| The history of Buck Knives is an interesting one | | | | going to be my lifelong fishing and hunting knife. |
| dating back over 100 years ago when it was first | | | | My father would always joke saying "that's a big |
| started by Hoyt. H Buck. He started making | | | | knife for such a small boy," and I would just laugh |
| knives when he was just 10 years old back in | | | | because I loved that knife and guarded it with my |
| 1899. He first became a blacksmith and he | | | | life. That knife gutted and skinned my first deer, |
| developed a system that would heat-treat the | | | | my first catfish and went on many adventures |
| knives making them stronger so they would hold | | | | with me over the years. It departed from me |
| their sharp edges longer. | | | | though, one day when I was out fishing for |
| After fighting in WW II Hoyt. H Buck setup his | | | | catfish in Utah and had it stuffed in the front |
| first shop with his son Al called "H.H. Buck & Son" | | | | pocket of my waders. As I bent over to grab |
| in San Diego and the rest is history. | | | | some line and being in chest high deep water my |
| Anyone who has ever hunted, fished, camped or | | | | precious Buck Special slipped out of my waders |
| spent some time outdoors has had or seen one | | | | and into the muddy, murky Utah Lake and was |
| form of a buck knife. Buck Knives are as | | | | gone forever. |
| American as apple pie and the tradition is just as | | | | That's one day I'll never forget. I don't what it is |
| long. 70% of buck knives that are manufactured | | | | about an outdoorsman and his knife but men |
| are still made in good ole America. | | | | develop a love for their "good ole knives." Maybe |
| I can still remember when I bought my very first | | | | it's because having a good reliable knife outdoors |
| "Buck Special" when I was just 14 years old with | | | | with you is very important. Or maybe it's because |
| money I had saved from working for my father | | | | of the adventures you have together and the |
| at his company. It cost me $50, which is a lot to | | | | country you see together or the deer and elk |
| a 14 year old boy. No matter though I was | | | | that you gut and skin with it. |
| happier than a pig rolling around in slop. It was | | | | Whatever it is, it's a great thing. |