Classic Outdoor Knives

[airedale]

An Icon, the Buck 110 Folding Hunter and one I have used quite a bit down through the years.

 

[wolc123]

Thanks for posting that.  My father in law gave me this well used one for Christmas more than 20 years ago.  I had long carried this Shrade Sharpfinger (another American classic), which I prefer because it is easier to clean up after use and holds an edge longer.  

Nevertheless, I’ve always carried the Buck 110 while hunting up at his place in the Adirondacks, and that’s where I am now.  I’ve used it on (3) ML week does and (2) Thanksgiving weekend bucks up here over the last 12 years. It always got the job done.

I switched it out for a cheap, Asian, big stainless knife for most of this last ML week, mostly because of bears.  There’s been a big one sighted nearby and I was worried that if I got a bad hit on it with my ML, I might need a bigger knife for backup.  

Now that I can pack a little more firepower (My Marlin 336BL), with rifle opening today, I’m going back to the Buck 110, for my last few hunts of the weekend.  Hopefully, it will bring me luck. 

I’ll be switching back to the Sharpfinger, for crossbow hunting back home in the southern zone, next weekend.
 

[airedale]

The Buck 110 is the first good quality knife I owned, it has been a work horse for over 50 years and still looks decent and does the job. A best buy on a quality American knife.

Al

[Doc]

Years ago, I picked up a military style kaybar belt knife for $5 at a yard sale. That thing has the best steel of any of the knives that I own. Yes, I suppose by most people's standards, it is a bit big and clunky for field dressing deer, but I have not found that to be a problem. Once I put an edge on that thing, it stays shaving sharp for the whole season, even when I use it for hacking small limbs for shooting lanes.

[Daveboone]

BAck in the seventies when I started hunting, the Buck 110 was the accepted standard. Tough, held a good edge, good quality. I carried mine for decades, reserved exclusively for hunting, and still have it. It has been retired for quite a few years as I realized it really was clumsy to hold onto, and the blade design really was lacking for gutting. I have used a number of different blades over the years but a vintage Sharpfinger is my go to now. The smaller blade is much more maneuverable, it holds an edge as good as a 110 and the overall design is much more ergonomick....sometimes smaller is better...and to boot...it has a lanyard which means you can let go of the knife to change a grip/whatever without dropping/misplacing the knife.