119 Special Knife

Hoyt Buck’s (our founder) first knife, made from a worn-out file blade in 1902 was a fixed blade. The U.S. Government requested blade donations for the military after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is then, in the basement of a church in 1942, that Hoyt Buck began making knives by hand. It was a design that was dialed in after 40 years of making knives to customer specifications.

Features

• 420hc Steel
• This is Buck’s standard blade material because it approaches the wear resistance of high carbon alloys while delivering the corrosion resistance of chromium stainless steels. Add our exclusive heat-treat process and you have a very user-friendly combination of superior corrosion resistance with excellent strength for wear resistance and durability. You also have a blade that is easy to resharpen. For best performance we harden to a Rockwell hardness of Rc 58.

Tech Specs

• Blade Length

  6"

• Blade Material

  420HC Stainless Steel

• Blade Style

  Clip-Point

• Blade Thickness

  0.175"

• Edge Type

  Plain Edge

• Handle Material

  Phenolic

• Knife Type

  Fixed Blade

• Lock Type

  None

• Opener

  None

• Weight

  7.5 oz