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Hello to everyone,
In the past i owned a couple of Buck Knives. An 110 folder and an 119 fixed blade. Back then i found this a set of high quality made EDC knives. Anyway, daydreaming about the chop,cut and other "jobs" which the 119 did without any complains about a premature blade dulness, i looked up to (maybe) buy a new 119. I remember that the blade of the 119 was made of ,at least, 440C steel. Take a look at the official Buck website learned me that the same 119 nowadays is made of an 420HC quality. Earlier I read that the standard steel used by Buck was 425 modified. By nature i don't take any advantage of the,sometimes,too positive comments. Also those from the 119 on the official website.
Is Buck also doing a silent downgrade of materials to overcome the so called "crisis"?
In the past i owned a couple of Buck Knives. An 110 folder and an 119 fixed blade. Back then i found this a set of high quality made EDC knives. Anyway, daydreaming about the chop,cut and other "jobs" which the 119 did without any complains about a premature blade dulness, i looked up to (maybe) buy a new 119. I remember that the blade of the 119 was made of ,at least, 440C steel. Take a look at the official Buck website learned me that the same 119 nowadays is made of an 420HC quality. Earlier I read that the standard steel used by Buck was 425 modified. By nature i don't take any advantage of the,sometimes,too positive comments. Also those from the 119 on the official website.
Is Buck also doing a silent downgrade of materials to overcome the so called "crisis"?