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Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. Tony #5747653 10/25/11
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,130 Okanagan Falls, BC BC30cal Campfire Outfitter
BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,130 Okanagan Falls, BC	Tony; Our family toured the factory two years ago and came away very impressed with the operation. Since I've spent the last 20+ years in production, I can pick up on a few things by walking through a plant and the folks we saw working there were - in my opinion anyway - proud of what they were doing. As to a decent EDC knife from them, we are very happy with the Vantage series they make. Here's us in front of the factory with the knives we ended up with that day. Since then I've picked up a couple Vantage Pro knives as well and am very pleased with them, though they were more than $30. It's good to see any North American manufacturing doing well, so I hope Buck continues to thrive so I can take my grand kids there to buy them some knives someday. All the best to you and yours Tony. Regards, Dwayne The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

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Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. BC30cal #5747706 10/25/11
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 10,000 J Jericho Campfire Outfitter
Jericho Campfire Outfitter J Joined: May 2002 Posts: 10,000	Aint nothing like a good Buck knife

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. jim62 #5747737 10/25/11
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 18,508 Mississippi JohnMoses Campfire Ranger
JohnMoses Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 18,508 Mississippi	Originally Posted by jim62 Originally Posted by Greyghost The company should have cared more about continuing the quality of their product, instead they got greedy! I've got no sympathy for them... help move quite a few companies to mexico back in the 70's when all this crap started, and a good majority of those I helped move back within a year or so... Phil It was not greed- it's the marketplace for lower end knives. Most folks will not spend more than $29 on a working grade folding knife. PERIOD. Can't build them in the US to sell at that price point. Schrade, and Camillus went BANKRUPT doing it. Bear and Sons tries, but their sub $50 knives are SCHIT for quality. The only knives Buck outsourced were the $30 and under knives. NONE of their higher priced classic knives like the 110 folder and 119 fixed blades were ever made in China. The smartest thing Buck Knives did was leaving CA. They KEPT 250 jobs in country by moving to IDAHO and now are doing well enough they are bringing even the low end stuff home. I'd say they are doing as well as they can for themsleves, their customers, and the American worker. If you want to be pissed off at something as a gunsmith, get on the telephone and ask Pachmayr and Hogue why they cannot even make a [bleep] $30 RECOIL PAD in the US- They are ALL made in Mexico. Nothing like staring at a $14,500 Echols Legend rifle and knowing the pad was made in Mexico. Pretty sad. +1. Kudos to Buck. Have always carried one of their fixed blade skinners since I was a chap.

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. JohnMoses #5748034 10/25/11
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 14,313 Southern California G Greyghost Campfire Outfitter
Greyghost Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 14,313 Southern California	Don't get me wrong, I'm all for them bringing back their production, but that doesn't change my mind on why they left... Had it come to the point of them not being able to build a quality knife for $29, they should have up'd the price and given the public a choice of purchasing it, or not! My view, I'd go down to Lowe's and purchase a quality box-cutter for $12 that was made in the U.S. before purchasing a cheap Chinese made pocket knife... The last Buck I purchased, at least a folder was in 1982 and I believe I paid $39.50 for it back then.... Hell for at least ten years, people have been paying nearly a $100 for a multi-tool... Nope I see it as just bad decisions and greed, looking for more profits where they thought they could get away with it. Phil

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. JohnMoses #5748055 10/25/11
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,379 Idaho, USA Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger
Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,379 Idaho, USA	Same as most above. Have a Buck Stockman bought in 1972, almost 40 years later I still haven't found much else that will keep an edge like that. Got a 110, of course, and two Buck Dukes (one used and one still brand NIB - they quit making them) with a drop point like they should'a made the 110. Might have to go out and buy a Woodsman as a tip of the hat to them. Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!

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Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. mudhen #5748243 10/25/11
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 54,284 Parts unknown... EthanEdwards Campfire Kahuna
EthanEdwards Campfire Kahuna Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 54,284 Parts unknown...	Excellent news.

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. EthanEdwards #5748253 10/25/11
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,691 kciH Campfire Tracker
kciH Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,691	If the rank and file purchased their product this would never happen. Chalk it up as a positive side effect of being in the business of not selling to libs. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." TJ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". EB

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. kciH #5748620 10/25/11
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 609 Wetter Washington OlyWa Campfire Regular
OlyWa Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 609 Wetter Washington	Any company that shifts production to China is merely funding the genesis of their future competition. It's good to see that some of our companies are starting to figure that out. +1 on the Woodsman. I had forgotten what a sweet little knife that was. I may have to pick one up as well.

