It doesn't matter if you have a Buck 119 or the Gordon copy (I have both) it is not difficult to snap the tip off of them. I have known many people who have had the Buck 119 with a snapped off tip. You can easily re-profile the tip and it still looks killer and is actually stronger because the metal is thicker at the point of the break or you can send it back to Buck and they will replace it for you.
@@gunsquawk4443 My point is precisely that...... The "point" of the Buck 119 120 etc. will easily break. The thickness of the blade dramatically reduces at the tip of those knives and it doesn't take much to snap it if you aren't careful. However, if you do snap it there is enough blade out there you can grind a new tip on the knife and unless you know the knife you would never notice it. That is my point.......
@@gunsquawk4443 you didn't try. Go stick it in a log 1 inch deep and turn your knife 45 degrees to the side. It'll break. All bowies generally taper to extremely thin tips. Breakage isn't even a bad thing.
Afew years ago the girlfriend got me a 119 with cocobolo handle. And my only problem with it is, i dont wanna use it. Its such a beautiful knife, so it sits in the safe and every now and then i take it out just to stare at it for abit.
It's OK if you don't want to use your knife I have 800 knives that I don't use hahaha so you wanna sell your butt Coca- Coca bolo? Is ohh? Am I a nice snob 7 it's nice knob 7CRVI would never buy 7 CVR
I've had tips break on all kinds of knives. It doesn't take much to snap them. They are usually pretty easy to fix. The Gordon knife is no stranger to controversy about toughness and durability. But when it comes to giving my grandsons their first fixed blade knife, The Gordon is just fine as an entry knife. Great video and eval.
You do know that the 119 special is actually $47.99 at every Walmart in the US right? So you're actually only " saving " 1× the cost of this cheap axknife. You could get 2 of these for the price of a Buck 119, and but it would last longer than the 2 of these knockoffs. Plus Buck has their famous forever warranty, the SPA service, replacement sheaths available...ect.
@@panchopistola8298 at least 75% of their product line is made in Post Falls Idaho. All of their classics are made there. The 100 series belt knives from the 102-124, all of their lockbacks in the 500 series from the 505-500, the 55 112 and 110. Theres a few imported slipjoint models, the selkirk line, and a handful of inexpensive modern folders. Out of all of thr knife manufacturers who do offer imports with their name on them, Buck offers the smallest percentage.
I use to carry a knife similar to that one except it had a tiny red line around the handle in 1972 when I worked for the Dept. of Agriculture as a fire fighter. Our job was to fight forest fires primarily. It was made by Case and the model was called the Cheyenne.
@@gunsquawk4443 there is not a single case knife that's made in china.... All case knives are made in Bradford... Now Schrade sold the company outsourced their products to China.. these were known as old timer and uncle Henry.. and now they are junk.. However anything in carbon steel they make is still good. Regardless of where they are made. But no.. case is an American company owned by zippo
This knife is not designed for prying...due to the shape of the tip. Try that to your $200 knives, and you will have similar result, either shattered or bent, especially high HRC knives. The 7Cr15Mov(?) blade is tougher in general, and can withstand chipping better, but not without its limits. As other here noted that any steel when bent, will induce stress hardening to that area. To bend it back, it is advised to heat the area to relief the stress before bending it back.(a better way maybe to hammer it back agaist the flat surface, rather than the poster's way, which acutally abuses the knife ... I do not see how he can bend it back like that without knowing how much of a force to do so.
You don't reheat a knife to bend it back.. that's not "aDvIsAbLe".. it ruins any heat treatment it may have had, and will anneal the steel to a point where it will never hold or take an edge again. He did right try to bend it back cold.. if it breaks , you repair the tip on a grinder carefully and keep it cool. You don't heat blades once their finished... Anything over 3-400 degrees removes temper.. heat the knife and you ruin the whole knife.. instead of just the tip.. Nice try sounding like an expert though. And as far as your " high hardness " talk... That's garbage too.. I have torture tested several 60-62 hrc blades, and some broke and some didn't.. what matters is tip geometry.. this is why bushcraft knives have stout tips.. The buck 119 design was intended as a camp/hunting knife . To tend to camp stuff like cooking and food prep.. and hunting stuff.maybe light light chopping, preparing fish or game...... That's why it has a fine tip..
The first number equates to the amount of carbon in the steel. 5/6/7cr13 5 = .45%-.5% which is about equal to 420HC 7 = .6% to .75%, About equal to 440A 8 ...roughly equal to 440B or AUS 8 9...a bit lower than 440C Found this on a knife forum
Buck's 420HC gets a superior heat treatment from Bos. It's still only 420HC but at its peak performance. It's sort of like a mediocre athlete having their best day and playing the best game of their life in the minor leagues.
You can buy 3 of these for the price of the Buck. What they DON'T tell you, 1 Buck will outlast 3 of these cheap knockoffs. Be smart. Buy the Buck. It will last you forever.
"But, it's real leather, so...". For the sake of this video, a correct comparison would be to compare plywood or particleboard to maple or oak and saying "But, it's real wood", which it technically is, but most people know why one is much, much cheaper AND inferior. Leather is the same way. Leather is not the "bacon" of the materials world. Sausage can be added to and is still called sausage. People mess with bacon and we'll know it's not real bacon. When leather is marked "Genuine Leather", that just means that they couldn't afford to use top or full-grain leather, but instead used leftover leather shavings, bad parts of the hide, minced up into pulp, then formed into Genuine Leather...the exact comparison between particleboard and maple I did above.
what you're saying is that IS leather, in the sense that it was the shitty left-overs ground up, minced together, soaked good with gluey liquids, pressed flat, then left to dry? i wasn't aware that kinda thing could be done with leather, interesting. i did know that not all leather is created equally.
