Buck

Why r/BuyItForLife recommends Buck

27 mentions from real owners

• #1Dec 5, 2025

  BIFL small pocket knife with a gut hook?

  The Benchmade Hidden Canyon Hunter has a gut hook and is definitely BIFL quality, though it's more of a fixed blade than pocket knife. If you need folding, Buck's 110 Folding Hunter sometimes comes with gut hook variants and those things are basically indestructible

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• #2Dec 4, 2025

  What’s the BIFL item that you love but everyone around you thinks is ridiculous?

  Many people would only find one mildly helpful. I can't live without mine. I'm a maintenance manager. I run a large (600+ unit) multifamily property. Like the commenter above, I also use a Buck 110. It has been used for: Opening inventory shipments Scoring vinyl planks to break to size Prying up floor planks Cutting carpet Cutting out caulking Shaving down panels of sheetrock Pruning plants on the grounds Cutting zipties Quick sharpening a carpenters pencil Scoring a board to mark for a cut when I can't find said pencil Preparing foods while hiking Whittling Shaving down sticks for kindling Processing game Cutting Paracord to size Honestly if you regularly use *any* kind of tool, you'll get a lot of mileage out of a good knife. If using tools in general isn't relevant to your life, then either don't bother, or go the other direction and spend $700 on a benchmade you'll never use that matches your wallet and wristwatch and go get some karma on r/EDC.

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• #3Dec 3, 2025

  What’s the BIFL item that you love but everyone around you thinks is ridiculous?

  I have a Buck 112 that is usually always in my pocket. It's usually for use at work, but it's been used for all sorts of random stuff. Most recently, - Removing and cutting the paint from in and around old screw heads so something could be fixed/removed. - Cleanly removing some cuttings from some donor plants for propagation while on a walk. Some new neighbors were very kind to let me take some pieces! - Opening a stubborn blister pack for medication that was supposed to be "easy open". - Cutting yarn for a crochet WIP and my scissors were at home. - Making an electrical repair on a friend's boat. At work I do a lot of cutting tape/tie line/rope, and while there are tools like wire strippers for removing wire insulation to make or repair cables and electrical components, I am old and can work twice as fast with a knife on all but the most annoyingly tiny of wires.

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• #4Dec 3, 2025

  What’s the BIFL item that you love but everyone around you thinks is ridiculous?

  I’ve got a Buck 379 solo that I carry around. I bought it because I remember my dad having one similar, but it turned into my everyday.

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• #5Dec 3, 2025

  What’s the BIFL item that you love but everyone around you thinks is ridiculous?

  My Buck 110 pocket knife. There are way more advanced pocket knives out there but the 110 is a classic and a beast. Basically the knife equivalent of a 1970 Dodge Challenger.

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• #6Nov 1, 2025

  What is the equivalent of "Apple removed 3.5mm jack" of your favorite products ?

  I just said fuck it and now I carry a Buck 110 in a little sheath. No clip, big handle for big hands, still readily accessible without digging through my pockets 

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• #7Oct 2, 2025

  What’s something you’ve bought once and never had to replace?

  I was thinking my victoronox. Some of these multitools are just built like tanks. On the same note, my buck 110. Carried everyday since I got it at the start of high school, and showing the wear and tear to prove it, with regular maintaince that thing will be used for my entire life and beyond.

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• #8Sep 2, 2025

  My EDC - Built to Last

  No it’s a Buck 110

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• #9Sep 2, 2025

  My EDC - Built to Last

  Knife- Buck 110 Pen- Solid brass desk pen from Amazon Lighter -tsubota pearl

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• #10Aug 9, 2025

  What's the best BIFL item you own?

  Emerson Ceiling Fan, Quadra-Fire freestanding gas fireplace, Buck knives, Wards Radial Arm Saw, Wüsthof Chef and Boning knife, Leupold Binoculars , Longines Diving Watch.

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• #11Aug 7, 2025

  Looking to replace every single item we own

  > For scissors, go with Fiskars Fiskars is a good brand from Finland, but the last BIFL scissors I bought were traditional type Wiss (nickel-plated I think) and [these](https://www.amazon.com/Cucina-Napoli-Kitchen-Multi-Purpose-Stainless/dp/B0DBR7TRXY). Previous to that, Buck shears, not the traditional scissor pattern but the kid that come apart into two pieces for cleaning. I gave a set of these as a gift, and the recipient thought they "came apart" and threw out a brand new pair, so I only gift the kind with a traditional screw connection. Cutco makes a pair similar to the Bucks, but the list price is frankly insulting for a pair made of 440 steel. I'd buy a set at 80% off, though.

