A young Kansas blacksmith apprentice named Hoyt Buck was looking for a better way to temper steel so it would hold an edge longer. His unique approach produced the first Buck Knife in 1902. Hoyt made each knife by hand, using worn-out file blades as raw material. His handiwork was greatly appreciated during World War II.

Hoyt H. Buck became a blacksmith's apprentice in Kansas in 1899 at the age of 10. [2] [4] He learned to make knives and at 13, in 1902, developed a method to heat-treat steel for hoes and other tools so that they would hold an edge longer. [2] Hoyt left Kansas in 1907 for the American northwest and eventually enlisted in the United States Navy. [2]

2021年1月7日 · Born in 1889, near Kansas City, Missouri, Hoyt Buck was the third of six children. He was raised and lived near Leavenworth for his first 18 years. By all accounts, Hoyt Buck was an intriguing young man who defied easy description.

Hoyt Buck Begins Making Knives in Early 1900s The roots of the Buck family involvement in knifemaking reach back four generations to Hoyt Buck, born in 1889 near Leavenworth, Kansas. With his formal schooling limited to the fourth grade, he became an apprentice to a Leavenworth blacksmith at the of 13. One of his jobs was to

第一把BUCK刀生产于1902年，是年轻的刀匠学徒 Hoyt Buck设计的。 通过对钢材的回火处理从而使刀刃能够长久的保持锋利。 Hoyt每把刀都是手工刀，他用废旧的锉刀做原材料。

2015年5月15日 · Hoyt Buck was looking for a better way to temper steel when he handcrafted the first Buck knife in 1902. In what little spare time the young apprentice was allowed, he continued to experiment with knives he’d ground down from worn-out files and rasps.

2013年6月28日 · The first knives made by a member of the family, Hoyt Heath Buck, a blacksmith’s apprentice, made Buck Knives in about 1900. Young Buck had developed an effective method of tempering and had used it in his work of rebuilding worn out grub hoes used by local farmers and gardeners.

Hoyt Buck Begins Making Knives in Early 1900s. The roots of the Buck family involvement in knifemaking reach back four generations to Hoyt Buck, born in 1889 near Leavenworth, Kansas. With his formal schooling limited to the fourth grade, he became an apprentice to a Leavenworth blacksmith at the of 13.

2021年3月31日 · Spurred by patriotism and a desire to defend Christianity from the war machines of Japan and Germany, Hoyt Buck purchased a forge, anvil and grinding mandrel. With these tools at hand, he returned to his youthful roots and opened a small blacksmith shop in the basement of his church.

2021年5月6日 · It all began at the turn of the century when Hoyt, a teenage apprentice blacksmith created his first knife – a knife that led the way to the wide range of knives that proudly bear his name today. Based on “The Story of Buck Knives…