QUESTION ON Buck Knives (S30V) 0088RWSHH Family Traditional Adrenaline - Pro Rosewood

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Could someone tell me if this knife is full tang. I don't hunt that much anymore but even tho' it's billed as a skinner, it looks like it would make a good camp/hiking knife. How hard is S30 steel to sharpen? Maybe Joe could answer.
 
I find S30V to be no harder to sharpen than 440C. If you have an aluminum oxide stone or a diamond stone, you will be fine. A natural stone like a Washita will be insufficient.

I don't hold with the concept that you have to have a full tang knife as a camping knife. People been using stick tank knives for hundreds of years and they worked just fine. I used to use a stick tang Puukko knife for camping and never had any issues.
 
Think this would make a good camp knife Knarfneg. As I said it or a Falkiven would be used litlle if any for hunting but for hiking and camping.
 
I'm not a good one to ask about that. I usually avoid recurved blades. I don't have enough experience with them to have a valid opinion.
 
winchester73 said:
Could someone tell me if this knife is full tang. I don't hunt that much anymore but even tho' it's billed as a skinner, it looks like it would make a good camp/hiking knife. How hard is S30 steel to sharpen? Maybe Joe could answer.
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Why don't you get a 124 Frontiersman, full tang with micarta handle slabs, the 124 would be a great camp knife.
 
knarfeng said:
I find S30V to be no harder to sharpen than 440C.
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S30v is a difficult steel to sharpen. 440C was notorious for being difficult to sharpen and an extremely hard steel, so much so that when Buck began fine blanking they had to change steels because it tore up the tooling. As far as the tang issue, most of Buck made knives are partial tang and work just as well as full tang, the exception being looks and weight in my opinion.
 
winchester73 said:
Think this would make a good camp knife Knarfneg. As I said it or a Falkiven would be used litlle if any for hunting but for hiking and camping.
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They are really nice knives, I have three versions, but I think there are better choices in the Buck lineup for an all around camp knife. I'll go along with RickJ and recommend the 124, at least for camping. It might be a tad bit on the heavy side for hiking if weight is an issue.

The 0088 weighs just 5.6 oz compaired to the 124's 13.3 oz.
 
J Hubbard said:
One of his original questions was if the 088 was full tang... I shoulda typed more :)
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Thanks, I thought perhaps you were going to post a picture showing a full tang and forgot.

That's the first full tang I believe that I've seen that the tang isn't exposed at the handle edges. Now that I think about it, the wood handled Ergo Hunter (same basic knife) has a full tang exposed all the way around the handle.
 
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S30V - Once I get MY edge on one, and I have several, then they are much easier to maintain. I use a Lansky clamp type system with diamond hones.
 
mbjannusch said:
S30v is a difficult steel to sharpen. 440C was notorious for being difficult to sharpen and an extremely hard steel, so much so that when Buck began fine blanking they had to change steels because it tore up the tooling. As far as the tang issue, most of Buck made knives are partial tang and work just as well as full tang, the exception being looks and weight in my opinion.
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440C is not hard compared to most recent steels. I find that my spyderco Cat in 440C sharpens very easily I had no more trouble rebeveling the grind on the sharpmaker with the regular stones . Buck surely downgraded to 420HC to keep cost down over the years. I also find that S30V sharpens VERY well and takes a must better edge then 420HC. 420HC is just to soft of a steel to get that scalpel edge on and maintain it decently.
 
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