All About Pocket Knives

AussieBosun wrote:

AussieBosun wrote:correct me if i'm wrong but from memory i think the buck is 420HC and the schrade 440c

If a member has a personal problem with another then take it out the back , sort it out , and get on with it.

I am relatively new here to AAPK and to think that a member would pull the pin because of a difference of opinion astounds me , i mean thats what forums are for right , intelligent discussions about things we are passionate about ..........

Well said Aussie, a difference of opinion and a good debate is always good for any forum.
Just when you think you know all about a subject, someone comes along and knows much more about the subject.
I asked about the Buck 110, because I have never seen one.. Ken

I know what you're saying guys, and I do agree, but how do you not reply to a post like the one above? It's ridiculous.

I'll just address one item:

Dave Thinkstoomuch wrote:I have all the proof I need about Buck and if I thought you would bother reading it all (it might take you a couple weeks) I would provide the links. I further suppose you agree that 420HC isn't great steel and just won't voice it because it may be the best hope the american knife industry has of competing price-wise with imports. Comparing 420HC edge 2000 with thicker 440C sharpened at a more obtuse angle is comparing apples to oranges. All it proved was thinner knives cut better. Buck and yourself and lots of folks have drawn a different conclusion. There's my proof. They conned you good.

How could they have conned me if that's exactly what I said above?? "They clearly state that they were proving that the Edge 2000 angle on 420HC could outperform standard edge angles that were being produced at the time on a variety of steels, both by them and other manufacturers. That's why the angles were different, NOT so they could mislead the public." Seems like you basically just rearranged my wording Edge angles were much more obtuse at the time, and still are from many manufacturers, Buck tried something different. I still don't see the proof, and I'm not talking about a boatload of BFC links either. I've read them all as well and nowhere do any of them prove that Buck intentionally mislead the public. That's your opinion and hearing anything to the contrary just gets in your craw, doesn't it? Seems confirmation bias describes you to a T.

Now fellas I am done with this, even if the inevitable reply is fraught with more nastiness , and I do aplogize for the detour.

Glad I could be of some help Ken!

Eric

Schrade LB7 is similar in size and weight. You can find the the old USA made versions on the large auction site. That's the first one that comes to my mind. Puma makes a version as well I believe. I thought I've seen a statement that the Buck110 is the most copied knife pattern in the world.

Wow! This is an ancient thread. I know it must have been answered, but would someone please remind me, which came first, the chicken, or the... no! wait!... the Buck or the Schrade?