Buck 119

I've had one for 50 years, from back when they were called the Buck Special. The factory sheath wore out long ago but I made a new one and still take it hunting.

Yes I have one in my collection. Good field knife.
All my dad ever used for skinning and dressing in his later years

It is a classic knife and honestly all you’re gonna need. I used to use one back when I hunted and trapped a lot in Montana. I gutted, skinned, and butchered a lot of deer, antelope, and elk with mine.

I carried the fixed blade and a Buck 110 folder as backup on group antelope hunts as there were days I helped gut and skin several animals without sharpening.

After a few years, I started carrying a ceramic sharpener and if I touched up the blade periodically, it would go a long time without a thorough sharpening.

Enjoy your classic American knife!!!

I got mine as a teenager and I still have it. My father has had one for many years too. Great knives.

I have one and used to carry it for hunting all of the time. Over the past few years though, I've carried a smaller folding knife that's much less intrusive and easier to carry. This season, I'll be carrying a newer Buck 112 Ranger LT.

I'll never get rid of my 119 though.

The Buck knife forum is very active and they would drool over that one for days. Lots of information there.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

I use mine all the time and especially during deer season. It has the Idaho tang stamp.

I do have a Buck 119, only because my wife bought it for me as a gift while she was deployed to Kosovo with her Reserve medical unit. She asked what I wanted and I said a knife, thinking she would buy something local and unusual. She sent me the 119 she bight at the AAFES store. While not even close to my preferred shape and size it will do anything you need it to. Keeps a good edge, I used mine some on deer and it works fine.

Classic knife, the blade profile sure looks like it came from the Buck #104

The 119 is a big knife? Try a 120 General

Shanghai McCoy said:

I've had one for 50 years, from back when they were called the Buck Special.

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Still are.
https://www.buckknives.com/product/119-special-knife/0119FAM01/

Here's my 119. I've only owned it for a couple of years. Buck knives are not the greatest knives on the market but I think they offer good value.



I've had a 110 since the mid 70s that has taken on many tasks and keeps going.



This is my 120. I bought it new in 1982 at a gun show for $30

I'm about to commit blasphemy. I just got out my Randall Model 3 and my Buck 119. Aesthetically, the Randle knife and sheath are both nicer. Classic lines, flawless execution in the knife and the sheath. Functionally though, the Buck 119 and the nylon sheath with composite liner are both superior. Stacked leather washers are pretty but black phenolic isn't ugly. And the phenolic cleans a lot easier and takes less care over the life of a knife. No weather or storage worries with 420 HC and honestly O-1 steel has long been passed by. With O-1 blade and leather sheath, I feel like the blade needs a fresh dose of never rust every three months or so. 420 HC has better hardness and plenty of strength. As far as blade size and design, they are both so close as to make no difference at least to me.

All that said,they're both great knives and I regret not one bit owning them both.

I’ve had one for 23 or 24 years.

Pretty sure they broke the law selling it to me. I was only 16 or 17 at the time.

troy fairweather said:

What is the C prefix, carbon?

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A Google search brought up this Buck knives link.

I believe it indicates the year of manufacturing. 119 C seems to indicate 1995.

https://www.buckknives.com/about-knives/how-old/

460Shooter said:

A Google search brought up this Buck knives link.

I believe it indicates the year of manufacturing. 119 C seems to indicate 1995.

https://www.buckknives.com/about-knives/how-old/

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Thanks. I actually have a 119 made one year after.

460Shooter said:

A Google search brought up this Buck knives link.

I believe it indicates the year of manufacturing. 119 C seems to indicate 1995.

https://www.buckknives.com/about-knives/how-old/

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Nice link. Mine has the Idaho tang stamp. I was not aware it was only used one year. (2005)

Boattale said:

Nice link. Mine has the Idaho tang stamp. I was not aware it was only used one year. (2005)

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It is interesting. This folder has the Idaho stamp also. Didn't have any idea until finding that link.
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