Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
It's been a while since I've really shared anything on here. I'm sorry for that guys, I've been pretty busy on a couple other forums and at home. AAPK is always my first choice and I am logged on almost all the time. I just stopped sharing as much as I once did and I'm not sure why. I enjoy this place so much, I hope to start getting back to the norm again.
Thanks guys, it's been great getting to know you all.
Thanks guys, it's been great getting to know you all.
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Is anyone out there buying the newer Bucks if so what is drawing you to them.Caleb good to here from ya
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- johnny twoshoes
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
I bought a Buck Vantage Avid, thats the newest model I've gotten from them. I bought it last year at a walmart on our way to trout camp because I needed a bigger just in case knife.
My hip boots leaked and I got suctioned into them, that was until I pulled the avid out and cut myself out.
The attraction was the price. It said USA and I could get it for under $30, so it came home with me.
Also, I won CJ's EDC on another forum.
My hip boots leaked and I got suctioned into them, that was until I pulled the avid out and cut myself out.
The attraction was the price. It said USA and I could get it for under $30, so it came home with me.
Also, I won CJ's EDC on another forum.
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Caleb;I've heard rave reviews on the Avid How do ya like the thumb hole??
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
G56, the thumb hole is okay.
The one I bought at wally world has a little noise to it if you shake it. It's a problem these knives have after they have been opened and closed a few times, Buck got the problem figured out and you can send them in to have 'em fixed. I haven't sent mine in yet.
If you want it, send me your address G56 and it's your's.
I bought it on a whim and will never use it. Which is unfortunate, it's a great knife. I'd be glad to get a better home for it.
The one I bought at wally world has a little noise to it if you shake it. It's a problem these knives have after they have been opened and closed a few times, Buck got the problem figured out and you can send them in to have 'em fixed. I haven't sent mine in yet.
If you want it, send me your address G56 and it's your's.
I bought it on a whim and will never use it. Which is unfortunate, it's a great knife. I'd be glad to get a better home for it.
- garddogg56
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Thanx Caleb PM sent
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
No one else into modern Buck knives???
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Caleb she arrived fri. THANK-YOU gave her a tune-up good as new I'm having trouble keeping her from my boys.
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- johnny twoshoes
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Well, if you get bored of it and decide that one of your offspring would enjoy it, don't feel bad about sending it to more work.
I hope you enjoy it, it was a fun buy at a great time.
I hope you enjoy it, it was a fun buy at a great time.
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Wow GD, that is one fine gift! And kudos to Caleb, he is obviously a class act.
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- garddogg56
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Yes OH he is
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Thanks guys, I really appreciate that.
I love my brothers here at AAPK and I enjoy getting to know everyone.
Robert could be my uncle, I think we'd get along out in the woods and enjoy a good deer hunt sometime.
I love my brothers here at AAPK and I enjoy getting to know everyone.
Robert could be my uncle, I think we'd get along out in the woods and enjoy a good deer hunt sometime.
- garddogg56
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Well get yer arse up here in the fall ::nod::And MAYBE you can keep my twin 19yo boys awake in the wood long enough so they can shoot there deer they play college fall baseball they start workout at 5am and last practice ends 10pm by the time I get them for a saturday hunt there beat
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
I bought a new 301 this year, my first Buck slip joint. It wasn't up to snuff. So I emailed them, they contacted me, apologized, made me a new one and sent it to me no questions asked! It is now one of my best quality knives, and I don't even like stainless generally. As a matter of fact I'm pretty much a Solingen guy. But man is this knife good, and tough.
I've never had a stainless knife that will take and hold an edge like this 301. I'm sold on them and their customer service. I'm a fan for life.
I've never had a stainless knife that will take and hold an edge like this 301. I'm sold on them and their customer service. I'm a fan for life.
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- garddogg56
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Colonal26;thats good to hear if ya don't mind me asking,what on the 301 wasn't up to snuff?
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Here is my story. I copied it from the post I made on the Chinese knife forum in response to a question from Old Hunter. Here's the copied portion.
OH, I think I can help you out here.
Disclaimer: I don't buy chicom knives or shotguns personally but I wound up with one anyway
Now that that's out of the way so I don't get flamed, let me explain. I don't know about the exact two that you mention, but I can tell you about the differences between the 301 USA stockman and the 371 China stockman. My wife gets me and the boys identical knives every year for Christmas. After hearing me talk about Buck quality and reading their company philosophy she decided that this past Christmas it would be Buck instead of Case as usual, fine by me. She didn't know that they had a chicom line so she bought what she thought was a good deal on a large stockman, the 371. I was a little disappointed at first, but since it was a gift and it was from the wife I decided to pack it edc for a while and give it an honest shakedown (I was curious too). Fit and finish were great, the springs were great, it was sharp right out of the box, and I couldn't knock the product at all. I carried it, I used it and it was a fine knife. The edge held up well for stainless and it resharpened easily. As a matter of fact it was so good that I thought the USA version had to be perfect so I bought one. Not so great.
The springs on the USA version were weak, the nail nicks looked like they had been chiseled out there were so many tool marks in them, and the blades just looked rough. I was far from impressed. Other than having slightly better metal the USA version was a looser all the way around. So I sent an email to Buck. I told them very politely point by point why the USA version was inferior to the chicom knife. I ended by telling them how saddened I was that this was the case that the USA version of their own knife wasn't as good as the communist Chinese version.
