Strider Knives is a privately owned and operated company devoted solely to the development and construction of edged tools designed to survive use in the harshest of conditions. But it is our ongoing commitment to developing innovative new products and improving what we have by third and fourth generation Buck family members that have made Buck the successful knife maker it is today. Hoyt and Al Buck's ingenuity may have put the company on the map. Since our own name is on the knife, our quality, focus, and attention to detail is very personal." He has been quoted saying, "We have been helping people thrive with reliable and trustworthy edged products for over a century. Lori now serves on the Board of Directors and is actively involved with Buck promotional events throughout the U.S., continuing Chuck's legacy.ĬJ, the 4th generation family member to run Buck Knives and current CEO, President, and Chairman, started out with the company on the production line in 1978. Chuck remained active as Chairman of the Board until his passing in 2015. A position we hold proudly today.Ĭhuck worked his way up through the company serving as President and CEO for many years before handing over the reins to his son, CJ, in 1999.
In 1964, the knife industry was revolutionized with the introduction of the Model 110 Folding Hunter, making Buck Knives a leader in the field. Al introduced his son, Chuck, to the knife business at an early age and Chuck and his wife, Lori, were both involved when the company was incorporated. Buck and Son.įollowing the death of his father, Al kept the fledgling custom knife business going until incorporating Buck Knives, Inc. Hoyt and his wife Daisy moved in with Al and his young family in 1945 and set up shop as H.H. Hoyt's eldest son Al had relocated from the Pacific Northwest to San Diego California after finishing a stint in the navy a decade earlier. His handiwork was greatly appreciated during World War II. Hoyt made each knife by hand, using worn-out file blades as raw material. His unique approach produced the first Buck Knife in 1902. Mick’s entry, an incredible integral knife made out of ½” titanium stock with a zippered composite blade, gorgeous handles, and integral guard was the unanimous winner, and effectively retired the competition.A young Kansas blacksmith apprentice named Hoyt Buck was looking for a better way to temper steel so it would hold an edge longer. At the 2002 Blade Show, a group of the best tactical knifemakers in the country decided to compete with each other to produce the most innovative and interesting fixed “battle blade” at the show. Mick also worked on his technical skills, always striving to become better at the physical craft. It drew on the weapons carried by Roman legionnaires, yet was modern and usable in the 21stCentury battlefield. An example of this was the Ajax – it featured a very wide blade surface clearly designed to inflict damage. But constant in all of them was a disregard for convention, and a desire to try new ideas. His knife line grew over the following years to include different varieties of fixed blades, all distinctive and many with specialized uses. For instance, he was not the first to wrap a knife handle with paracord, but he was the first to do it in a way that was tough enough for sustained infantry use. Mick sampled some good ideas, but made them great. Soldiers, policemen, and other men going into harm’s way couldn’t buy them fast enough. No one carrying a Strider knife was going to be spotted because of sunlight glinting off of polished steel or a glossy leather sheath. These knives were the first indication of his innovative approach: in addition to their utilitarian design, the knives carried a subdued finish and subdued sheaths.
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The knives he made didn’t look like the hunter-inspired knives seen in most PXs instead they were almost brutish in their functionality: beefy, solid, and with unbreakable ¼” stock full tangs. He started with a tabula rasa, a clean slate, informed only by his own experiences and knowledge of what a soldier needed in a knife. Mick’s approach was to not get burdened by the weight of past designs. This turned out to be fortunate turn of events, both for Mick and for the knife using world at large.
In 1988, he began making specialized knives for use by the military.
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