Quote Originally Posted by Crotalus View Post
Wullie.

I've never been able to put a very good edge on a Buck knife. Something is different about them.
The only newer Buck that I own is a BIG old "stockman" 307. It was made for Buck by Camillus. The steel is a far cry from what my old 110 has. I think the only way to get an edge on those things is just to set a new bevel to your liking and run with it. I don't take mine to any hone finer than about 1K either.

In the past, I've had that old 110 where it would pop hair off your arm with no hesitation. It won't do that at the moment. I've also sharpened about 1/5th of the blade off that thing too. Most of that was done back in '72 when I was bored and had nothing to do EXCEPT sharpen my knife. LOL

When I was a kid, I bought a "Pathfinder" Buck fixed blade and the steel in that thing would wear a carborundum stone out. It got stolen and I heard that Buck changed their steel treatment after that because folks were complaining that the knives were too hard to sharpen. Some sorry SOB stole that knife along with a bunch of guns when I was in Nam.

If you have one or access to one, you might try a Lansky or Gatco set up and see if that will get you where you want to be.