“I’d give you 50/50 odds, but that’s okay. This will be an easy hunt—low pressure, great scenery, and a few days out of the office. Take the gear, guns, and new knives, and see what you can get.” An experienced hunter will tell you it’s a tall order to round up three individuals relatively new to hunting and expect success. Even more so when the quarry is the decidedly skittish and notoriously wily Merriam turkey of the inland Northwest. Our content team consisting of a crew more accustomed to shooting through the lens or casting a fly than staring down the bead of a shotgun would make for ..read more

A Buck knife is intended to last a lifetime. “All Buck Knives are guaranteed” can be found in Buck literature dating back to at least the 1960s. For many decades, Buck has been replacing or repairing knives they deem to be defective in material or workmanship. Now, if you’ve submitted a warranty claim in the last 25 years, it’s highly likely that Danny was repairing your knife. In 1976 Danny Peretti’s only knowledge of Buck Knives was that his neighbor worked there. This neighbor, Pat Cappiello, also happened to be friends with Danny’s older brother and another Buck Knives long-timer, Bill ..read more

Our story, the story of Buck Knives is a story of a family that is proud of its roots, and remains dedicated to the same basic precepts that our founder, Hoyt Buck so clearly laid out many years ago. It all began at the turn of the century when Hoyt, a teenage apprentice blacksmith created his first knife – a knife that led the way to the wide range of knives that proudly bear his name today. This story is from the book “The Story of Buck Knives… A Family Business”, written by Tom Ables, we’ll unfold our story, a century of Buck family history and business ventures that created our comp ..read more

Our story, the story of Buck Knives is a story of a family that is proud of its roots, and remains dedicated to the same basic precepts that our founder, Hoyt Buck so clearly laid out many years ago. It all began at the turn of the century when Hoyt, a teenage apprentice blacksmith created his first knife – a knife that led the way to the wide range of knives that proudly bear his name today. Based on “The Story of Buck Knives… A Family Business”, written by Tom Ables, we’ll unfold our story, a century of Buck family history and business ventures that created our company. THE BIRTH OF THE ..read more

Fifty years ago, in 1972, the world was introduced to a few products that would become the benchmark for many of the things we use to this day. Hewlett-Packard released the HP-35—the world’s first scientific calculator. Atari introduced “Pong,” which set the gaming world on its course of current popularity. Ethernet was created, McDonald’s began serving the McMuffin sandwich, Mr. Coffee would become a household staple, and Buck Knives would release the model 112 Ranger. CJ Buck quality checks a 50th Anniversary Edition 112 Ranger The result of a skirmish amongst sailors aboard the naval ai ..read more

As a young hunter, my family celebrated ‘the’ duck opener in Wisconsin as one of the most prestigious holidays. It brought in friends and family from across the state—dusting off their canoes, patching their neoprene waders, and hitting the marsh for a traditional Midwestern wild duck chase. I’ll never forget the smell of decomposing vegetation as we navigated the sea of towering cattails with nothing but a compass, handheld mag light, and like the old matriarch leading her herd to water, generational intuition. Despite this lack of modern technology, we made it back to the same hole befor ..read more

It was October 12th, 1991; I was 12 years old, following my dad through the early morning darkness. The evening before, we’d seen a group of a dozen antelope and knew it held a shooter buck – perfect for my first antelope tag. As the sun rose, my dad spotted the herd, and we began to belly-crawl through the sagebrush in the direction of the antelope. We came to a stop at about 150 yards out, and I prepared for a shot. Just then, my dad looked over and whispered to me, “Here, use my gun.” Family photo of Mark, age 6. My dad’s rifle, a Ruger .270, was my dream rifle at the time – most likely ..read more

Our story, the story of Buck Knives is a story of a family that is proud of its roots, and remains dedicated to the same basic precepts that our founder, Hoyt Buck so clearly laid out many years ago. It all began at the turn of the century when Hoyt, a teenage apprentice blacksmith created his first knife – a knife that led the way to the wide range of knives that proudly bear his name today. Based on “The Story of Buck Knives… A Family Business”, written by Tom Ables, we’ll unfold our story, a century of Buck family history and business ventures that created our company. CHAPTER 7: April ..read more

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