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Will a Chinese Buck ever become coveted?

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I remember in the 70's, Japanese cars were laughed at and then years later they came to be more desirable than US cars.

Do you think that there will ever be a mindset change regarding Buck Knives? I look at Chinese made Bucks now and they look every bit as well made as US Bucks. Yet at this point, everyone (including myself) has a bias against China - whether it be for political or product quality concerns.

I know this sounds like a crazy question, but asking the same question of car buyers in the 70's would have sounded every bit as amusing. And if the same scenario unfolds, then the Chinese Bucks may be tremendous value, especially after China adjusts its currency upward to more realistic exchange rates.
 
Coveted ,,,No,,,,,,,,,

Maybe collectable if some strangeness. I have a china, stamped 301 on the main blade. Insteasd of what ever the 37x designation for the china is. So maybe that one is some sort of fluke, or not....

Then I failed to buy one of the tins at wally that had the small knife showing a 2006 year code with the 2007 etch on the blade. That one should have had the 2007 year code. Wasn't thinking good and it was gone when I went back after it.

So,,,,maybe collectable, somewhat. Would take something really special for me to covet one.
 
Collectors can be a weird bunch, just look at some of the folks here! :D

There is actually a growing market for 80's Japanese Parker stuff, so never say never.
 
The Last Confederate said:
Collectors can be a weird bunch, just look at some of the folks here! :D

There is actually a growing market for 80's Japanese Parker stuff, so never say never.
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My thoughts also,,a new or beginner collector could have a nice complete & unique collection or display, at a fraction of the cost to collect U.S. made Bucks.
 
Until china can work on their quality issues, its going to be a long hard road for many to start thinking of chinese made products as collectable. Especially as compared to US made bucks.
 
why not?

if the companies are actually willing to spend the same amount of money as they use when they make it in China as they do in the US. We can make similar quality products.
 
True, and i would always prefer a USA made product over anything, but for the industry im in, we actually had to do an inventory in the middle of the year, and go through a lot of different procedures to maintain our count and scrap as least as possible that we could get by with, all due to the fact that China was buying all the steel from everywhere, and when we start to run short something is really wrong, being that we give up to 200 lbs free to anyone that wants it every Thursday, just because it makes things easier around there, so could china be on the way????
 
I think it could happen, not for my age group but the younger people don't seem to be bothered by where something is made if it's good quality, and probably rightly so. But I prefer the U.S.A. on things I have a choice on which isn't much anymore, but I'm worried the day will come when we don't produce anything the world needs and our jobs will disappear right before our eyes.
 
I suppose it is possible, but I would be sorry the day it does. I'm of the opinion that some things should remain sacred. Not to mention the fact that foreign products hurt our economy, and take jobs away from American workers.
 
No.

I don't think anyone here really thinks that Bucks produced in china are a good thing.....just a necessary evil.
 
As the price of a new user goes up because of inflation, currency flucations ect. it will drag the price of older knives past there current selling price....The collector base is small compared to the "user" so it will take awhile...Wallmart sells so many of even US Bucks Packrat is right,only a oddty will be worth saving.
 
Valuable - I don't know. Unique - maybe. The early model mentioned by Pack Rat will be 'unique' someday. The Limited addition skinner, jigged bone is of high enough quality to be unique also. I must admit that I have some of the former models to put away......but push comes to shove I bleed red,white and blue on the rest....:cool:
 
I fearlessly predict that the current superb quality will go down and that the superbly crafted early 21st Century Chinese Bucks will become highly collectible.

But I have predicted a few things that did not come true.

:D
 
Coveted ? How about enjoyed ?

Cant think of a better term ATM , too much Christmas cheer :D:D

I bought a Buck Mayo Cutback earlier this year on a whim, hey it was under $20.
Hated it at first , was destined to become a sock drawer queen then one night I got bored and started looking thru my knives and saw it , thought hey , with some work this might not be too bad of a knife.

So I reprofiled the edge and point , tiger striped the handles ( Ti coating/rubber bands and OxyClean :D ) and filed the lock bar just a 1/10 of a hair so it engages fully , since then I discovered it is a great knife to use in my Work EDC.
I was suprised at how the blade not only took a nice edge but held it reasonably long , they did a good job on the HT.
There are some chores I often do at work that I would not use one of my pricier knives on , that is where knives like this come into play.


Merry Christmas and Feliz Navadad !! :D:cool::p:eek::D:):o
 
If various shades of China bucks on just about every end of the aisle at Bass Pros Shops, I don't think so. They must have sold thousands if not tens of thousands nationwide.
 
okbohn said:
I wonder if any hugely mass produced knife will be coveted...
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What are we considering hugely mass produced? :D

Like a Buck 124 Frontiersman? :D

Or a Buck 118 :D

Or or.... ;)

Chi-bucks, I am sceptical...
 
Truth is, at the end of the day nobody can really predict what will be collectible in the future, because there are just to many variables to take into account.
 
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