It’s not a great knife by today’s standards?😂 that was a good one!

Blood Grove or fuller

Just found out about Curtis today. Very very nice, calm, and patient man. Sold me an axe 10 years ago, and I was going to buy a new one today without even thinking of buying from anyone else because of my experience a decade ago. My condolences to the family.

I got a 119 in 1981 during the brief year or two when they used 425M. Of course the salesman in the knife store (Santa Barbara, CA - Merlo's Cutlery ?) said it was 440C because it had been one or two years before.

He has so much info to share but aware that ppl might be bored so cuts short but I'd love to hear all he has to say😅

I would never pay 50 dollar s for a axe .if i were to pay 150 for a hatchet .don t care who made it. That hatchet better be cutting the wood for me .the price of these tool s are way to expensive..you can buy a axe ir hatchet at a garage sale for 2 to 5 dollar s.if your buying this crap .you are stupid.

Such a loss. :(

They are good axes but this company is a proud member of the agenda 2030. This is why i never will buy an axe from them.

To fix or save the old bucks case, soak it with mink oil. Let it sink in.

**DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.** It looks like the company went out of business and someone else bought the URL.

Sad about the passing of the OK guy. 😕

You make an excellent point about the handle strength. The grain direction and minor blemishes are completely irrelevant with a 16"handle and a 1.6lb head. I have been shocked at how much abuse a hickory hatchet handle can take and remain firmly attached to the head. I was rehafting a cheap little hatchet for a restaurant owner who was using it to split firewood for the wood fired oven. I am not sure if they ever took a swing which did not overstrike and the handle was smashed in badly in a few places. Looking at it made you wonder two things, how did it not break, should I really let this person hold an axe again or should I stage an intervention? The handle was a nightmare to remove probably wouldn't have come loose until they finally crushed the handle from one side to the other. I'm guessing it is partially because of a cheap yet ridiculously thick hickory handle that inexpensive imported tools frequently use. If I was working on a logging crew and harbor freight or tractor supply handed me a hickory tree with a tiny bit of iron on the end I would explain that I get paid to take trees off the mountain and carrying that much lumber up the hill seems counter productive.

Maybe a review on Tuatahi axes especially their Trapper. Very high quality.

Thanks for sharing.

Way too much talking.

Do you sale other brands like Hults & Bruk?

I hear a female voice filming..... Sounded sexy

I have 3 119s. I have 1 of the old sheath in good condition but it's kind of annoying . And without the plastic insert There is always a risk the blade will go right through the leather if you're a little bit too aggressive. Good for a showpiece but not too good to use. The new ones are much better.

Digging up dandelions or skinning deer...119 kicks ass

I thought I was the only one who is grain crazy on the handles. I am so bad I would classify I have a disorder of grain. I buy two and three axes of the same just to have the different grains and colors Curtis is highlighing on this cool video. No kidding Curtis some of my axes I just look at and buy then to hold them in the hand. This store had just the axe handles you could shop as well when stopping in when blazing across 80 in Nebraska on a Cabelas run.

I had bought several knifes from you Curtis. I know your in heaven now. Rest in peace Sir. Your a real nice man, as I remember talking to you on the phone. It is so true the saying, "only the good die young." ❤🕊️♥️

Buying a Buck 119 to dig out dandilions is better than buying a Buck 119 to take out all the mayonaise from the jar. Lol.

I thought I had too many axes

Your kinda off bro they do last and it is a really good knife one of the best get your shit rt.

The Handel is pknalic

Do a search Where are Buck Knives made? In the USA? Overseas in China? How do I tell?

My first and favorite sheath knife. I have the flap over sheath Buck 119 USA ... which is late 70's - 80's. Great info. Thanks.

I have hung handles in axes where the grain was not perfectly aligned with the handle. I am more worried whether the handle fits the eye properly. I watch my grandfather hang a new handle on an axe head with his pocket knife and used a fence staple for a wedge, because that is what he had.

I put TiteBond exterior adhesive on the wedge before I drive it in. That way it won’t loosen over time.

Though of y’all today when I ordered a wildlife hatchet with a very cool dark heartwood handle. Thanks for these videos. Sad that there won’t be any more.

Half assed workmen ship

Your links go to an Asian site

They are putting a secondary bevel on these. Damn

This was a fantastically helpful video. Thank you for putting it together!

