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Pocket Knives

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Knives by Buck with special channel inlay on handles blending turquoise and other stones, wood, and metals. Navajo artisan David Yellowhorse individually hand-tooled bolsters and decorative work, no two knives are exactly alike. Today, David’s sons Brian and Ron work with him in his shop at Lupton, Arizona, Navajo land, USA. The first Yellowhorse decorated Bucks were produced in about 1980. Yellowhorse has also collaborated on knives with United Cutlery and Spyderco. In 1966, the company expanded its line of folding knives by introducing the 300 series pocketknives, first produced by Schrade but switched to Camillus in 1968. In 1975, the 500 series models were introduced and were also made for Buck by Camillus. Production of Buck pocketknives was moved to the company’s own factory in 1979. Buck moved to El Cajon, California in 1980, and more recently to a new facility in Post Falls, Idaho in 2005. The company still manufactures many of its products as the Idaho plant, though po...
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Buck Knives

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The first knives made by a member of the family, Hoyt Heath Buck, a blacksmith’s apprentice, made Buck Knives in about 1900. Young Buck had developed an effective method of tempering and had used it in his work of rebuilding worn-out grub hoes used by local farmers and gardeners. Those for whom he had worked recognized that the rebuilt hoes were superior to new ones. Because of this, one of his customers asked Buck to forge a knife. Using the same type of worn farriers files that he used to rebuild the cutting edge of hoes, Buck made his first knife, and personal recommendations led to his making others. As the reputation of his knife spread, he began to custom make knives on a regular but part-time basis. During the years from 1908 until 1930, Hoyt Buck earned the family’s livelihood by working in the logging industry but supplemented his income by making knives in his spare time. A son, Alfred Charles Buck, was born to Hoyt and Daisy Buck in October 20, 1910. After his discharg...
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Hoyt Buck Knife

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Hoyt Buck, a blacksmith Kansas, designed his first knife in 1902. His innovation was the development of a new steel quenching process that improved the durability of the edge. Hoyt used thrown file slides to produce his quality product. With his son Al, Hoyt Buck formed HH Buck & Son in 1947. Seventeen years later, it was Al Buck's turn to innovate. Its folding and blocking blade has become world famous wide and the term "Buck knife" has since become an eponym owner for many brands of folding knives.   A service The Buck Company produced thousands of tactical blades fixed blades for the US Army during World War II. Airborne Rangers troops, and glider troops were issued these Buck knives as part of their equipment charge when they participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.   Breakthrough The Buck family had been selling quality knives for decades, but in 1963 Al Buck introduced a new design. The "110 Folding Hunter Model" is, as i...
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