It happened more than 15 years ago when I was a teenager and there is no need to talk about it now, because it was either me or him and I had my convincing personal reasons.
He he my old buck 110 lost it's tip gouging a plug out of a Jeep carburetor. It's a combat veteran also and has long been retired. I have a newer one I've used since.
It just so happened I had to pause this video to make a trip to Harbor Freight and decided to look to see if they had these. They did, $24.99. I have a (circa 2002) Buck 119 I was fondling before I left, the differences I saw were the grind on the Gordon's clip point is a bit more aggressive, this doesn't make much difference to me. The resin handle on the Gordon seemed more matte/gritty than the smooth Buck handle. I think the Buck is better because the smooth resin feels like it's give a slightly better grip than the powdery matte finish of the Gordon. One thing I do prefer about the Gordon was the guard and pommel aren't stacked like the Buck. My Buck's guard kinda slides out of alignment, not a big deal but it bugs me in an OCD way. I looked to see if the pommel is pinned like the Buck but couldn't tell, Buck hides the pin well but you can tell if you look very close, I couldn't tell on the Gordon. If you're invited to go camping or hunting and need a knife on short notice, there are better options but this will work fine. I just retired my 119 because it's a little too much knife for deer hunting and it rides too high on my belt and the pommel knocks my safety off because I hunt with an old Lee-Enfield. I hope to get a Terava Jaakaripuukko 110 when the budget allows it.
I've got the 140 and it is a great knife - thicker and stronger and longer than a Mora Garberg Carbon with a nicer leather sheath and a slightly more comfortable handle. The Condor Terrasaur would be the main competition for a reasonably priced belt knife.
The harbor freight saving gimmick isn’t new. They have been doing that for as long as I can remember. For example if you look at their adds for things like generators, their predator generators they compare to Honda generators and then they will say save 70% by buying their predator generator instead of a Honda. It’s so dumb, I don’t know anyone out there who is persuaded by these games they play…
One trick with cheap knife sheaths is to take super glue and run over the stitching on both sides. This increases the life of the stitching considerably. And I've seen some "name brand" sheathes have catastrophic failure of the stitching and other worse problems. I've owned some good nearly indestructible knives that came with absolute disasters of sheaths. Especially true with some Cold Steel knives. I got a bushman years ago. The knife is still going strong but the plastic liner in the cloth sheath got brittle and shattered like glass when I dropped the knife once. And not freezing, it was an 80 degree day. Not something you'd want to have happen in the field. I'm not really trusting plastic handles either to be honest.
I work at Harbor Freight. That price comparison is common on most of their price tags in the store (at least the ones I have worked at). Go into the physical store and look at the small print on the price tags in the store, they will show how much your are saving if you dont buy the non-harbor freight brand.
Got a 119 buck, and I love it. I bought mine at gander Mt. For about 59 bucks, mabe 15 years ago. Still shave sharp, and in good condition. Great blade for the money.
"Neither here nor there." Harbor Freight does that "savings" comparisons for a lot of their products. For example they compare one of their Icon socket sets for $49.95 to a similar Snap-on set for $305.25, and claim you're saving $255.
its good but dirty marketing to suggest their saving money buy buying there cheap stuff instead of a non comparable item Becasue its the same shape and maybe has the same purpose lol
I don't really see the marketing as deceiving, they're simply saying that you're saving this amount of money by buying their name brand equivalent over the name bran item itself. However, you can buy a real Buck 119 all day at Walmart for around $47 which actually makes this knife less than half the cost of the Buck. Whether or not it's worth it is of course up to the buyer. Very good analysis and informative video though.
I personally would not have wasted my money on that chinese copy... I bought the real deal (119) when it sold for under 50 bucks... I tried to sharpen a folder for someone made from that cheap china steel...and it would not take an edge worth a damn... It kept chipping and flaking... Buck just doesn't use standard 420 HC steel...they also use Paul Bos heat treat... Which makes them as strong as Chromium steels...and retain an edge like a High Carbon Steel... I Love Buck Knives...I am a Red Blooded American... I don't Live and Work in China...
I've been using my buck 192 vanguard and case xx trapper since I was 10 years old.I've had a buck 119 for 15 years and have never used it because my 2 normal use knives haven't ever let me down.Buy a good quality knife its well worth it
The cashier chick at my local academy sports and outdoors had a fixed blade karambit neck knife today and I thought of you when I saw it . Also I think the best use for this knife is a prop for a slasher movie
Instead of getting these buck knives get a Fällkneven they are the best survival knives ever made, get the x series for strength and the pro series of you live in a cold climate yes, they are expensive but I have the A1x and the f1xb and I have no regrets I’m going to get the Nl5 soon they are amazing knives
The first number equates to the amount of carbon in the steel. example 5cr ... 5 = .45%-.5% which is about equal to 420HC 7 = .6% to .75%, About equal to 440A 8 ...roughly equal to 440B or AUS 8 9...a bit lower than 440C
Just bought one on 12/12/21 Insider Club & 30% coupon. Well worth it for price and quality, especially as a field knife for my in-vehicle get home kit.