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. OlyWa #5748669 10/25/11
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,680 Fairbanksan in Aleutian Hell stevelyn Campfire Ranger
stevelyn Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,680 Fairbanksan in Aleutian Hell	Now if they would stop using crappy 4xx steel in their blades. Z

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. stevelyn #5748677 10/25/11
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 16,241 A add Campfire Ranger
add Campfire Ranger A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 16,241	IMHO, Buck has been irrelevant for quite awhile now in terms of performance, materials, f/f, etc... Regardless of where they are making their stuff, why reward mediocrity? Epstein didn't kill himself. "Play Cinnamon Girl you Sonuvabitch!" Biden didn't win the election.

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Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. add #5748730 10/25/11
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska orion03 Campfire Tracker
orion03 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska	I've got a Woodsman with the rosewood handle and brass bolsters, it's a sweetheart. `Bring Enough Gun`

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. add #5748743 10/25/11
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,978 J jim62 Campfire Tracker
jim62 Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,978	Originally Posted by add IMHO, Buck has been irrelevant for quite awhile now in terms of performance, materials, f/f, etc... Regardless of where they are making their stuff, why reward mediocrity? You damn sure have not used any Buck Knives lately. They were the FIRST large scale knife producers to use 154Cm and S30V in sub $100 knife. Their folders like the Vantage are VERY well made knives, and are made in S30V with G-10 scales for less than $60. Nothing "mediocre" about them. I used a BuckLite model last year hunting. It's a great design and cost less than $30. It kicked the ass of several European knives at up to twice the price . Pauls Bos ,who headed Buck's heat treatment shop for over 40 years has forgotten more about heat treating blades than most custom makers will ever learn. Last edited by jim62; 10/25/11. To all gunmaker critics- "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.."- Teddy Roosevelt

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. jim62 #5748803 10/26/11
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,801 Dakota Territory P P_Weed Campfire Outfitter
P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,801 Dakota Territory	GOOD! Now all my 'chinese' Buck knives will become collectors' items.

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. P_Weed #5748825 10/26/11
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6,174 Ny I Irving_D Campfire Tracker
Irving_D Campfire Tracker I Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6,174 Ny	If only uncle henry and schrade will do the same, I've always liked their knives You've got to hand it to a blind prostitute

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. Irving_D #5748852 10/26/11
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6,284 Downeast NC Odessa Campfire Tracker
Odessa Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6,284 Downeast NC	Bought this one 35 years ago at the PX, has always kept a sharp edge with no problem. I bought a new Buck gentleman's knife (with "Made in USA" printed prominently on the box) two weeks ago to give as a retirement gift to a friend. I have found Buck knives to be consistently good for many years. One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Archibald Rutledge

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. Odessa #5748907 10/26/11
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 54,284 Parts unknown... EthanEdwards Campfire Kahuna
EthanEdwards Campfire Kahuna Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 54,284 Parts unknown...	I intend to get me another one at the first opportunity.

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. tzone #5748921 10/26/11
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,437 Tennessee T TNrifleman Campfire Tracker
TNrifleman Campfire Tracker T Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,437 Tennessee	Buck knives have been among my favorites for almost 40 years. While I've bought several Buck knives in the last few years, I've stayed away from the ones made in China. It is good to read that Buck is bring back more of their product line to the USA. Now, if more companies would do the same... Last edited by TNrifleman; 10/26/11. μολὼν λαβέ

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. Odessa #5749095 10/26/11
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,322 Eastern N.C. Triggernosis Campfire Tracker
Triggernosis Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,322 Eastern N.C.	Odessa, is that the "Pathfinder"? Originally Posted by Odessa Bought this one 35 years ago at the PX, has always kept a sharp edge with no problem. I bought a new Buck gentleman's knife (with "Made in USA" printed prominently on the box) two weeks ago to give as a retirement gift to a friend. I have found Buck knives to be consistently good for many years. Last edited by Triggernosis; 10/26/11.

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. Odessa #5749161 10/26/11
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 312 r2d2 Campfire Member
r2d2 Campfire Member Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 312	If that is true, they`ll have to over come the out-sourcing stigma before any increase in demand will be realized. Who knows how long that will take. Looks like their PR people will be working over time on that. " The best part of the hunt is not the harvest but in the experience."

Re: Buck Brings Knife Production Back to the U.S. tzone #5749218 10/26/11
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,455 D duckster Campfire Tracker
duckster Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,455	Great story. I had stayed away from any new Buck knives recently due to the China aspect, but I will look back at them for any new blades!

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