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all you guys are die hard buck fans! WHY, my story is like this. when i was a kid in the early 70's i was in a western auto store with my dad and seen a bunch of knives on display and spotted a big fixed blade and wanted it so bad but every time we went there my dad would always tell me the knife cost to much it's a buck brand knife and they are high dollar. so every time as i was growing up someone said i have a buck knife ,i would think they was so lucky. as i grew up buying knives i got into custom made knives with out ragous prices from some of the best knifemakers in the world but still felt like i didn't get what i was looking for and went back to my roots and starting buying only buck knives and now the void is filled. when i go to gun shows and see one of those old buck fixed blades i still get cold chills. thanks buck!
 
It all started with me and a Custom Shop 110.

The company just has such great consistent quality and a rich history, that I just ended up a fan!
 
For me it's an American classic.

Lot of other options out there now, but there is just something classic about the Buck line.
 
Buck has the best customer service of any knife company out there. Enough said from me.

jb4570
 
My Buck interests started with an old 110, were revived with a 301, and cemented by another 110 and a Folding Alpha Hunter I bought on closeout at Wally World. The heritage, value, and quality did it for me.

Of course, one poor quality example - like my recent 850 Bravo woes - could have ended any further association with Buck, had I been a newcomer. Thank goodness that knife is the odd exception - my experience with it could have really turned-off a new customer. Other new offerings, the S30V Kalinga Pros and the Gen5s as my favorite recent examples, have been home runs. Of course, what the Custom Shop does with a basic 110 is super, too.

Stainz
 
Back in the early 70's I was invited to hunt with a bunch of guys. Knew I would need a good knife and bit the bullet and spent the $18. I didn't know then. Just lucked out in buying the 110.
 
In 1974 or 75 my father gave me this 121. For Christmas in 1979 he gave me the 103. That was my deer camp combo through the 80s. Here they are (There is no possibility I'll ever willing part with these two). The picture make their condition look better than it really is but I have alway tried to take care of them. They are both 3 liners w/4 spacers.

I've been stuck on Buck every since (Dave is that a slogan;))

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the why for me goes back to '68 as a electricians helper at $1.10 cents an hr ,,,,
the "j-man" i was with was told to assist me in buying which tools i needed
with price paid to be with held from my pay over that summer.

At the hared ware store he told me i needed a dayum good knife and
and i checked out with a buck folding hunter that was between 9 and 11$ ..
(I only had a tiny pin knife i found tell then and had no idea that
i could have used a folding knife with a wire striping blade for 3$)

back at the shop..
i was bowed over by how others admired my new knife and wanted to try it.
this made me feel accepted by the working men i was with:cool:
was quite a mater of pride i had some thing that real men admired..:D
looking back i recall someone telling him i better not loose it ..?
that knife did get lost 3 weeks later, dropped from the top of a pole.:eek:
tho i now knew i could work with a cheaper knife
my pride of owner ship was so great that i spent the money to replace it ..
the guy that had me buy my first one showed up at the end of summer with one but with out a sheath..:mad:
(is this strange?)..:rolleyes:
he was not there when i went back to work the next spring. :)

i have never been without a 'one ten' since that summer of 68 ,
and over the years my 110's and other
Buck Knives have always been admired and respected by those i felt were real men. ;)
 
I grew up in a small logging town with Buck and Schrade knives and the Bucks were held in high regard. We all wanted and treasured our Buck Knives. By the time the malls and import knives came to town we had longed worked with the Bucks and this made the cheap junk look and feel like the junk it is. All that and a great knife made in the USA with great service keeps me with Buck Knives. What more do you want. Well it would be nice to have hardware stores with knife cases back, drool drool.
 
For me, a Buck knife is like having an old friend along. The build quality, the material quality and the just plain old good looks, all combine to make a Buck knife a unique and very special tool.

In my desk, I have three drawers, one is for Spyderco, one is for Kershaw and one is for Buck. Guess which drawer gets the most action. Yup, the Buck drawer. When I open the Buck drawer, the smell of leather wafts up and speaks of a traditional quality. When I handle any of my Buck knives, all have one thing in common - they are the most comfortable knives that I own. But owning a Buck is only part of the enjoyment. Hunting down older Buck knives is an added pleasure.

Finally, for me, carrying a Buck knife provides an important link to my past and is the source of many pleasant memories. Without my Buck, I feel only partially dressed, if that makes any sense.
 
My intrest started when Buck moved into my back yard (2005). I had heard about and seen Buck knives for most of my life just never owned one. After they moved to Idaho my world turned around (for the better) now I am addicted to Bucks. The first Buck I bought was a 110 with a Idaho date code. Now my 110 collection excedes 25 (110)knives. Plus several other Buck models I enjoy looking at. Some times the learning curve can be overwhelming but it is worth it. The one point that stands out in my mind is seeing Idaho on the Blade of a knife. ( as I am an Idaho native)
 
As a young sailor in San Diego in circa 1960, I was told that the best knives were Buck and that they were made right here in San Diego,,, the boat I was on was deploying to West Pac, so I needed the best and quickly. A couple of us went to the factory store and I got 2 of them, a folder and a fixed blade. I've stuck with them ever since.
 
You know, I would be happy with just my 110s. That is the 'best buy' in a knife today. If you have a cutting chore it won't do, you better get a hacksaw or an oxy-acetylene torch. I've never been embarrassed to offer someone my Buck 110 (or even my 301) when they needed a knife. I have been insulted for offering my old SAKs - usually with a comment about 'McGyver' - a TV show I had never seen until a few years back - but always something about the near useless & dull blade. I never heard that about a 110 - or that 301.

That Stockman did get an odd remark once, "That's a big old Case knife!". Nice. I've never owned a Case.

Stainz
 
I had a Buck early [a Prince?] in the 70's but it really was thru Dave I got hooked...It was collecting that made me a true Buck fan.I wasted a ton of bucks on BB cards,tho I shared this mostly to fellowship with my son.The clincher was a trip to Alanta in 07 where I met Chuck,Joe and many nice folks in the BCCI....I know it will be a life-long passion.I have apox 30 112's and just look foward to being a part of the Buck community as long as I live!What cool/nice Folks!!
 
When I came to US, I did not bring any knives from Russia, and at some point I found that I need one, just do do this and that around a house. I went into OSH and from what I see there pick Buck 110 - I have no idea about knives and just follow my feelings, which did not fail me. Interesting, but from quite a number of same looking knives from other brands with lower price tag I choose the best.

I would say "The Folder". It has some attraction, some almost magical gravity - beauty which shoot at you: "-I am perfect!", and you has no choice but agree. But when you hold it you can fell like your own hand became for a moment separate from you - independent and state strongly that you should buy this one for it, otherwise I it will be very disappointed... I guess feeling is similar to what thousand year ago early Cro-Magnon take his first stone knife - "I am armed!". Because with Buck 110 you can feel that now you can do much more then without it...

Just out of curiosity I read paper from the box, check their website and this way became introduced to Knife World, first Buck website, then bladeforums etc etc etc - and became involved so much in it... But it's ll started with Buck 110.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
I got my first Buck a 110 in 1969 when I was in the Navy. Buck makes a heck of a knife for the money JMO.
 
I had carried a Prince for years but the thing that hooked me on Buck was my purchase of a 119 Special from Walmarcket. I bought the knife and got it home but while the knife was very cool the sheath was right handed and not really working for me, a south paw. I wasn’t happy so I wrote a letter to Chuck asking if I could buy a lefty sheath for my 119. He wrote me back saying he had asked the plant to make me a lefty sheath. It came a week later, no charge. I have been hooked ever since.
 
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