Two extracts from recent emails to Buck Knives:
June 2024:
"Please find enclosed my Buck 110 folding hunter knife which I return for repair or replacement after it developed a fault. As you can see, the knife no longer closes properly and doesn’t always stay locked properly in the open position. So it’s no longer safe to use."
August 2024:
"I'd like to have my knife back, please.
It sent to you for a warranty repair over 9 WEEKS AGO.
You acknowledge that it arrived, that you would repair it under warranty and that you would return it.
But nothing's arrived.
I sent you a reminder a week ago but you ignored it."
. . . and still no knife & no response.
Sad :-(
SM
Seth M.
Worst Customer Service Ever.
Some of the worst customer service I’ve ever experienced. They send back warranty services without doing a thing to them, they lose knives and have to remake them, they take over 13 weeks or even longer for turnaround time when they advertise 6-8 weeks. How much worse can you get at customer service than Buck?
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Alexander
Great warranty service
My new Buck 110 auto had a problem with the firing button that could be engaged only after pressing it 2-3 times. The warranty service was done very well and now the knife functions perfectly well. They even waived the regular small spa treatment fee. Excellent service!
DR
Dirk R.
More than life long guarantee
I broke the blade of my Buck personal, and sent it for replacement. Because the model was discontinued, they send me the knife of the moth as a replacement. I thought it was a mistake, but they explained what happened and also send me another knife that was as close to the one I broke as they could make, and let me keep the first one as well. Twice life long guarantee!!
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Dave A.
A New Blade for $10 !!?
Several years ago my son gifted me a Buck 110 Folding Hunting knife which I find quite handy while gardening. I broke the blade while trying to hammer the blade through a sword fern root. When I visited Buck's website I discovered I could get my blade replaced for $10 with a 10-12 week turn around. I was skeptical but followed their instructions for shipping and waited. Sure enough and true to their word I received my knife back after eleven weeks, repaired, razor sharp and polished to new condition. I couldn't be more pleased!
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Clay Y.
Don't bother with them
Don't bother with them . They will loose your knife and then claim they never received it. If they even reply to your emails . Lousy service
JG
John G.
BUCK KNIVES QUALITY NOSE DIVE
I recently bought a USA made, three-blade, Buck 303 Cadet. I am sincerely disappointed. The top of the main blade is roughly finished, the springs are uneven and quite rough, the spring tension is soft, the sheepsfoot blade is rounded at the tip, the rosewood slabs have four pronounced flat spots by the bolsters on each side left from mating them to the bolsters and then left unrounded, the bottoms of the springs rust and pit from just being in my pocket, and the overall finish is not that good.
I'm sure that it would have taken a qualified Buck employee all of about five minutes or so to bring this 303 up to snuff. Except for the easily rusted steel. As it was, I spent a couple of hours tinkering, polishing, and repolishing this rust-prone knife just to be able to give it to my son without having to hang my head in shame for giving him such a crappy gift. I didn't want to throw it away like the Chinese Buck I had once mistakenly purchased.
I compared this Buck 303 knife to a Case knife belonging to a friend of mine, side by side, in my hand. The Case is superior in every way. It had none of the issues that the Buck has. Yes, it costs a few dollars more, but you usually get what you pay for using your hard-earned money, except for Buck. The Case even has fully polished blades. I ordered a Medium Case Stockman immediately.
I had been a Buck Knives fan for over 45 years and I own several older ones that are of high quality, but I will never buy another Buck, at least not sight unseen.
Addendum: My Case Medium Stockman with the real bone, navy blue slabs, arrived today and it is beautiful. I have poured over it and can not find one thing in it or on it that causes me any reservation for having bought it. Super pleased. Buck Knives - make a note of it!
Buck, your biggest mistake was to have your knives made in China... like the one I threw away. And even it was of better quality, fit, and finish than this USA made 303. I'm really not sure now that you ever came back.
Congratulations, though. You just made another well pleased Case fan and customer!
Addendum 2: I just bought two more Case knives. A Mini-Trapper with 'worn green' scales and a 'Tequila Sunrise' Canoe. Thanks again Buck!
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Thomas A.
I had a Buck knife 🗡️🔪 when I was…
I had a Buck knife 🗡️🔪 when I was growing up. I loved that blade. I bought one for my son. I'm 56 now and still carry a Buck. My son loves his, do I bought him another one