First I collect knives and have several Case knives which are all hard to sharpen,but that’s ok they are good to look at.Puma use to make a Skinner knife that could be razor sharp ,the last one I could not.Turns out the big knife makers are selling out to Chinese.Their steel is not tempered right,plus it rusts and stains easily.
Walmart has Buck 110 for $59 .. so you're basically saving about half the price buying the harbor freight but the steel and everything is not going to be as good as the buck no way
That what happens when you try to bend it back the wrong way. If you bend your tip don't "try to fix it" by just randomly stabing it and bending it the opposite way. Use a hammer and light taps to pound it back into shape. That tip looks weak (not sure how it is on the 119) by desing. Hollow gring and the swedge end before the tip so there's no reinforcement. My guess a 119 would bend and break the same way.
Its a great costume piece for a Ghost Face costume as the original knive used was a buck 120. Granted its not as long of a knife but it'll still look the part for sure.
Also the knife was featured on the cover poster of Friday the 13th part 4, Part 7, and Part 8. It is also believed that the knife Jason used to attack Chris in Part 3 was a Buck 120
Personally, I don’t consider any stick tang knife a viable survival knife, and don’t consider them true full tang knives either, even if they go all the way thru. But I also don’t consider knives with skeletal tangs (such as Becker) good choices either. I want solid steel, all the way. The added weight, as well as a little hand shock when and if chopping is a small price to pay for the added strength in my opinion
A quick search for becker BK9 destruction and torture tests will prove you have nothing to worry about with skeletonized handles from that brand . Everyone has a preference and i can respect that but i'd trust a BK9 over a lot of other true full tang knives in it's price range
I would have to agree with you. Rattail tangs or stick tangs as they are referred to at times, are better suited to combat knife blades. For survival purposes, I want a full tang blade.
Glad my Wife bought her Buck 119 before the price went up. We both have and carry Buck 110s . Mine is the 110 classic and my Wife has the 110 light . The hf looks ok but I'll stick with my Timber Rattler with its 10 1/2 inch blade . It's been through Hell and is still going strong . All the knives we have as far as fixed blades will out do the hf knives any day of the week .
Saw a copy of the 119 on Aliexpress which is probably made by the same factory as the Harbour Freight version. If you want a hunting knife you can get better in a cheaper Buck fixed blade, OK they're smaller than the 119 but it's reliable and will be a good knife years from now.
Pretty much what you expect in a China Freight knockoff. They commonly use that ad technique on their knockoff tools, telling you how much you save buying theirs instead of the real thing.
But if you're only ever going to touch it in a REAL survival situation is this really what you would want to trust? IMO it's better to have a well-equipped bug out bag and burn through the cheapies when you have the luxury to be able to replace them.
Its unfortunate that harbor freight is doing this theyre raising prices in everything a lot of it is now so high that it isnt worth the price Harbor freight used to be an excellent option for a person that only needed a tool for one project But now with all the rebranding And increases theyre worse than the big box stores because the the prices are often higher and the quality is lower I no longer shop harbor freight first I now shop the big box stores And online harbor freight is quickly becoming a last resort for me when i need a tool
Unless a person is absolutely poor and cannot spend more than $25, then maybe this is the knife to buy. But even then there are better knives around that price with name brand like Sharrade, Cold Steel, Kershaw, (if you catch them on sale). Maybe not the same style but definitely fixed blade with heat treated steel. Like you said, if this knife was $10 or lower, then maybe it might be worth looking at if you are plum low on cash and you need a knife right away to use for a day or two. You would definitely need to sharpen it or regrind it for a proper edge. If you can't afford anything better, you can always save your money and buy something better. And you can never save money if you are constantly buying junk because you do not have the patience to wait.
I bought one of these to compare it to my 119's. if you look carefully at the pommel you can see the pin holding it on just as the real Buck 119 is constructed. Also you can still get a 119 at Walmart for 50 bucks. If they would have used 8CR13mov instead it might have been a better knife.
No...hahaha There are more $5 knives in display cases than knives worth displaying lol...Who usually displays knives? a handful of adults with stuff worth displaying and millions of teenagers with flea market knives who loves showing them off to their friends...
@@cutlerylover...After watching your 1st video..I also very recently bought this Gordon $20faux 119...Truth is: I"ve got far too many big buck$ bowie beauties, I can barely bring myself to use and let alone sharpen...that's the psychological liberation of a cheap knife...
Among other fixed blades and folders I have two 119, one 110 and a 124 frontiersman (love that one). I checked and my locale harbor freight has one in stock. I may pick one up just ,cause. Throw it in the truck and just have it. If it rust or breaks oh well. It’s certainly a cheap beater for sure.
My go sheath knife is a Cutco made in Olean NY. Lifetime guarantee, and if it’s got a double D (serrated) blade you can send it back to be resharpened once a year for free.
I see what you mean about the marketing. I think it’s similar to the Walmart’s and market stores. When you see the price of a name brand, and then see them say “compare to…and save..”