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• #12Aug 2, 2025

  Anyone keep a “BIFL Roster”?

  Work jackets are tough since all clothes are a bit different and some fit better on different body types. I’ve loved my Filson jacket(s) for many years if you take care of it, it will take care of you. Bushcraft knife - Ive had and used my Dad’s Buck 192. Vanguard for at least 15 years. It’s a tank. However, I do have several winkler knives on my wish list. They’re still hand made, the quality is excellent, and the dude made all the weapons on the last of the Mohican movie. Pots and pans - can’t go wrong with All clad and Le creuset Kitchen knife’s are tough since they are a big “preference” item. But Wusthof makes excellent mass produced knives. If you’re looking for something more custom I’d research your local blacksmiths. One of my favorites is Henry Hyde. His site is Hyde handmade knives(all one word).com. His stuff is amazing and beautiful. Don’t have any griddle recs since I’ve never gotten into them. As for a bbq grill, I think the big green egg is the best you can buy with its lifetime warranty. But if it’s for the cabin and you don’t want to worry about someone making off with it. I’d say just a good old fashioned Webber kettle works just fine. Roller suitcases I don’t know: I’ve been using my goruck bag and a leather duffle from Pendleton. I love your list, my friend! I hope the above helps you in your future BIFL searches and acquisitions!

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• #13Jul 4, 2025

  Your Top 3 BIFL Items

  Buck 656 https://www.buckknives.com/product/656-pursuit-large-knife/ I’ll add that a good sharpener is key if you use it while hunting.

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• #14Jul 3, 2025

  Your Top 3 BIFL Items

  It doesn't have to be expensive to be BIFL. * Buck 120 General knife * Parker Jotter ballpoint pen * Lodge cast iron skillet

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• #15Jul 2, 2025

  Name your top 5 BIFL items

  Lodge cast iron, Colt Series 70 in G-ds caliber, Buck 112, Pendleton ( preferred brand) wool blanket, Felco pruning tools

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• #16Jun 4, 2025

  Buck 110 - the classic. I received this for my 14th birthday in 1982. Keeps a great edge, even through my abuse over the years. I've only polished the bass bolsters once - now I value the patina. I don't carry it on my belt as much as I used to, but it is my around the house utility knife.

  tube una 2018 excelente lamentablemente tube que venderla. pero ahora me hice un regalo de cumpleaños por adelantado la compre a Finlandia mi Buck 110 . Es un tanque de guerra tipo Sherman. espero tenerla por los años que Dios me de vida, la recomiendo es un mercedes benz 300 se de los años 80 indestructible saludos.

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• #17Jun 4, 2025

  What are your favorite niche BIFL items that are currently available?

  Buck knife

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• #18May 10, 2025

  How are the mighty fallen

  Yup!  My two original Benchmades (one folder and one fixed - late 90's) are nearly indestructible, hold a good edge for weeks or months and still look and perform great with daily use.   Bought one each for three of my kids last year and they're cheap junk, literally loose and falling apart and hardly hold an edge.  We thought we'd bought counterfeit knock-offs.  Nope, they changed how they make their knives but kept prices high and now are like so many other once trusted brands.   Got them Buck's and we couldn't be happier.   fwiw - Private equity and focus on profit taking, capitalizing on a strong brand while diluting the value that made the brand mean something ... has the effect that a brand is just a name and means nothing in most cases.   How the mighty have fallen, indeed.  It seems rare for a good strong BIFL brand to maintain quality.  More the rule to sell out either literally or give up on quality and go for profit and cheap material and construction.   Then there are all the "Brand" names that are just a name, sold and licensed to anyone who will pay.  Sad.  Name means less than nothing. That's where this sub and others and trusted on-line communities and real reviews help research and choosing good BIFL gear.   I do get a kick and laugh out of A*zon and a few other sites' reviews:  Right?!  Same product:  1/3 reviews, "Meh, it's ok."  1/3, "This thing literally saved my life and changed the world.  Fixes everything, lasts forever!  My great grandparents had one just like it!  It's the greatest *thing* EVER." (see Big Audio Dynamite's *Medicine Show*).  And 1/3, "Ruined my health and traumatized my whole family and neighborhood, tore holes in the fabric of the universe and now we are infested with alien pestilence and rotting to death and everything in our home is falling apart, all because of THIS thing!"   btw - Highly recommend the YouTube channel from AvE (and many similar real-world tear-down, repair and review sites and channels).  

