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Two unrelated knife questions.........

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Hey! Only been coming to the forum for a month or so now - never really realized just how much one knife can differ from another (and I am not talking about the cheapos either). You guys have got me checking out my knives to see which ones I have been "suckered" into buying. Two questions as I scan my modest knife collection (I mostly use them for EDC, camping, and fishing): What about the quality of Browning folders (I seem to have several)? They say "420 C" steel. And, how exactly are Buck blades attached to the handles (fixed)? With their light handles, I do not see how they could be full-tang constructed. Thanks! Now, if I could just unload those two or three S&W folders I bought before coming here...................

Jamie
 
Which Bucks are you refering to? the 119's and Woodsman style fixed blades with Phenolic handles? I'm actually not 100% sure on this, i think the tang is pinned into the pommel...something like a stick tang. I know the Alpha hunters are full tang.

I have several Bucks (119, 110, 55 etc) and despite being 420HC, they hold and take an edge very well due to the heat treatmeant of the steel. I can't speak for Brownings steel, but for 420, Bucks steel does quite well.
 
The Browning knives I've seen and handled have been made in Japan and seem to me to be of excellent quality. I think they are value priced outdoorsman knives meant to be used. Most seem to have real wood or real stag instead of imitation and it seems that I saw one with G10 on it not long ago so that seems to say they are progressive. The steel is not the best in the world but it has good corrosion resistance so it makes sense to use that in a primary outdoor use knife.


As for Bucks knives> I've fixed a few of their fixed blades over the years where the top pommel came off or snapped off. There is a full length metal from the blade running up through the black handle and pinned in place on the aluminum guard and the pommel. It isn't very wide but it is as thick as the thickest part of the blade and perhaps a bit thicker. From what I could tell it is shaped like an "I beam". I drilled a hole in one recently to reattatch the pommel. I had to shorten the overall length of the grip but it worked out. The steel is hard. It took a carbide to get through it.

STR
 
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