So the Gordon knife is actually made of better steel than the Buck knife. 4xx series, xCRxxMOV and AUS steels are pretty comparable-they're just the American, Chinese and Japanese standards, respectively. Alloying elements are all about the same. AISI 420HC (High Carbon), sometimes called 420 Modified, is just 1045 with the usual stuff (mostly chromium) in it to make it rust resistant. Unfortunately, when you buy anything by Gordon, you're throwing dice on how good the heat treat will be. But the 7CR17MOV is around 0.65-0.75% carbon. It's rare anything made by Gordon actually states what it's made of. I wonder if they use that grade for everything. I have their sawback machete, bought it for $5 to use for a weekend project, and absolutely beat the hell out of it. It's still going strong and the sawback actually saws wood reasonably well.
Bro what are you talking about? Every company markets like that. Look at Kohl's clothing store, they've done it for decades, they slash a fake price and give out "40 percent off" coupons. And that's just one company, they all do it.
This is actually a really common marketing technique, but usually it's used for super cheap jewelry marketed as if it were expensive jewelry and a couple similar markets as far as I know. I got to talk with a jewelry seller who was specifically not doing that even though it was common for many of the things he was selling and who took the time to talk through the strategy and some of the ways to spot It usually.
As to advertising by Harbor Freight marketing. That is how Harbor Freight advertises for most of their products. They always compare their item to Skill, or Dewalt, or other high end products. Then tell you how you would save money comparing apples to oranges to bananas... As always it is up to the buyer/consumer to determine what they are willing to live with.
🇺🇸🤠🇲🇽 hello Sir! thx for review 420 steel good blade by buck.S35vn would be worth extra $$ on pro series buck because of metal & heat treatment? correct?
That's exactly what you want now take a meal bastard file, re-profile it it will make it stronger I've got one then I'll fixing to the break on purpose, so I can put a thicker tip on it
It doesn't matter if you have a Buck 119 or the Gordon copy (I have both) it is not difficult to snap the tip off of them. I have known many people who have had the Buck 119 with a snapped off tip. You can easily re-profile the tip and it still looks killer and is actually stronger because the metal is thicker at the point of the break or you can send it back to Buck and they will replace it for you.
Tried it with mine, it didn't break. So what's your point?
@@gunsquawk4443 My point is precisely that...... The "point" of the Buck 119 120 etc. will easily break. The thickness of the blade dramatically reduces at the tip of those knives and it doesn't take much to snap it if you aren't careful. However, if you do snap it there is enough blade out there you can grind a new tip on the knife and unless you know the knife you would never notice it. That is my point.......
@@gunsquawk4443 you didn't try. Go stick it in a log 1 inch deep and turn your knife 45 degrees to the side.
It'll break. All bowies generally taper to extremely thin tips. Breakage isn't even a bad thing.
Some heat treat is better than others ❤
Afew years ago the girlfriend got me a 119 with cocobolo handle. And my only problem with it is, i dont wanna use it. Its such a beautiful knife, so it sits in the safe and every now and then i take it out just to stare at it for abit.
Just get a Fällkneven f1x or S1x or f1x if you live in a cold climate get the pro series way better knives
To me, (and my budget), the basic 119 is to beautiful to use.
It's OK if you don't want to use your knife I have 800 knives that I don't use hahaha so you wanna sell your butt Coca- Coca bolo? Is ohh? Am I a nice snob 7 it's nice knob 7CRVI would never buy 7 CVR
Hey that’s perfectly fine
...that's why I also bought the cheap china faux119...
I've had tips break on all kinds of knives. It doesn't take much to snap them. They are usually pretty easy to fix. The Gordon knife is no stranger to controversy about toughness and durability. But when it comes to giving my grandsons their first fixed blade knife, The Gordon is just fine as an entry knife. Great video and eval.
Right, it's not the best but it'll cut and butter toast just fine! Careful, don't cut yourself!😂
I have had the buck 119 since I was 13. I absolutely love it, and used it quite a bit. Mind you I’m 48 and it is still going strong
I'm 47 and also had mine since a teen. I received (2) 75th anniversary editions from my father-in-law last Christmas.
I picked up a Buck 119 at a, yardsale for 5 dollars. It is like new condition.
Nice! That's a good catch!
Damn I've never gone to yard sales and am no reconsidering this.
I get a lot of good deals at yd sales.
You do know that the 119 special is actually $47.99 at every Walmart in the US right?
So you're actually only " saving " 1× the cost of this cheap axknife.
You could get 2 of these for the price of a Buck 119, and but it would last longer than the 2 of these knockoffs.
Plus Buck has their famous forever warranty, the SPA service, replacement sheaths available...ect.
actually bought a 119 earlier this year and love it.
No longer, my Walmart just raised the price to about $57.
Buck is still made in China .
@@panchopistola8298
Yup let's all support China
@@panchopistola8298 at least 75% of their product line is made in Post Falls Idaho.
All of their classics are made there.
The 100 series belt knives from the 102-124, all of their lockbacks in the 500 series from the 505-500, the 55 112 and 110.
Theres a few imported slipjoint models, the selkirk line, and a handful of inexpensive modern folders.
Out of all of thr knife manufacturers who do offer imports with their name on them, Buck offers the smallest percentage.
Thanks for the update.
I'll just buy two Mora Clippers or Companions for the same price.
I use to carry a knife similar to that one except it had a tiny red line around the handle in 1972 when I worked for the Dept. of Agriculture as a fire fighter. Our job was to fight forest fires primarily. It was made by Case and the model was called the Cheyenne.
Yep, that's when Case wasn't cheap chinese junk, like it is now.
