Why is my buck made in TAIWAN!

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My father just recently got me a present this past week. It was a Buck Diamondback with 3 1/2 inch blade and overall about 8 inches made with the standard 420HC. But its stamped on the blade TAIWAN. I thought buck knives were all american? Is there 110 lockback made in taiwan too?
 
Buck is having some of there lower priced knives made overseas. Most of their knives including the 110 are made here in the USA.

Tom
 
It costs less to make it there but I wouldn't be surprised if they move production to someplace even cheaper. The solution? Support your local custom maker :)
 
The Diamondbacks have been around for a couple of years now. They are the direct replacement for the Mentor and mini Mentor. They are pretty well made and seem to sell ok. Got them both, one is now my daughters, and the other is good enough to put in my MIL's car.
 
Taiwan and China are two different entities. Not going to say any more, its just not worth it for an issue thats been well covered. Go to Kmart and find stuff not made in China or Bangladesh.
 
Where was the computer your using made?

Why is it, that several times on this forum I see people slamming foriegn made knives and rants about how we should support american knife makers, when I would like a single one of those to show me their american made PC.

You want free-market, well that's what it is.
 
Sword and Shield said:
*raises hand* Built mine myself, using IBM parts, made in the US. :)
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Every circuitboard and microchip was made in the USA?

Sorry, IBM outsources many of their components from mainland china.

http://www.computerproducts.globalsources.com/

Do a search under IBM.


Crap, the Lenovo Group Ltd., China's largest computer manufacturer, is currently working on buying IBM's personal PC division.
 
I know that Buck takes a lot of heat on this subject. But the competition really made the decision for them, with Kershaw, CRKT, Spyderco, Benchmade and others moving production off-shore to cut costs. Buck is just trying to stay in the game and avoid the fate of Schrade.

Given this fact, I think Buck should follow the lead of Benchmade, who went to special lengths to distinguish the far-east products from the U.S.A. knives. I think most consumers don't begrudge Buck's decision to import, but rather resent the fact that the knife they just spend hard-earned dollars on is -- surprise! -- made in China.

Buck already has categories for their knives: Everyday, Hunting & Fishing, Outdoor, Tactical, and Limited Edition. How hard would it be to add "Practical" to the list, make everyone aware that these are the imported models, and be done with it already?

Just an opinion, -Alex
 
stevekt said:
Taiwan is much better than where Schrade knives are currently manufactured, nowhere.
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Couldn't agree more. While they are have shifted some production overseas, people seem to forget that they are making a substantial investment in a new factory here in the USA.

Tom
 
Right on!

I've said the same thing several times in this forum also. I think Buck knives has the foresight and innovation to stay in the market (unlike Schrade) and part of this foresight is the cheapen production by going overseas. Personally, I feel that the Taiwan knives are equal in quality to the USA made knives.

The only problem I have with Buck and their Taiwan/China knives is that they are not clearly marked. I would almost think that they are purposely HIDING the 'made in Taiwan' tang stamp and printing it small on the backside of their blister packs. It happened to me When I bought my Diamondback and Approach.

Mike
 
Yep, as I've said before, it's the Suprise that sucks. I would like to see a different Buck-owned brand for the imports. BuckInternational, BuckRedLabel, BuckWorld, something like that...

-Bob
 
BOBW...BuckWorld...now thats funny!!!! I appreciate your point..I received a Buck Whitetail Collectors Edition for Christmas...the person who bought it only saw Buck and the attractive price...they never thought Buck's were made in China....so in a sense Buck is selling out their good name for a few pennies on the dollar...but some lower-end stuff is fine for me as long as it keeps the lights on and Buck keeps offering me Alphas and Rushes...they can keep their cheap Chinese junk...excuse me, their BuckWorld knives...[thats too funny].
 
Hardman said:
Right on!

I've said the same thing several times in this forum also. I think Buck knives has the foresight and innovation to stay in the market (unlike Schrade) and part of this foresight is the cheapen production by going overseas. Personally, I feel that the Taiwan knives are equal in quality to the USA made knives.

The only problem I have with Buck and their Taiwan/China knives is that they are not clearly marked. I would almost think that they are purposely HIDING the 'made in Taiwan' tang stamp and printing it small on the backside of their blister packs. It happened to me When I bought my Diamondback and Approach.

Mike
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Well said. (I'm not sure I agree on the quality tho'). I have Repeatedly posted similar comments regarding Buck's lack of "openness" in regard to the origin of the Imports. Even the new 2005 Buck Catalog fails to disclose the country of manufacture. This is really the ONLY objection I have to imports. I feel that Buck's customers and collectors have a right to know and the freedom to choose.

I hope they decide to re-think this issue when preparing the next catalog.
 
bbb4u said:
I hope they decide to re-think this issue when preparing the next catalog.
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Why wait until 2006? Buck Knives should show COUNTRY OF ORIGIN on each product's page on their web site, similar to what A.G. Russell does on his site. This should be done immediately.
 
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