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No. They have replacement sheaths for sale.
Snaps are easy to replace if you are inclined to try.
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No. They have replacement sheaths for sale.
Snaps are easy to replace if you are inclined to try.
Star43
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I would like to try that on a new in box Western 532 folder. It has been new in the box since I bought it back in around 1984 or '85 at K Mart. The original Western was going out of business or being sold at around that same time and K Mart had them on clearance. I bought the 532 and the 542. They have been in the box new all this time. Wouldn't you know it but just a couple of weeks ago, I took out the 532 and went to open the snap and the whole snap mechanism popped out together and now there is nothing to snap !! The knife itself is just beautifully made and sheath itself is also beautiful.....Just no way to use the snap.....must have been a factory defect or something. I should have opened the darn thing back in 1984 or so when I first bought it ! I think that was when the original Western Knife Company was sold to Coleman. Yeah, it was around the same time when I got mine...
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These are the ones I bought.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT6MC37J
I changed the strap on an old holster. Added a new female snap to the new strap and it worked with the existing male part on the holster. I figured I’d have to change both halves. It was an old Buckheimer holster, I checked it against some others Buck, Randall, Galco all worked.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT6MC37J
I changed the strap on an old holster. Added a new female snap to the new strap and it worked with the existing male part on the holster. I figured I’d have to change both halves. It was an old Buckheimer holster, I checked it against some others Buck, Randall, Galco all worked.
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The information I have been looking at says not to use oil on the diamond whetstones. Some says to use water. And, some says to just use the diamond stone dry, and wipe off with a paper towel or dry cloth. Do you have a preference?
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I use water. Just mist it from a spray bottle
Definitely don’t use oil.
Definitely don’t use oil.
I’ve been told proper oil will work on diamond stones, but it’s messy and offers zero advantages over water.
Back on Buck, nobody seems to like the Chinese Buck’s, but Buck swears they’re the same quality as the U.S. made models.
Back on Buck, nobody seems to like the Chinese Buck’s, but Buck swears they’re the same quality as the U.S. made models.
Killer Bee
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sadly our country is flooded with chinesium junk and markets saturated with hundreds of copies of virtually the same things.
some folks are swimming in so much cheap imported crap they never save enough to buy anything of real quality.
personally I'm trying to make as many of my purchases made in USA as possible regardless how well made the imported counterparts are, or claim to be.
I'm completely satisfied with less quantity of high quality rather than the opposite.
some things are nearly unavoidable but given a choice I'll buy American every time, Buck knives included.
this article may be of interest to some of you, includes a chart of Buck models made in USA vs overseas.
Where are Buck Knives made? In the USA? Overseas in China? How do I tell?
some folks are swimming in so much cheap imported crap they never save enough to buy anything of real quality.
personally I'm trying to make as many of my purchases made in USA as possible regardless how well made the imported counterparts are, or claim to be.
I'm completely satisfied with less quantity of high quality rather than the opposite.
some things are nearly unavoidable but given a choice I'll buy American every time, Buck knives included.
this article may be of interest to some of you, includes a chart of Buck models made in USA vs overseas.
Where are Buck Knives made? In the USA? Overseas in China? How do I tell?
Thanks for the link. While the knife I carry in my pocket every day is a Kershaw Link I own or have owned several Buck knives over the years. My wife recently claimed a like new Buck folder that was laying around. While sadly it has not seen use for its intended purpose yet I gave my son a Bucklite Max 2 model 685 for his birthday this past November. I wanted to get him a knife that would be good for dressing & skinning a deer. I remember being his age (13) & abusing an Old Time folder I had bought with grass cutting money. It was the one with the staglon handle, high carbon steel blade & liner lock. I didn't want to get him something really expensive but I wanted to get him something that would do a good job & work pretty much forever. It is nice to learn that it is made in the USA.
deac45
Blackhawk
Top to bottom...
313 Muskrat
311 Trapper
309 Companion
Alpha Dorado
791 Range Pro
The 309 was my Dad's "Sunday" knife. The 311 was given to me by my brother on my sixteenth birthday, the 313 when I graduated highschool. All three are pre date stamp. The Alpha came with absolutely the sharpest factory edge I've ever known. The Range Pro is my latest. It is Buck's first cross bar lock and is done very well. All five are made in the USA.
313 Muskrat
311 Trapper
309 Companion
Alpha Dorado
791 Range Pro
The 309 was my Dad's "Sunday" knife. The 311 was given to me by my brother on my sixteenth birthday, the 313 when I graduated highschool. All three are pre date stamp. The Alpha came with absolutely the sharpest factory edge I've ever known. The Range Pro is my latest. It is Buck's first cross bar lock and is done very well. All five are made in the USA.