“There is no short answer to this so hear goes... You have to take into account the hardness, the included angle, and the edge geometry, plus to a certain extent, the blade finish.” “One thing I do know about our 440C, 425mod, and 420hc is that we get the same basic rockwell out of each of them. 58 to 60 was the range and that was Chuck's law, never to be trifled with. When we were using 440C the edge geometry was a lot diferent than our Edge 2000 geometry. The comment most often heard during the 440c years was that Buck knives held a great edge, but boy was it hard to get that edge on. Those earlier knives had an extra operation in production that we called a "flat edge". Take a look at a new 110 from back then and you can still see a faint line running the length of the edge. That edge was slightly radiused to, thus lending to the hard to resharpen comments because how do you lay a blade edge flat on a stone if the edge is not flat to begin with? Those blades were thicker through the hollow grind which made meant they could stand up to more prying, but again, made it a lot harder to resharpen as you got higher up in the blade. VERY tough edge and tough blade for sure but our customers were telling us that wanted something they could sharpen. Gradual changes in the blade and edge geometry took place over the years to address this need. Off the top of my head I think we did away with the flat edge operation before we went to 425mod. Before we changed from 425mod to 420hc, Chuck had to be convinced that we would still get our 58-60 hardness. We did numerous tests in heat treat, and backed them up on our C.A.T.R.A. machine, a device that tests several aspects of an edge, before we made the switch. Many of our opinions on which steel is best are clouded by all the other variables that really need to be considered together. I hear someone sware that his 103 skinner from the 60's is the best knife ever and I know that if I took a 2007 Skinner, and ground the edge the same as his, it would likely perform the same. Does that mean that we should go back to the earlier geometry? Nope. It means that for that particular person, that particular combination of rockwell, geometry, angle, works best for him and his particular needs. My opinion has always been that to a certain extent, everybody uses their knives diferently, and sharpen them diferently so they should find the knife and sharpening technique that works best for their needs. The best thing that Buck can do to help is deliver a consistant edge to begin with. That is part of what E2k was all about. We shoot for a 26 to 32 degree included angle, which our research has shown is a good all around edge. You might want a lower number for a fillet blade and a higher number for chisel. We also made the edge more visible, easier to see and lay flat on the stone. It may appear that the edge is actually higher but that illusion is due to the fact that we don't polish the burr off anymore in the final sharpening operation. To polish it would be to give it a slight radius so we now strop it off, leaving it good and flat, therefore easier to sharpen for the customer. I hope this helps some. In case anyone was wondering... We changed from 440C to 425mod because we wanted to fineblank our blades. If we could fineblank them, we could get greater accuracy on our tolerances. Much more accurate than trying to mill and drill later. We could also make the blades quicker which translated into keeping our cost down, always a good thing. This is vastly diferent than saying we "went to a cheeper steel to cut costs". Remember Chuck's law, only then it was also Al Buck's law. That 425mod was a special steel the mill made for Buck, and we paid for it. Then years later, at the mills request, we considered the change from 425mod to our current 420hc. We were the only ones that wanted 425mod and they mainly made it for us because they liked us...seriously! But 420hc was an on the shelf variety of steel and was basically the same so...Many test later, as mentioned above, and we made the switch. Again, not Buck switching to a cheeper steel, just Buck finding a better way to keep its costs down without impacting the customer. Its a win win, my employer stays in business and we continue to deliver a quality knife.”

Oh my goodness, what a cool shop you have in Omaha. I bought a knife from you years ago. What a bummer, just saw your store is closed. Take care.

Thank you so much for all the effort and this comprehensive video. I have four of these in the pile there and was looking at a fifth, I will now get the Scandavavian Forest Axe, as well. I never realized the small forest axe and the hunters axe were so close in size and dimensions, with some axe head and handle variations they are very similar. The top views for thickness was also very helpfull. What a very nice video. ❤

Fuller, pommel, phenolic. You're welcome.

Maybe turn off the radio if you’re doing a video.

FBI. Holland. Ronald Holland himself. Hatchets. Oklahoma girl scouts Camp Champlain. What was murder weapon? Any unidentified DNA?

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Appreciate the details..

Very nice

Been looking for a kalinga.

Don't act.

Probably the best axe store modern America ever had. What a great video idea. Seeing the top profiles compared was SO helpful! RIP Curtis! My condolences to the family, I hope this finds you well… Peace.

God Bless.

meds

It’s better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

Do you have a new store?