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• #19Apr 12, 2025

  Buying my first knife, need recommendations

  Victorinox is a great brand in a sea of mediocre options for a budget knife. When I say budget knife, I don't mean a bad tool. It's a very neutral first knife, and it will serve most purposes very well. As you use it, you'll find out what you need most - maybe a more dramatic point, longer blade, harder steel, whatever. At that point, you'll find more directional recommendations. A Victorinox pocket knife is not going to clear brush, but you'll find out soon if you actually find yourself wishing you could clear brush with a knife. You'll learn if you want a blade that can withstand leverage to use as a bigger tool; you'll learn if you want something that looks dangerous; in short, you'll learn what you need *after* you can use the tool and identify its uses for you specifically. Same process as buying any other tool, for me. If you want reliable stuff at a reasonable rate, go for Buck, Victorinox, Leatherman, or maybe CRKT. Not sure what's available internationally as I'm in the US.

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• #20Mar 8, 2025

  Looking for a good BIFL pocket knife.

  Pocket knife only? Buck 110/112 series. They are heavy. For something lighter, Spyderco pm2 but it’s more expensive. Benchmade 940 as well but they are expensive for a pocket knife. Kershaw leek is a nice alternative to it. Avoid gerber and buck (either than 110/112), SOG as well Multitool knife? Swiss Army knife by far, they will last a lifetime. Leatherman for heavy use, particularly the higher end ones like the surge or wave or charge

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• #21Mar 5, 2025

  Buck Hunter dating from 1961-1967

  As far as I know, they still make them, and they're still made in the USA.

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• #22Feb 8, 2025

  What purchase do you want to shout out from the rooftops?

  Was it a Buck 110? I use it for everything. Only downside is the folding mechanism requires quite a bit of hand strength.

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• #23Jan 7, 2025

  Bird & Trout Knife for life

  I just inherited my father in laws Buck 105. He used it for 50 years. It's been worn down from being sharpened so much but it still cuts paper with ease. He took it with him to Alaska to fish each summer. The new model is virtually the same.

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• #24Jan 6, 2025

  Bird & Trout Knife for life

  Bark River knife and Tool makes a good bird and trout. Lon Humphrey makes a good bird and trout Lt Wright Coyote is a good option White River Knives Small Hunter or Sendero Pack knife (my choice) Buck 110 is still a solid classic for the money

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• #25Jan 1, 2025

  What's the oldest item you still use daily that has withstood the test of time, and what's its story?

  Buck 110, 40 years !

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• #26Jan 1, 2025

  What's the oldest item you still use daily that has withstood the test of time, and what's its story?

  Buck 110 folding hunter, 40 years. If you know, you know.

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• #27Dec 3, 2015

  BIFL : Commander by Emerson Knives the only knife you can completely take apart and the warranty is still good

  My reccomendation is generally the same for both...one of the benchmade 940 series. It's a little more expensive than it used to be (and ought to be, if you ask me), but it's very hard to beat. Very light for the amount of blade you get, strong tip, great lock, and absolutely dissapears when clipped to your pocket; hard for you to tell it's even there. Steel is S30V, which benchmade has improved their heat treat on over time to the point where it's great now. There are also some limited/special editions available in other steels and special finishes for more money, if you're so inclined. If you want a purely gentleman's knife, both Lionsteel and MCusta have some great offerings in various styles. If you don't want to spend more than 150 bucks, the best low cost all arounders are the Ontario Rat 1 and 2, and the buck vantage s30v. The buck is an unexpectedly low priced s30v knife with buck's great heat treat. I don't think it gets nearly as much love as it should. If you want to spend more than 300 bucks...sky is the limit and there's a lot more reccomendations I could give you, but you get very very quickly diminishing returns after about 150 bucks, in my opinion.

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