@@gunsquawk4443 there is not a single case knife that's made in china.... All case knives are made in Bradford...
Now Schrade sold the company outsourced their products to China.. these were known as old timer and uncle Henry.. and now they are junk..
However anything in carbon steel they make is still good. Regardless of where they are made.
But no.. case is an American company owned by zippo
This knife is not designed for prying...due to the shape of the tip. Try that to your $200 knives, and you will have similar result, either shattered or bent, especially high HRC knives. The 7Cr15Mov(?) blade is tougher in general, and can withstand chipping better, but not without its limits. As other here noted that any steel when bent, will induce stress hardening to that area. To bend it back, it is advised to heat the area to relief the stress before bending it back.(a better way maybe to hammer it back agaist the flat surface, rather than the poster's way, which acutally abuses the knife ... I do not see how he can bend it back like that without knowing how much of a force to do so.
You don't reheat a knife to bend it back.. that's not "aDvIsAbLe".. it ruins any heat treatment it may have had, and will anneal the steel to a point where it will never hold or take an edge again.
He did right try to bend it back cold.. if it breaks , you repair the tip on a grinder carefully and keep it cool.
You don't heat blades once their finished... Anything over 3-400 degrees removes temper.. heat the knife and you ruin the whole knife.. instead of just the tip..
Nice try sounding like an expert though.
And as far as your " high hardness " talk... That's garbage too..
I have torture tested several 60-62 hrc blades, and some broke and some didn't.. what matters is tip geometry.. this is why bushcraft knives have stout tips..
The buck 119 design was intended as a camp/hunting knife . To tend to camp stuff like cooking and food prep.. and hunting stuff.maybe light light chopping, preparing fish or game...... That's why it has a fine tip..
The first number equates to the amount of carbon in the steel. 5/6/7cr13
5 = .45%-.5% which is about equal to 420HC
7 = .6% to .75%, About equal to 440A
8 ...roughly equal to 440B or AUS 8
9...a bit lower than 440C
Found this on a knife forum
TRASH STEEL !
My Walmart just raised it's 119 price by about ten "bucks". Same with the 110.
Buck's 420HC gets a superior heat treatment from Bos. It's still only 420HC but at its peak performance. It's sort of like a mediocre athlete having their best day and playing the best game of their life in the minor leagues.
perfect comment ,thank you. it's not a super steel 4sure
I carve Halloween pumpkins with my Buck 119.
You can buy 3 of these for the price of the Buck. What they DON'T tell you, 1 Buck will outlast 3 of these cheap knockoffs. Be smart. Buy the Buck. It will last you forever.
i believe if he did the same tip testing to the Buck version, it would break too. It's a thin tip not designed for prying. Simple as that.
Ok. Well, you're wrong. Simple as that.
I have the Buck because of the materials and construction. And the warrenty is great too. But, my favorite carry knife is my real Marine K-Bar.
After Buck heat treats that 440 steel, they quench it in dragon’s blood. I’m sure that’s how they do it.
Dragon's blood?
Is that legit?
If it is then that's great at the price point!
You would need to compare it to the Buck 119 for a valid test. The 119 might have snapped too
Buck 119 special edition is my go to woods knife alongside the Gerber strongarm
When I go in to the woods I carry a few buckets of LAVA and ask The Gods to keep the obsidian buckets from shattering.
That Gerber is beefy!! Love mines🔪
Try the 119 Pro. The S35VN is amazing.
@@inmyopinion6836 hard to get up here in my region of Canada
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"But, it's real leather, so...". For the sake of this video, a correct comparison would be to compare plywood or particleboard to maple or oak and saying "But, it's real wood", which it technically is, but most people know why one is much, much cheaper AND inferior. Leather is the same way. Leather is not the "bacon" of the materials world. Sausage can be added to and is still called sausage. People mess with bacon and we'll know it's not real bacon. When leather is marked "Genuine Leather", that just means that they couldn't afford to use top or full-grain leather, but instead used leftover leather shavings, bad parts of the hide, minced up into pulp, then formed into Genuine Leather...the exact comparison between particleboard and maple I did above.
what you're saying is that IS leather, in the sense that it was the shitty left-overs ground up, minced together, soaked good with gluey liquids, pressed flat, then left to dry? i wasn't aware that kinda thing could be done with leather, interesting. i did know that not all leather is created equally.
I’m into quality not quantity I would rather have one really good knife then 20 knives that can’t hold a edge
This man has had the same table since the beginning of time
I remember sticking one like these in someone's neck long time ago, if you're reading this from up there Steve ..I'm not sorry 😂
Excuse me?
It happened more than 15 years ago when I was a teenager and there is no need to talk about it now, because it was either me or him and I had my convincing personal reasons.
Plenty of hollow grind clip point blades out there with broken tips. It's a weakness of the design as much as that particular knife.
He he my old buck 110 lost it's tip gouging a plug out of a Jeep carburetor. It's a combat veteran also and has long been retired. I have a newer one I've used since.
