Hoyt H. Buck was 10 years old when he first stepped into a blacksmith shop as an apprentice. He worked at this trade until he turned 18 and could enlist in the Navy. Who knew that his love of country and skills at the anvil would eventually lead to the Buck knife?
For all intent and purposes Buck had assumed a life minus the blacksmith shop until his mid 50's when "Uncle Sam" sent out the call that the soldiers in World War II needed knives. Buck was later quoted as saying, "I didn't have any knives, (to offer) but I sure knew how to make them". During the war Buck would craft his knives in a makeshift blacksmith shop in the basement of his church.
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Today the Buck hunting knife is made in Post Falls, Idaho. Hunting knives and pocket knives have become part of a long-held tradition, and most are very familiar with the name Buck when it comes to knives.
In fact, the folding Buck pocket knife pioneered by Hoyt's son, Al, has become so popular that even other companies making similar pocket knives will often find their customers referring to the knife as a "Buck".
The company remains under the creative control of the Buck family, which has produced many artistic hunting knives that have been used by companies such as "Boy Scouts of America, Colt Firearms, Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser), Harley Davidson, Indian Motorcycles, Ford Motor Company, Chevy Truck, Elvis Presley Estate, John Wayne Estate, Roy Clark, Purina, NHRA, Monroe Auto and Ducks Unlimited."