I have a few Buck knives. The 102 is a favorite of mine. The 119 and 120 are nice knives but the 102 is a more practical knife than the larger ones for me.
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I definitely love the 119 and 120, I find myself using the smaller ones more. The 102 is a great knife, the handle is a little small for my hands. The 117 is between the 119 and 102
One of my favorite Buck knives is this 103 Skinner I turned into a clip point. It has a 4” blade and is 8.25” OAL
One of my favorite Buck knives is this 103 Skinner I turned into a clip point. It has a 4” blade and is 8.25” OAL
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GasGuzzler
Hawkeye
The 110 given to be had green brass too but it's solid so I sanded and polished it. Looks new.
Star43
Hunter
I have one of those Buck Lite ones in a purplish type of color. If is very light but it is pretty tight and durable.....
Paul B
Hunter
My latest Buck came in a strange manner. Sometingwoke me about 3 in the morning and it sounded like a couple of dudes messing around near my vehicles in the side yard. So I go out the door in my skivvies, flashlight i one hand and a 9MM in the other and these guys looked ,like they might faint the sight of the gun, One guy dropped something as the took off so I hobble over to shut the gate and on the way back is a Buck knife laying on the ground. It's stamped 790 on one side of the blade and (UGH!) China on the other . I don't know if that knife belonged to the intruders or maybe he picked it up while looking through the yard. I have a Mexican that comes and does my yard once a month and the blade is pretty well nicked up and When I tried to smooth it out a bit found my Washita stone wouldn't even touch it. China or not, that's some very tough steel in that blade. It is a fairly heavy folder and if it doesn't actually belong to my gardener then I may send it back and cleaned up.
Paul B.
Paul B.
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Was the model 790 or 780? The 790 is a newly released model and is made in the USA while the 780 is made in China with an "interesting" blade design . The Buck knives made in China are still quality, but I just wish all of their models were USA made.
Paul B
Hunter
I looked again using a light with a bit less glare and it's a 780. My normal light is extremely bright so I had to use a different lamp. My bad.
Paul B.
Geezerglide
Bearcat
I have a 110 I bought from the Navy ships store in 1975 for $15. Recently looked at the Buck 55 for pocket carry. A little pricey at $79 for what it was and ended up with another Kershaw. Got cheap in my old age.
If you have an old school shoe repair shop in your area I would take the sheath with the messed up snap to them. I have used shoe repair shops for various leather repairs over the years. They usually do good work for very reasonable prices.
Star43
Hunter
Thanks Mike, I will try that. I think there is one in a city close by. It is sure worth checking out. Thanks.....
I actually first became aware of Buck Knives back in 1969. I went to work in a large Coast To Coast Hardware store, probably the biggest in the Midwest, and they had a large sporting goods department, hunting and fishing, and they sold Buck Knives. They made a great Christmas gift for the ladies to buy for their husbands. I would hate to guess how many I personally sold. I was about 25 years old and I would not own a Buck Knife of my own for a lot of years. I had always liked knives, bought my first one while in boy scouts, but never bought many until I retired in 2006. I had a lot of spare time on my hands and I would roam the sporting goods stores and buying knives became an addiction. The most that I bought of one brand was Swiss Army Victorinox and second to that would be Buck Knives. Buying Buck was always enjoyable because of them being a USA brand and their reputation of warranty and service.
OH, got a photo. Have hunted with Buck Knives for 6 decades. Yet when Uncle Sam sent me into the Southeast Asian Wargames, he didn't issue me a Buck Knife. Then again, he didn't issue me a Ruger Firearm. Perhaps you are correct, Ruger and Buck are comensurate. Just not Government Issue. 
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Star43
Hunter
I will take a Ruger for my gun and a Buck for my knife and I am more than happy. To heck with the rest of them.....
How about a pair of Randalls
1gunsnotenough
Hunter
I picked up an interesting Buck this week.
Yaworski
Hawkeye
$94 in today's money.
I've got a couple of those. One pretty much unused since I bought it when they first came out. The black one lived in my Jeep until I replaced it with a Mission MPK-10 Ti.
so shortly after this thread I sent this 112 to the Buck factory for a spa treatment and replacement blade. price was ridiculously reasonable. Seemed like it took forever for them to say they received it, but actually wasn't that bad. just got email today it is on it's way back to me. I can't wait to see it and will post pictures of it renewed.
thanks to the forum for informing me of this service
