What blade steel for a Buck 119 - Bushcraft USA Forums
2010年6月12日 · My 60’s vintage Buck 119 with 440C steel survived a tour in Nam and was my primary fixed blade until I passed it on to my son last year. Not sure what the more exotic steels can offer for normal camping or survival tasks. My current fixed blade knife is an ESSE 4HM in 1095 steel that I absolutely love.
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2012年4月16日 · If buck would make a knife like the 119 but with the laynard hole, the guard mostly gone, some file work on top, and no clip so the point was shaped a lot more like a spear or kephart blade I would be all over it. your mods probably got the 119 closer to my prefered style of blade than anyother 119 mods I have seen.
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2023年4月8日 · A Buck 119 was my only fixed blade knife from 1966 to 2021. My first Buck 119 saw combat duty in Nam. Unfortunately, the handle material failed near the end and the sheath was in poor shape. I contacted Buck when I returned home and they gifted me a brand new Buck 119 with sheath and thanked me for my service.
USMC kabar vs. buck 119? - Bushcraft USA Forums
2012年2月6日 · Hey yall , I've been thinking about getting a new knife for bushcraft and hunting and can't decide between the buck 119 and the usmc kabar. Both are time tested knives and have positive reviews but the 119 is a little bit cheaper than the kabar. Does anybody have any experience with the two knives?
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2018年9月22日 · View attachment 598724 I have a fairly pristine Buck 119. My late uncle bought it when on sale at Gart Brothers in Denver, might tell ya how old it is, maybe early 1980's. He gifted it to me a couple of years ago before melanoma took him.
Buck 119--a fourteen year review - Bushcraft USA Forums
2017年5月22日 · The 119 (and variants) grip is way too slippery when wet with water or blood.. Maybe with a mod like bike inner tube that fits tight, or skateboard tape, or checkering. And I've broke a blade clean in two while a kid, throwing a Buck.
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2019年1月22日 · I took a little off the point of the knife, as I said earlier. One of the complaints I hear often about the 119 is its "fragile" tip. I don't think that is the case, just that there are times when we use a knife for something for which it was not intended! Prying with the tip of an un-modified 119 is asking for trouble!
Buck 119 hunting knife for bushcraft..Anyone?
2012年3月4日 · Buck 119 is up there with the all time must have knives. It just is meant for large personalities. When you use it outside of the intended purpose it will do a lot of things but just like you don't take a classic 57 Chevy four wheeling even though it would probably get you in and out you aren't going to be doing camp or bush crafting quite as ...
Buck 119 experience - Bushcraft USA Forums
2012年2月23日 · A buck 119, a small hatchet, and a folder like a trapper , muskrat skinner or stockman and you have a decent set of usable tools. I have used my 119 mostly as a camp knife. I can cut up and cook with it.
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2011年11月2日 · The Buck 119. A classic outdoors knife if ever there was one. Everyone from Les Stroud to the killer in Scream has found it to be quite a handy and capable knife. I'm no exception. Since I was gifted this knife in 2001 I've used it countless times to dress game, split firewood, prepare meals, hammer tent stakes and do all sorts of camp chores.