Buck Knives 371 Stockman 3-Blade Pocket Knife with Woodgrain Handle

With all of this knives discussions, I'm not sure what I've got.Is it of USA or China heritage?The drop point blade has BUCK on it.The plate says BUCK.The bolsters & pins are brass.I suppose I could have missed it, but I couldn't find anything on the Amazon site that came right out and stated the country of origin. From the products photos I'm sure the majority of prospective buyers are convinced it's BUCK USA.I'm not convinced though.. You see, the box mine came in says " Made in China"I'm pleased with my purchase, the blades need stropping (not a real big deal) but everything else is satisfactory. I've Far East knives with better QC than some name brand USA products.I still don't know what I've got, maybe just the box was "Made in China" LOL

Good knife I've had the other model of the 371Buck knife. And that would was like redwood it's cheaper and they stained it to make it one color and it's okay I gave one is for a Christmas gift The guy loves it. I got this one for myself Because, I like to burl wood now. One thing about the Chinese Bucks is they're kind of dirty meaning they don't clean or use really clean facilities probably to make them. I always use a German semi-chrome polish and I polish it up and man it came out great! For an expensive knives that will cut what you need whenever and you not I'm not using it all the time it's great reminds me of my Grandfather's pocket knife.

Well folks, I'm going to make an extremely long story, somewhat short. Over the past few months I've been on a knife-buying frenzy. I would guess that the last 4/5 months I've bought at least thirty knives.I've bought about 15 GECs, several Case, Opinels, eight or so Rough Riders (made in China and great knives), SAK, Douk Douk (sp), well, you get the idea.Until recently I've never carried a knife around; however, for the past 45 years or so I've always had a Swiss Army Knife (SAK) Classic on my keyring. If you don't have one of these knives, you should get one. Also, they make great gifts for the gentlemen as well as the ladies. Everyone needs a Classic.Oh, yes. Back to Buck knives. I've owned a Buck 303 (same as this knife except a little over three inches long) for about 40 years. Even though I haven't used it all that much it is one of the nicest knives I own. In fact, when I started this buying frenzy I bought all the "colors" of the 303. My 40 yo knife is black. I also bought the made in China version of the 303 which I couldn't see any differences between it and the US made versions.When I bought the 371 I knew it was made in China. I had stopped by here several times and read the reviews and was amazed that people complained that when they got the knife they found it was made in China. So after ordering the knife a couple of days ago, I read every word of the information describing this knife. And, dang, there it was... "Made in USA" I hadn't noticed that before.Sooooooooooooooooo, next I fired off this note to Amazon."Hi Folks,Your description of this knife says it's made in the US. It isn't and if you read some of the comments you'll see you've pissed off a lot of people."Some" Buck knives are made in China. And, Buck has a US made version always at a fairly substantial price increase.Surely someone has brought this to your attention before now.I'm assuming that as soon as you get this note you'll correct the description.BTW, the US made version of this knife is a 301.Regards,George "As I type this Amazon has put a hold on selling this knife. Pretty darn amazing. I feel sort of bad that maybe some folks want to buy from Amazon (Prime two-day shipping) and can't. But, at least there hopefully will be no further complaints when Amazon shows this knife made in China.I buy far-too much from Amazon. But, as most of you know they have the world's best customer service, period. No company is better, at least in my experience.Back to the knife. This knife is the made in China version of the Buck 301 (pretty sure I have the numbers right). I can find no fault with this knife and can't see any difference between how this knife is made and how my US Buck knives are made. If you want a great knife with a 4-ever guarantee, and there's a Buck model you want., buy it. The US version is more expensive and how you spend your money is your business. I'm surely not going discuss any kind of...well, I'm just not going to discuss it.So folks, buy knives, carry knives, use knives. It's an interesting hobby especially when you learn the histories of how the various patterns/models came to be.Regards,GeorgeBTW. Let me add that this is a knife that folks have been buying for years as their only "working knife." Yes, a knife that people use everyday and all day long and it will keep performing day in and day out. And, hey, have a problem with it, Buck is there to fix or replace. This is a "heck" of a good knife. Nothing fancy, just a well made knife that's ready to do what you need it to do. (OK, so it won't prepare your breakfast.)

I think it's a great knife for the price.I wish Buck made a larger stockman knife, like the size of the Case large stockman

This could have been a perfect little pocket knife. All of my knifes are much larger, but I was looking for a little unassuming knife I could just drop in my pocket, that shouldn't cause any concern to anyone. The sheepfoot blade is centered in the handle to give a good grip when opening packages. The clip point blade will be useful for opening letters or other office tasks, and there's a third blade should one of the others get nicked or dulled before I have a chance to sharpen the knife.While stockman knives often come with bone scales, I wanted one with wooden scales. This Buck 371 comes with brown wood or burl wood scales. I wanted to burl wood scales and was pleasantly surprised when I first looked at it as the burl on the scale was even nicer than in the stock photos. Unfortunately that happiness quickly changed when I looked at the other side of the knife and it looks like it just as the normal brown wood scale. Bummer. At least Amazon is good about returning defective items. Hopefully the replacement I'll order will be correct.While disappointing, things like this happen from time to time. The knife certainly could have been very nice.The pictures are admittedly pretty poor. I turned on the flash to clearly show the differences between the two sides. The blades are sliver, not black like these pictures make it seem.Update: Very easy return of the first knife, and the replacement order arrived within a week. Very nice wooden scales, and similar on each side. Much nicer figuring than in the ad's pictures, but perhaps more brown-ish than amber-ish colored. Still, very attractive. With real wood, especially a burl, no two pieces are going to be the same.All three blades were sharp enough to pass the paper test right out of the box. Nail nicks are deep enough so I can easily open all three blades, and the blades do snap in place without any wobble. Slip joint knifes aren't as safe as a knife with a locking blade, but for the tasks I will use this for it's more than adequate.