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Lesson learned for me is that I am willing to pay the few dollars extra and go directly to the manufacturers sight to ensure I'm not getting counterfeit. I have an Amazon Prime account but I only use it to buy things that are linked to official sellers who also stock genuine things on their own sight. Ray Ban put out a video on how to authenticate their sunglasses because the Eastern European countries became experts in counterfeiting their brand.

When will people learn - there is no such thing as a ‘great deal’... if it’s too good to be true then it is.

The BUCK font is wrong first off.

Very good video. Chinese fraudsters need to be shut down. Thanks for taking the time to warn people.

I have two Buck knives which I purchased through the military exchanges, and the most recent one which is a model 119 which I got from the Buck store online. I had it personalized just in case someone stole it. I am careful about where I buy knives or anything else as I don't want a phony product.

Thank you! I didn’t know Buck knives were counterfeited but I guess I’ve been naive. Great video!

I'm so glad I found this video. I just picked up a 119 pro. I thought it was a "plus" but rather it was a symbol for a 2021 model. 5 years late but, thank you.

Got the same knife off E bay on auction for $5 I love beating it up. It's alright I guess. If I spent $150 on a real one I'd be scared to scratch the thing.

the vanguard was never issued with a black blade. also the vanguard never had "Buck" printed near the spine. they always stamp at the hilt. vanguard was only available as black handle or cocobolo handles and a satin finish

And thanks I was looking for the model number on the folder 450 I bought one back In 93 or 94 and lost it around 02 loved that knife

If you have any trouble with the phenolic handle being slippery, gun grip tape really helps.

Well regarding the stamp. I bought a Buck Vanguard 100 year edition back in 2002, ordered in a danish store. This is of course a fixed blade version, but the anvil stamp on mine is on the left side.

Man there are fake everything now days, I bought 2 fake knives and just a few weeks ago bought a fake Makuni carburetor, you really got to know the place they come from and hope they don’t lie to you, man it’s a shame

This video is very helpful and informative, definitely earns my like and subscribe

Contact EBay and tell them what happened. They may make it right for you. Awesome video thanks for sharing. I just bought the Buck 119 at my local Wal-Mart. The case is made just like that. It was made in Mexico also.

That is a counterfeit 692 vanguard. From a quick glance I would say the stamp is definitely a good tell. Other things I can tell from the video is the butt/guard are all wrong, I don't remember ever seeing black ones, also the hollow grind looks wrong, although I can't quite tell without measuring it.

I've seen a few fakes just like that. On the ones I've seen the back of the handle unscrews to reveal it's not even full tang, but has a threaded rod welded to the blade.

Thank you, never knew this.

Ebay seller sold me a fake 120!!! I love beat it up camping as soon as the parks open again!!

If it says Buck 75 and an anvil around 75 and USA is it legit? And on the handle it says 1942-2017 and 75 years. Some one please help. Thanks

Your 119 is a real Buck knife but the other one i believe you're right you was ripped off unfortunately . great video thanks for sharing

All my Bucks have the model number and year code stamped on the hilt end of the blade. A slight clue, duh?

A $100 knife for $20. You didn't get ripped off. You got a nice knife that you seem to enjoy for almost no money. It may not be a Buck, but it's still a useful knife. If the blade had snapped or the handle fell off, then you would have gotten ripped off. Since it's a user and not a collector knife, use it and enjoy it.

Aw man, makes me curious about some of the knives I've gotten on Amazon. I guess the only way to be safe, is to purchase from the brands main website, even though you'll be paying top dollar MSRP for everything.

Using that dating chart I just learned my pathfinder is a 2012 model. I'm glad I got a legit one from Amazon.

There smaller folders are made in China. The large folders like the 110 are still USA made. I believe all the full tangs are as well. The leather sheaths are made in Mexico tho. Still Buck is making quality products that you can't beat for the money in my opinion. Part of my every day carry is a Buck 110.

Please tell me the video recorder you were using wasn’t made in china as well...

A lot online is counterfeit. I like to get straight from the factory but it isn’t cheap that way. I would rather cry once

wanna know if its a full tang? stick a magnet on the handle

A foot note for anyone wanting to buy the Kershaw Blur, I bought one not very long ago off of Amazon that was $70 bucks the Blur that is made here in the USA from the Kershaw Company is around $125. The materials are Kershaw materials I think but probably put together in China.

Thanks, never knew about the dating, my 119 was made in 1990 :-)

A cautionary tale, always consider if a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Thank you. Very informative

Thanks I hope more people see this!

Not in that sheath vanguard came in nylon craphad the same problem with falkkiven f1 and came almost perfect except it didn't have As many line of checkering

You got me nervous there for a minute. I just bought a Buck 110 off Amazon and didn't really check the blade for stamping.But to my relief it is stamped 110 with a symbol and USA. But will definitely be on the look out in the future.