It just so happened I had to pause this video to make a trip to Harbor Freight and decided to look to see if they had these. They did, $24.99. I have a (circa 2002) Buck 119 I was fondling before I left, the differences I saw were the grind on the Gordon's clip point is a bit more aggressive, this doesn't make much difference to me. The resin handle on the Gordon seemed more matte/gritty than the smooth Buck handle. I think the Buck is better because the smooth resin feels like it's give a slightly better grip than the powdery matte finish of the Gordon. One thing I do prefer about the Gordon was the guard and pommel aren't stacked like the Buck. My Buck's guard kinda slides out of alignment, not a big deal but it bugs me in an OCD way. I looked to see if the pommel is pinned like the Buck but couldn't tell, Buck hides the pin well but you can tell if you look very close, I couldn't tell on the Gordon.
If you're invited to go camping or hunting and need a knife on short notice, there are better options but this will work fine. I just retired my 119 because it's a little too much knife for deer hunting and it rides too high on my belt and the pommel knocks my safety off because I hunt with an old Lee-Enfield. I hope to get a Terava Jaakaripuukko 110 when the budget allows it.
I've got the 140 and it is a great knife - thicker and stronger and longer than a Mora Garberg Carbon with a nicer leather sheath and a slightly more comfortable handle.
The Condor Terrasaur would be the main competition for a reasonably priced belt knife.
Send your buck back for a new on on the house.
'neither here nor there' i believe is the term. I've got the Buck version. Also a few other Bucks, love them all.
The harbor freight saving gimmick isn’t new. They have been doing that for as long as I can remember. For example if you look at their adds for things like generators, their predator generators they compare to Honda generators and then they will say save 70% by buying their predator generator instead of a Honda. It’s so dumb, I don’t know anyone out there who is persuaded by these games they play…
There is always going to be someone in the business that says that it's a good idea and sounds good on paper when in reality it isn't
One trick with cheap knife sheaths is to take super glue and run over the stitching on both sides. This increases the life of the stitching considerably.
And I've seen some "name brand" sheathes have catastrophic failure of the stitching and other worse problems.
I've owned some good nearly indestructible knives that came with absolute disasters of sheaths. Especially true with some Cold Steel knives. I got a bushman years ago. The knife is still going strong but the plastic liner in the cloth sheath got brittle and shattered like glass when I dropped the knife once. And not freezing, it was an 80 degree day. Not something you'd want to have happen in the field. I'm not really trusting plastic handles either to be honest.
I work at Harbor Freight. That price comparison is common on most of their price tags in the store (at least the ones I have worked at). Go into the physical store and look at the small print on the price tags in the store, they will show how much your are saving if you dont buy the non-harbor freight brand.
This knife is like my first wife ......cheap ,slightly bent and got dull fast .
😂 #minetoo
But how was the tang?
Bravo , Sir , Bravo .
Yeah the sheath on mine ended up being sloppy, loose and fitting several tools!😂😂😂😂
Lmao 😅😅😅
Got a 119 buck, and I love it. I bought mine at gander Mt. For about 59 bucks, mabe 15 years ago. Still shave sharp, and in good condition. Great blade for the money.
I bet it's perfect condition concerned you haven't ever used it
@@usernameisusername boy, u got me fucked up. I actually use it daily at work, to cut steaks.
@@darque1860 and I use mine twice a week to field dress hoes
"Neither here nor there." Harbor Freight does that "savings" comparisons for a lot of their products. For example they compare one of their Icon socket sets for $49.95 to a similar Snap-on set for $305.25, and claim you're saving $255.
I mean you're basically getting a better warranty from HF at these days. 😂
its good but dirty marketing to suggest their saving money buy buying there cheap stuff instead of a non comparable item Becasue its the same shape and maybe has the same purpose lol
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They're literally saying " buy our knockoff because it's cheaper " when they make the comparison.
Just bought one at HF, on sale, for $20. (Dec 2023)
They regularly go on sale.
I don't really see the marketing as deceiving, they're simply saying that you're saving this amount of money by buying their name brand equivalent over the name bran item itself. However, you can buy a real Buck 119 all day at Walmart for around $47 which actually makes this knife less than half the cost of the Buck. Whether or not it's worth it is of course up to the buyer. Very good analysis and informative video though.
My gripe is its not comparable just because it has a similar shape thats all...its not the same knife at all
I Love To Have A Buck Special, Buck Woodsman, And Buck Pathfinder.
I personally would not have wasted my money on that chinese copy... I bought the real deal (119) when it sold for under 50 bucks... I tried to sharpen a folder for someone made from that cheap china steel...and it would not take an edge worth a damn... It kept chipping and flaking... Buck just doesn't use standard 420 HC steel...they also use Paul Bos heat treat... Which makes them as strong as Chromium steels...and retain an edge like a High Carbon Steel... I Love Buck Knives...I am a Red Blooded American... I don't Live and Work in China...
I've been using my buck 192 vanguard and case xx trapper since I was 10 years old.I've had a buck 119 for 15 years and have never used it because my 2 normal use knives haven't ever let me down.Buy a good quality knife its well worth it
And you just wasted 4 min of my time talking about what you don't like about Harbor Freight's marketing!
Thanks for the review. I like the ozark trail fixed blade for 20 bucks so far been a good one.
The cashier chick at my local academy sports and outdoors had a fixed blade karambit neck knife today and I thought of you when I saw it . Also I think the best use for this knife is a prop for a slasher movie
Chuck Buck is spinning in his grave .
Instead of getting these buck knives get a Fällkneven they are the best survival knives ever made, get the x series for strength and the pro series of you live in a cold climate yes, they are expensive but I have the A1x and the f1xb and I have no regrets I’m going to get the Nl5 soon they are amazing knives
I think the problem is that many (myself included) don’t really know their steels and don’t know if it’s a good blade or not.
