>>805275>>805716Ok, Old buck knives and new buck knives are NOT the same. They switched their primary steel from 440c to 420HC to save money, not because it's better. It's an inferior blade steel.
Someone gave me one of their mid tier folders as a gift and I'll say this:
The fit, finish, lockup, workmanship, and general feel of the knife are excellent.
The blade steel (420HC) will take a very sharp edge, but WILL NOT KEEP IT. Edge retention on my $100 buck knife is absolute shit.
Don't buy 420HC. They offer some knives in s30v and 5160. Those are real blade steels.
>>806640Yes they do. Or you can bring a chunk of old hacksaw blade. Mora are an excellent introductory level knife.
>>806932Not round. Just have the edges "broken off".
>>807200OMG don't do this. They only sell walmart-tier garbage.
>>807388I have no words.
>>808773DIN 1.4116 Stainless
.5% carbon.
High corrosion resistance, low edge holding. Only buy this if you're taking it to the ocean. In any other situation this is a sub par steel.
>>808953$130 bucks for 420HC steel. Nooooo thank you.
>>809115Says the guy that likely uses a rustable steel axe, hammer, wrench, propane bottle, etc....
>>809600Yes. But it'll take a little elbow grease on your part.
>>811467If you're punching through knots and batoning big pieces, you're doing it wrong.
>>811841yup
>>812555knifemaker here. You don't know what you're talking about.
>>818001That's the correct way.
>>818005Seriously, you don't know what you're saying. COMMON stainless blade steels vary from .06% to 0.15% carbon. And copper? Are you high?
>>819511That's a skinning knife, not a bushcraft knife.