A couple of days later the head of US manufacturing for Buck emailed wanting to speak to me. I called him back and he addressed each issue point by point telling me where they had messed up on each item of my list. He had been to China to help set up Buck's plant over there and to teach them how to build knives to Buck's specifications. He told me that you are more likely to get an unsatisfactory US knife than a Chinese knife because they can afford to simply throw them away if they aren't perfect whereas in the US they cannot afford to do so unless they are really bad. He told me that he's seen them throw away knives that he would have to sell.
In the end they made me a new 301 special in his words just to show me what they could really build. He sent it to me no questions asked and simply told me to send him the bad one when I got around to it so they could study it. He also had me send in all my other Buck knives for their spa treatment at no charge too! My new 371 is one of the best quality knives I own and I don't even like stainless. It is an amazing knife.
Moral of the story, as a product the Chicom knife will probably be a very good one but not have as good metal as the USA version. The USA version will be a good knife as long as it wasn't made on Monday morning or Friday afternoon. If you do get one that is unsatisfactory, Buck will make it right. If the chicom version had the metal in it that the USA version has, they'd put the USA version out of business. And that hurts me to say that.
OH, I think I can help you out here.
Disclaimer: I don't buy chicom knives or shotguns personally but I wound up with one anyway
Now that that's out of the way so I don't get flamed, let me explain. I don't know about the exact two that you mention, but I can tell you about the differences between the 301 USA stockman and the 371 China stockman. My wife gets me and the boys identical knives every year for Christmas. After hearing me talk about Buck quality and reading their company philosophy she decided that this past Christmas it would be Buck instead of Case as usual, fine by me. She didn't know that they had a chicom line so she bought what she thought was a good deal on a large stockman, the 371. I was a little disappointed at first, but since it was a gift and it was from the wife I decided to pack it edc for a while and give it an honest shakedown (I was curious too). Fit and finish were great, the springs were great, it was sharp right out of the box, and I couldn't knock the product at all. I carried it, I used it and it was a fine knife. The edge held up well for stainless and it resharpened easily. As a matter of fact it was so good that I thought the USA version had to be perfect so I bought one. Not so great.
The springs on the USA version were weak, the nail nicks looked like they had been chiseled out there were so many tool marks in them, and the blades just looked rough. I was far from impressed. Other than having slightly better metal the USA version was a looser all the way around. So I sent an email to Buck. I told them very politely point by point why the USA version was inferior to the chicom knife. I ended by telling them how saddened I was that this was the case that the USA version of their own knife wasn't as good as the communist Chinese version.
A couple of days later the head of US manufacturing for Buck emailed wanting to speak to me. I called him back and he addressed each issue point by point telling me where they had messed up on each item of my list. He had been to China to help set up Buck's plant over there and to teach them how to build knives to Buck's specifications. He told me that you are more likely to get an unsatisfactory US knife than a Chinese knife because they can afford to simply throw them away if they aren't perfect whereas in the US they cannot afford to do so unless they are really bad. He told me that he's seen them throw away knives that he would have to sell.
In the end they made me a new 301 special in his words just to show me what they could really build. He sent it to me no questions asked and simply told me to send him the bad one when I got around to it so they could study it. He also had me send in all my other Buck knives for their spa treatment at no charge too! My new 371 is one of the best quality knives I own and I don't even like stainless. It is an amazing knife.
Moral of the story, as a product the Chicom knife will probably be a very good one but not have as good metal as the USA version. The USA version will be a good knife as long as it wasn't made on Monday morning or Friday afternoon. If you do get one that is unsatisfactory, Buck will make it right. If the chicom version had the metal in it that the USA version has, they'd put the USA version out of business. And that hurts me to say that.
“There are things in the old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.”
Robert E. Lee
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- garddogg56
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
huh ,that an interesting story,at least they took care of you ,now on the other hand I've never had a problem with a Buck knife but then I only buy what I can touch Never by mail I own one china Buck( long story) and I won't give it pocket time just feels cheep .I keep it only because it was a gift or I would donate it to the Salvation Army
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
The quality of my 301 rivals any of the newer knives I own and surpasses many of what should be premium brands. I love the one I have now. The first one not so much. I'd take my Buck 301 any day over my Queen "premium" Stockman.
I guess it was just the luck of the draw on that first one.
I guess it was just the luck of the draw on that first one.
“There are things in the old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.”
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Colonel It's a crap shoot at times My favorite is a Camillus made cadet I want to get a new 301 and a solitare in yeller
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Do you have one of the newer style 301's with the triple back springs? I really like it, not having the blades canted, and man is it smooth. It's much smoother than some of my much more expensive knives.
“There are things in the old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.”
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
Don't have one yet my 303 is made by Camillus1974 and is a great knife I hope not to get disapointed in the newer 301's
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
here are some of my more modern new additions to my Buck family I have Caleb to thank for the Avid
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
I've got a 2004 Buck usa 301 with the three backsprings and it is turning out to be a great knife, gets smoother the more I use it...definititely a winner in my book. The more I carry it the more I like it....
Mike
Mike
Mike
There are those who are...and those who wish they were. He himself decides.
There are those who are...and those who wish they were. He himself decides.
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
I have an unknown year 303 USA (Likely mid 2000) that a buddy gave me. I have never really gone for the sort of grind Buck puts on these.
I can't get it to slice paper QUITE as well as some other knives, but it is reasonably sharp.
A little fat with the three backsprings.....
Slant bolsters are kinda nice....
I can't get it to slice paper QUITE as well as some other knives, but it is reasonably sharp.
A little fat with the three backsprings.....
Slant bolsters are kinda nice....
Looking for the magic penny!
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Re: Whats your newest addition to your Buck family and why?
I've been heming and hawing over a watch-pocket knife for work been going between a 55 or a 503 so the winner is
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