The first number equates to the amount of carbon in the steel. example 5cr ...
5 = .45%-.5% which is about equal to 420HC
7 = .6% to .75%, About equal to 440A
8 ...roughly equal to 440B or AUS 8
9...a bit lower than 440C
That's actually quite a great looking blade.
Have you tried the tip test on a buck 119?
The marketing strategy is GENIUS.
Great fish game knife..i use it for a while now.ive had ni problem with it..holds a good edge..maybe buy a small axe.
I bought one at hf just to put up, and it's actually a good knife if u don't mistreat it,
what's funny is there was a harbor freight ad that played white I watched this video 🤣
Just bought one on 12/12/21 Insider Club & 30% coupon. Well worth it for price and quality, especially as a field knife for my in-vehicle get home kit.
It's really pretty darn comparable honestly.
First I collect knives and have several Case knives which are all hard to sharpen,but that’s ok they are good to look at.Puma use to make a Skinner knife that could be razor sharp ,the last one I could not.Turns out the big knife makers are selling out to Chinese.Their steel is not tempered right,plus it rusts and stains easily.
Successful snappage of a crappy cheap knife.
That was the most satisfying part of the video
Walmart has Buck 110 for $59 .. so you're basically saving about half the price buying the harbor freight but the steel and everything is not going to be as good as the buck no way
Eagerly awaiting your video where you "beat the crap" out of a Buck 119 the same way.
That what happens when you try to bend it back the wrong way. If you bend your tip don't "try to fix it" by just randomly stabing it and bending it the opposite way. Use a hammer and light taps to pound it back into shape.
That tip looks weak (not sure how it is on the 119) by desing. Hollow gring and the swedge end before the tip so there's no reinforcement. My guess a 119 would bend and break the same way.
The 119 is like 45 bucks at Walmart
Its a great costume piece for a Ghost Face costume as the original knive used was a buck 120. Granted its not as long of a knife but it'll still look the part for sure.
Also the knife was featured on the cover poster of Friday the 13th part 4, Part 7, and Part 8. It is also believed that the knife Jason used to attack Chris in Part 3 was a Buck 120
Personally, I don’t consider any stick tang knife a viable survival knife, and don’t consider them true full tang knives either, even if they go all the way thru. But I also don’t consider knives with skeletal tangs (such as Becker) good choices either.
I want solid steel, all the way. The added weight, as well as a little hand shock when and if chopping is a small price to pay for the added strength in my opinion
A quick search for becker BK9 destruction and torture tests will prove you have nothing to worry about with skeletonized handles from that brand . Everyone has a preference and i can respect that but i'd trust a BK9 over a lot of other true full tang knives in it's price range
The morakniv are prety strong and are partial tang
That’s why I prefer the buck 124 frontiersman
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I would have to agree with you. Rattail tangs or stick tangs as they are referred to at times, are better suited to combat knife blades. For survival purposes, I want a full tang blade.
I've had a 105 Buck since the mid 70's. It's going to get passed down to my first grandson, someday...
Glad my Wife bought her Buck 119 before the price went up. We both have and carry Buck 110s . Mine is the 110 classic and my Wife has the 110 light . The hf looks ok but I'll stick with my Timber Rattler with its 10 1/2 inch blade . It's been through Hell and is still going strong . All the knives we have as far as fixed blades will out do the hf knives any day of the week .
Saw a copy of the 119 on Aliexpress which is probably made by the same factory as the Harbour Freight version. If you want a hunting knife you can get better in a cheaper Buck fixed blade, OK they're smaller than the 119 but it's reliable and will be a good knife years from now.
It is the Gas Station version of the Buck 119. You know those knives you see sold in a glass case at gas stations and truck stops. AKA - CRAP!
Pretty much what you expect in a China Freight knockoff. They commonly use that ad technique on their knockoff tools, telling you how much you save buying theirs instead of the real thing.
"The real thing!" 😄😄😄
This is the kind of knife that i would stick in a survival cache somewhere to pretty much forget about xD
But if you're only ever going to touch it in a REAL survival situation is this really what you would want to trust?
IMO it's better to have a well-equipped bug out bag and burn through the cheapies when you have the luxury to be able to replace them.
a 10$ mora vs this 25$ paper weight
Is the 119 good for boar hunting because I broke my last knife on one of the pig ribs when I go in for the stab
That 7cr17 steel can suffer from brittleness, especially stress hardening, so the broken tip from bending back is not that unexpected.
All steel and iron work hardens like that.
Its unfortunate that harbor freight is doing this theyre raising prices in everything a lot of it is now so high that it isnt worth the price
Harbor freight used to be an excellent option for a person that only needed a tool for one project
But now with all the rebranding
And increases theyre worse than the big box stores because the the prices are often higher and the quality is lower
I no longer shop harbor freight first
I now shop the big box stores
And online harbor freight is quickly becoming a last resort for me when i need a tool
Unless a person is absolutely poor and cannot spend more than $25, then maybe this is the knife to buy. But even then there are better knives around that price with name brand like Sharrade, Cold Steel, Kershaw, (if you catch them on sale). Maybe not the same style but definitely fixed blade with heat treated steel. Like you said, if this knife was $10 or lower, then maybe it might be worth looking at if you are plum low on cash and you need a knife right away to use for a day or two. You would definitely need to sharpen it or regrind it for a proper edge.
