Buck Knives is an American manufacturer of
different styles of knives including the first successful
folding lock-blade, introduced in 1964. Folding lock-blade
knives and "Buck Knife" thereby became strongly linked in the
public mind, and the Buck design was much imitated, so that a
buck knife, has come to mean any folding lock-blade design, even
while Buck Knife is yet a trademark and not limited to folding
lock-blades.
Buck Knives briefly made cutlery for home use, but after poor
reception the steak knives were pulled from the market and the
company decided to focus on the outdoor market. |