day made from files at a cost of $5 each.
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Dang...that's working everyday making 5 knives for 6.5 years. Hoyt Buck was a true patriot and knew when it was time to make some money. :)
 
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