If you can't afford anything better, you can always save your money and buy something better. And you can never save money if you are constantly buying junk because you do not have the patience to wait.
Maybe this is the knife you give your kid so he learns to sharpen his own knives!
Harbor freights marketing is amazing and heinous
But they are the absolute KINGs of knock-offs
so you've also tested the buck 119?
Sorry about that I didn't watch the video all the way out you're going to repair it yourself good job
Thank you.
I bought one of these to compare it to my 119's. if you look carefully at the pommel you can see the pin holding it on just as the real Buck 119 is constructed. Also you can still get a 119 at Walmart for 50 bucks. If they would have used 8CR13mov instead it might have been a better knife.
i checked my local WalMart yesterday and the Buck 119 in the case was marked $69.95. If it had been $50, I would own it!
@@Jddvs dang it man! Our Walmart sells them for 47.99. Maybe I should buy another before the price goes up here.
5:56...but aren't display cases usually filled with "expensive/collector knives"???
No...hahaha There are more $5 knives in display cases than knives worth displaying lol...Who usually displays knives? a handful of adults with stuff worth displaying and millions of teenagers with flea market knives who loves showing them off to their friends...
@@cutlerylover...After watching your 1st video..I also very recently bought this Gordon $20faux 119...Truth is: I"ve got far too many big buck$ bowie beauties, I can barely bring myself to use and let alone sharpen...that's the psychological liberation of a cheap knife...
Among other fixed blades and folders I have two 119, one 110 and a 124 frontiersman (love that one). I checked and my locale harbor freight has one in stock. I may pick one up just ,cause. Throw it in the truck and just have it. If it rust or breaks oh well. It’s certainly a cheap beater for sure.
You would have a resale value with the Buck too as nobody would want to buy a second hand harbour freight copy.
Wouldn't be bad to put in a atv box for just in case
I think lots of cheap knives are good for just in case they will work for a little bit in an emergency...just not long term usage...
@@cutlerylover yeah I got tool box full just in case knife cause I don't want leave my good blades on fourwheeler so on
Is it even a full tang? I’ll stick to my San Mai III Cold Steel tanto.
My go sheath knife is a Cutco made in Olean NY. Lifetime guarantee, and if it’s got a double D (serrated) blade you can send it back to be resharpened once a year for free.
I see what you mean about the marketing.
I think it’s similar to the Walmart’s and market stores. When you see the price of a name brand, and then see them say “compare to…and save..”
So the Gordon knife is actually made of better steel than the Buck knife. 4xx series, xCRxxMOV and AUS steels are pretty comparable-they're just the American, Chinese and Japanese standards, respectively. Alloying elements are all about the same. AISI 420HC (High Carbon), sometimes called 420 Modified, is just 1045 with the usual stuff (mostly chromium) in it to make it rust resistant. Unfortunately, when you buy anything by Gordon, you're throwing dice on how good the heat treat will be. But the 7CR17MOV is around 0.65-0.75% carbon. It's rare anything made by Gordon actually states what it's made of. I wonder if they use that grade for everything. I have their sawback machete, bought it for $5 to use for a weekend project, and absolutely beat the hell out of it. It's still going strong and the sawback actually saws wood reasonably well.
Finally someone who did the research
Bro what are you talking about? Every company markets like that. Look at Kohl's clothing store, they've done it for decades, they slash a fake price and give out "40 percent off" coupons. And that's just one company, they all do it.
This is actually a really common marketing technique, but usually it's used for super cheap jewelry marketed as if it were expensive jewelry and a couple similar markets as far as I know. I got to talk with a jewelry seller who was specifically not doing that even though it was common for many of the things he was selling and who took the time to talk through the strategy and some of the ways to spot It usually.
I'm curious if a buck would hold up to the same tip abuse? If so I might get another buck.
So I just sharpened mine and it’s pretty good I only use mine for cutting meat on the grill not for bushcraft
My Harbor Freight knife has "S35VN" on the blade...... weird.........
I'm glad I got mine for 19.99
Isn’t this the same knife from scream?
No this is a copy of the Buck 119. The knife from Scream is the Buck 120 which has a slightly longer blade than the 119.
Too bad they don’t offer a 120 clone also. Would make a good prop.
Harbor Freight actually does that comparison thing with generators, power tools, and most other items. Look at their coupons.
01/18/22: It is $24.99 in my area currently, as well.
I got 119 6years cheap when store was closing for good
As to advertising by Harbor Freight marketing. That is how Harbor Freight advertises for most of their products. They always compare their item to Skill, or Dewalt, or other high end products. Then tell you how you would save money comparing apples to oranges to bananas... As always it is up to the buyer/consumer to determine what they are willing to live with.
I can’t remember where but I’ve definitely seen that marketing tactic before
🇺🇸🤠🇲🇽 hello Sir!
thx for review
420 steel good blade by buck.S35vn would be worth extra $$ on pro series buck because of metal & heat treatment?
correct?
That's exactly what you want now take a meal bastard file, re-profile it it will make it stronger I've got one then I'll fixing to the break on purpose, so I can put a thicker tip on it
Just get the camillus from Walmart for 10 bucks
@12:41 - Nope, definitely not... it's a knife. 😂
Buck uses the Boss heat treatment system and Boss has it down !