My 110 doesn't have real brass bolsters. It has a cheap paint over aluminum. Is that a sign of a counterfeit

Thank you for your video, I almost bought a vanguard off amazon too. After watching your video I discovered that most of the knives that where sold on the internet the logo was blurred. I searched for places that sold the vanguard that was close by and discovered that Bass Pro sold them. While at Bass Pro I was able to see the embedded logo and the symbol. It may cost a little more than the China knock-offs but the warranty is worth it. thanks again.

Not all of the Buck knives have the anvil logo on them. The price should've been the one and only sign that you were gonna get robbed. I've only ever seen Vanguards go for $65 and up. To be fair to the knife dealer, I've seen the Vanguards that aren't brass and cocobolo, and they look like this online, with only the BUCK name with their copyright symbol, so he wasn't wrong to assume, but if you told him the price, and the fact that you got it on Amazon, that should've given him pause to go grab a more experienced person working there.

I had to stop the video for a moment. I don’t know if you get to it in the video. but the little symbol you’re talking about next to the 119 is a mark for the year the weapon was made you can go to Buck’s website and they have a calendar with all the symbols. if you have an old knife you can find out what year it was manufactured just match up the symbol with the one on your blade. now I will continue watching your video

There is a replica of the Gerber Strongarm as well that isn't a Gerber Strongarm. When ordering a knife that you want made in the USA it's best to buy it from the company themselves or somewhere like HQ knives or Neeves knives. If you don't really care where the knife is made then Amazon is okay.

Looks like the fake has a better grind on the blade ;) Which isn't surprising when I look at the crap grind on my original Buck 110.

a little bit of research and ordering from your favorite knife store would have kept you from being rooked. the vanguard 192 has a wooden handle and the 692 has the rubberized nd neither comes with a spray painted black blade

My favorite knifes are Buck. Today i received my package from amazon (buck vantage select large, black) and the blade wasnt polished with that brushed steel look. I sent it back to Buck thinking it might be counterfeit or a defect. But today i went to bass pro shops to buy a knife in person (shoulda done in the first place) and i saw a lot of buck knives that actually didnt have that shiny polish to them. Whats happening. P.s. i ended up buying a spyderco persistence for 60$ at the bass pro.

The 119 is a great knife mine was made in 1967-1972 it was my dads like have a knife that’s over half a century old

Great video! Thanks!!!

My thing is, these are two very different knives you display in the video. They may have just stamped the one you purchased differently then others. I would’ve just compared another version of that same knife instead of two different knives

I purchased my Buck 119 fixed blade new at Walmart. I know for sure it's a real Buck knife since walmart sells no foreign China made products. Right? Aw yeah !

Buck requires dealers to sign a form that they will not sell Buck Knives online, I just signed the form and returned. Buck does make some knives in China but there a lot of copy cats that are selling under the Buck name but the quality isn't there. Buy from a local distributor or dealer to get the real thing.

Thank you for the heads up. I like the message on the Buck leaflet too. - John 3:16. The Buck knives are top quality knives. God bless you and you got a thumbs up and I hit that subscribe button. 👍😎🙏🕊️✝️📖♥️

What the Buck ?

Thank you...good video!

How's the fake Buck going , is it ok for a cheap knife? I see it on ebay for 16 bucks. Black or silver.

i cant even find a buck knife in their lineup that even comes close to looking like that black buck knife. also, even bucks made in chinas, are stamped as such. that buck logo is the wrong font as well. im willing to bet thats a complete fake knife. you remember the model number the black one is supposed to be?

I made a mistake like that. Bought one just like that. It didn't even make it through gutting one deer it broke off at the handle. I went and bought a real one for 150. don't go cheap!!!!!

The Chinese imitated vanguard careless and reluctantly. You got a fake one.

Seems to me that Buck sells knives that they make and cheaper knives made in China or elsewhere, not USA. Many companies are doing this. Just like not all Japanese cars are made in Japan.

There are counterfeits in most knives. Your best bet is to order the knife you want from, Buck themselves in Idaho.

Thanks.

Thanks from Alberta!,

I hope you reported the SOB that sold it to you.

Check out the Gordon hunting knife at Harbor Freight. Copy of the Buck 119. With coupon, got it for $20

Great video. Sucks to have been taken.

If you bought it on Amazon contact them and see if you can return it

Lots of good lessons in below comments. By now I’m sure your well trained at what’s a fake and what’s not when it comes to BUCk knives. Like Harleys… everyone likes to copy the BEST… Good luck in future purchases… BUCK KNIVES probably would like to have yours… as proof…. Fakes are out there.

you did not get taken. you got what you paid for. if you like it and it works and you carry it. 20 dollars is not that much to pay.

The logo on the knife looks pretty obviously fake. The letters are all regular and not like the letters on the box logo.

