Superior in what way? Not build quality or fit and finish or materials. Superior nostalgia?
As a company nobody is better than Buck.
I think Buck is superior in materials.
Ebony, and brass, and a blade anyone can keep razor sharp are better than some Kershaw with no class.
Nice leather sheaths, options in various woods, elk stag, jigged bones.
Superior in what you get for the money.
Frankly I find Kershaw knives to pale in comparison to Buck.
Many American made Buck offerings cost less than every American made Kershaw offerings and often equivalent in cost to Kershaw chinese offerings. Buck is well known for their well treated 420hc.
Kershaw uses something 400 series believe as the standard on their American made knives, and as far as I know nobody is ever raving about it.
Furthermore why come to the Buck forum and complain because a Buck fan said they were better than kershaw.
I'm not going to the Kershaw section and complain because someone probably finds their favorite Kershaw better than my favorite Buck model.