What would it take?

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Tp get Buck to make a run of the 300 series in plain old 1095 carbon steel?

I'm not interested in the super steels that will go through 5 car doors without re-sharpening, or any other ridiculous thing like that. I just want a plain carbon blade in a nice cadet or companion, or both. 1095 blanks and works easy, so it should be economical to produce. And in the traditional style 300's it may have a real market.

Who do I have to blackmail?
 
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jackknife said:
What would it take? To get Buck to make a run of the 300 series in plain old 1095 carbon steel?
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What would it take? To get Buck to make a run of the 300 series in plain old 1095 carbon steel, a type of steel they've never ever used in the history of the company? :p

I wish you luck in your quest, buddy. And I'd buy at carbon steel 303 myself. But I'm won't be holding my breath.
 
If you are serious about it, call the Buck factory. They do limited runs for organizations and stores. You just need to be willing to buy all of them, or form a sort of buyers club that goes in together on them. Buck is a business like any other, so I'm sure they could make a deal. But you may end up with a lot of them on your hands. :D
 
Might not be a bad investment.

If there were never another run.......would these unusual Bucks become a sought-after collectible?
 
I've been barking up this tree for several years as well. My dream knife would be a 110 in 1095. But a 301 would be great as well.
 
Email Joe Houser at Buck. He takes a spell to reply. Ask him about the possibility and ask what the minimum number it would take to make a special order. Between Buck forum and Traditional forum might could scratch it up.....300Bucks
 
I'd order 1 or 2.....but that pesky "Lifetime Warranty" seems to get in the way of any non-stainless projects
 
Buck doesn't do carbon steel. And processing stainless steel on the same grinding equipment after it has been used for carbon steel requires extra care. You can contaminate the stainless so that it rusts. bad juju.

But I would kill for a 301 in Sandvik 13C26 hardened to 59-60.
 
jackknife said:
Tp get Buck to make a run of the 300 series in plain old 1095 carbon steel?

I'm not interested in the super steels that will go through 5 car doors without re-sharpening, or any other ridiculous thing like that. I just want a plain carbon blade in a nice cadet or companion, or both. 1095 blanks and works easy, so it should be economical to produce. And in the traditional style 300's it may have a real market.

Who do I have to blackmail?
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What would it take???????.......

Well what comes to mind is a cold day in hell or perhaps when pigs can fly:D
As stated I don't think carbon steel will ever happen on a Buck knife.
jb4570
 
I don't unerstand why not either,the lifetime warranty shouldn't have much to do with it,they replace a stainless blade with a broken tip,why not a carbon steel blade,they both rust yesut rust isn't covered under warranty,thats considered normal use and care to clean/lightly oil your blade,even stainless.I would love to get every model buck i own right now in carbon steel.They wouldn't even need to make up new models,just offer the carbon blade on existing models,i'd buy them all over again just like they were a new model knife.LOL
 
I understand why Buck wouldn't launch such a project in-house in Idaho. But it wouldn't be the first time Buck would have subcontracted work with other knife makers. Still, major costs to consider. It's unlikely, the more I consider all this.
 
I used to feel the same way as you, Jackknife, but I have come to accept that this is just not something Buck does.

I'm fine with it, actually.
 
Truthfully, I'd be happy if Buck started flat grinding the blades on their traditional models. I like my 301, but I would love it if it had a nice flat ground blade, rather than the thick saber ground one.
 
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Truthfully, I'd be happy if Buck started flat grinding the blades on their traditional models. I like my 301, but I would love it if it had a nice flat ground blade, rather than the thick saber ground one.
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Yeah baby!
On a traditional I would much prefer flat ground blades.

A 301 with flat ground 13C26 Blades. I'm drooling on the keyboard just thinking about it.
 
The cold steel stockman in carbon V steel is really close. I don't know how hard these are to find now, however. Joe
 
Buck 110, aren't the so-called Damascus (pattern weld) blades carbon steel as opposed to stainless?
 
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