Hopefully you returned them, I would think you would have why wouldn’t you? Cost 100 Paid 20 that right there very simple clue.

I got one on eBay for $50 plus whatever shipping was and come find out there a hundred and fifty lol

You shouldnt carry the fake. Its probably inferior steel and will fail when you need it most.

"Counterfeit" may not be the exactly appropriate word. I ordered a Buck knife online, to replace one I'd lost for about half the retail price. It seemed to measure up in quality to the original in every way. The factories in China where most things are made, are notorious for their "back-door" deals, where they may sell off a part of a production run without the permission of their client. It may in fact be the same knife, so is it really "counterfeit?"

I hate fake products and WHO is famous for copy-steal-faking those? Only one. Look at the quality, not only the name (fake).

I can't believe that even buck knifes are fakes

Buck actually had some knives made in China but they got lots of flack about it so brought some back

I have a vanguard knife just like yours and it felt like if the tang was broken so I disassembled it and what a surprise it wasn't broken it's just 2 pieces joined by a cheap weld job

Some bucks are made in China. But even those have the year symbol, buck, and the knife model number towards the base of the blade. My buck 371 stockman for example is a chinese-made buck knive. It just doesn't have the USA near the base of the blade. It's not a bad little slip joint knife. It's not a bootleg because it is a buck product on their website. But it's not american-made and I didn't know that when I bought it. I would have rather spent 10 extra dollars to support the people who make knives here in America. Every looking for the american-made stockman knife it's going to be the buck 301 and not the buck 371

Buck made economy knives that don't show up on their website. You can't find anything on it. One of them is the Buck Mesa. I think that is what you have there. Where did you purchase your Knife.

Stick with amazon or buck knives website. Amazon if selling will have got their stock from buck knives directly so make sure it ships from amazon and not someone else.

Well, it's a bit hard with Bucks newer knives to know if they are real because a lot of them are made in China anyway and they don't have the symbol for the year it's made unless it's their Premium line like the 119, 124, 110, 112. The classics. Then they have a Select Line which are mostly made in China and don't have the date code on them. Unless it's a classic model like their 119 or 124, I won't mess with their Chinese line, too overpriced. The Mini Iceman knife is $40 here in Canada. I could get a decent fixed blade, full tang knife for that price!!

why is fake was problem

Go to midway USA

Come on Buck I'm ashamed of you making knives in China. Americans will pay more for an American product. We need to support our country our American workers.

He just said he had been HAD! Ha

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Buy from a authorized dealer.

Duhhhhh... I picked out the fake BUCK Vanguard right off the bat.....

I commend you on trying to help people spot fakes.... however not all Buck knives are made in the USA, or stamp the logo into the blade. Bullshit right? You can go on the Buck website and look at their new Selkirk line. The logo is not stamped but etched and it’s made in China. I wanted a survival knife that utilized modern materials and features. I was a little let down when I saw it was China made. Just because it’s not USA made doesn’t mean it’s a counterfeit.

The logo on the blade doesn't even look right.

Thats what happens when a company moves some of its production to China

40 plus years of collecting and you will have it down pat.

I have a "Buck" knife that I got for about $6 on ebay. I am totally sure that it is NOT a true Buck knife. I don't even think that the listing said "Buck" on it. But my Knife has "BUCK" stamped lengthwise on the side of the blade. It is a poorly designed knife with the possibility of cutting oneself with if you put your finger into the "finger cut-out" near the end of the blade. I sincerely hope that the folks of Buck USA had nothing to do with this knife. Also, that "Buck" knife in the video... I have seen a bunch of similar knifes claiming to be "Buck" on eBay for about $7. As a rule of thumb... If they only want $6 or $7 dollars for a knife (with free shipping) it probably is NOT a REAL Buck Knife. (Oh... and if the are Quotation Marks around the word "BUCK" it is definitely fake)

Well your not gonna get a good USA knife like that for 20 or 30 dollars! Lol

Just learned my buck 110 was made in 2018. Thanks from the "younger generation"

You should only order buck knives from the manufacturer

You don't remember we're you got the counterfeit buck? Amazon you think? After, I heard that lie. You lost all accountability to me!

I mistakenly bought a Chinese made buck knife

Talk to the manufacturer...the real one that is...the trademark infringement alone is enough to make you a millionaire for a shitty $30 knife!!!

So instead of buying a $100 knife for $20 you bought a $20 knife for $20...OK Best to do your research before you buy and not afterward. I feel it is the buyers responsibility to know what they are buying, I never rely on the person selling me something to educate me on it. I buy and sell a lot of knives , personally I’m not a big fan of buck knives but I do fool with. You want to keep an eye out for the ones NOT marked USA since they date to before 1968 and are worth a premium. The older sheath knives are rather distinctive and very uncommon

Not all Bucks are made in the USA, most of them are Chinese