I've lost every Buck knife I have ever owned. The last one slide out of my pocket when exiting my truck and fell right into a sewer drain under the vehicle. I took that as a signal I should switch brands - LOL! Descent knife brand - just impossible to hold on to (for me).
I have two 119's. 119 is the entry level knife, sold at Menards and Walmart and virtually everywhere. So used 119's are often cheap. I have a perfect one ($35 used) and one that was abused (bought for $5, looked like an idiot had tried to sharpen it, I spent hours putting a decent edge back on it). All that said the shorter models would be preferable to me, but the new prices give me sticker shock. I'd have to pay twice as much as my $35 119 to get one. I love the 119's, but I'd love a smaller knife more.
I have a bunch of them and like them all. Skinner, Woodsman, Pathfinder, Special, Fisherman, had Personal that was my dad's, had Buck recondition and sharpen it and gave it to one of my boys. I have plenty of folders and pocket knives from Buck too.
They make a pretty good mass produced knife for the money.
Have read does a great job with 420 H.C. steel. So many different steels it can be mind boggling. My current Sog Trident Tanto is Aus-8 and does take an edge very easily. Still the Buck knives offer a good blade for the money.
Glad to see you back Texas Star ! As for Buck sheath knives, my favorite would have to be the Buck 101 - mainly because I carried a Buck 110 for over thirty years, and always wishing it was available in fixed blade configuration. Well, it is now, and it's great. I normally carry a Esse 3, or if I'm cleaning hogs, a Gerber Para Wrap (thing won't get dull !)
I have had several Buck knives over the years, either by purchase or by winning them as prizes at trap shoots. I have given them all away. While I like the looks, quality and design, I have never been happy with the sharpening of a Buck, both is ease and edge retention. Just my opinion