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Originally Posted by k22fan
The internet rumor that will probably never go away:
During the 20th century Buck never used 440C. In 1971, give or take a year, I wrote Buck and asked what blade steel they used. They wrote back writhing they used 425 which they claimed was almost as good as 440C but more cost effective. Some time after that their standard steel became 420HC.
I like the idea of the Pro 102 Woodsman but I just do not use fixed blades often enough to justify paying $130. Even my 110s do not get used all that much. I'd jump on a large stockman with S35V blades.
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That is incorrect. Buck started with 440C steel on the six original fixed blade models in 1961. They switched to 425m in 1981. In 1992 they switched to the current 420HC steel. This is from my edition of Holding an Edge, a Guide to Sixty Years of BUCK Factory Production Knives, copyright 2020 by Larry Oden.
Perhaps whomever answered your letter was mistaken.