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Review: Buck 480 Fixed Blade Drop Point
By: JohnnyMac Date: May 8, 2013, 1:32 pm
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[html]<p class="auto-style2"><strong>Buck 480 Fixed Blade Drop
Point Knife</strong></p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8718241543_f4e9d36f41_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8718241543_064b696a4b.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p><strong>QUICK &
DIRTY:</strong></p><p>Just $8.95 USD for this??? Heck yeah!
I'd do it again and, in fact, I have bought more to gift to
family members. Some Googling revealed the closest price I found
for the exact same knife elsewhere is $28. FastTech does it
again with their amazing pricing. Get it while you
can!</p><p><strong>YAYS:</strong></p><ul><li>Incredible knife
for the money</li><li>Extremely stout and well
made</li><li>Thick, comfortable, real wood
handle</li><li>Arrived fairly sharp</li><li>Full tang, thick
blade with very practical blade profile for hunting, camping, or
working in the back yard.</li><li>Decent sheath with protective
insert to protect the stitching from the blade
edge.</li></ul><p><strong>NAYS:</strong></p><ul><li>A couple
small scratches in the blade and handle but nothing that can't
be buffed and/or sanded out.</li><li>Gimping is a little rough
but definitely looks like it was done by hand and not cut out in
a laser CNC cutter. Adds character though. ;)</li></ul><table
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colspan="2">Aesthetic</td></tr><tr
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colspan="2">Classification</td></tr><tr
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style="padding: 8px 20px 0px 60px; vertical-align: top; width:
150px; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:
bold; text-indent: -8px;">FORM FACTOR</td><td
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vertical-align: middle; font-size: 12pt;">Fixed<span
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style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; font-size:
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60px; vertical-align: top; width: 150px; font-size: 10pt;
text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-indent:
-8px;">BLADE TYPE</td><td class="AttributesTableRowValue"
style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; font-size:
12pt;">Drop Point<span class="gUnit" style="font-size:
9pt;"></span></td></tr><tr><td
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colspan="2">Manufacturer</td></tr><tr
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style="padding: 8px 20px 0px 60px; vertical-align: top; width:
150px; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:
bold; text-indent: -8px;">BRAND</td><td
class="AttributesTableRowValue" style="padding: 5px;
vertical-align: middle; font-size: 12pt;">BUCK<span
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colspan="2">Package</td></tr><tr class="AttributesTableRow"><td
class="AttributesTableRowTitle" style="padding: 8px 20px 0px
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text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-indent:
-8px;"><a
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TYPE</a></td><td class="AttributesTableRowValue" style="padding:
5px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 12pt;">Retail<span
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style="padding: 8px 20px 0px 60px; vertical-align: top; width:
150px; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:
bold; text-indent: -8px;">Accessories included</td><td
class="AttributesTableRowValue" style="padding: 5px;
vertical-align: middle; font-size: 12pt;">Sheath and bottle of
oil</td></tr><tr><td class="AttributesTableRowGroupTitle"
style="padding: 20px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic;
border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;
border-bottom-color: #b8b8b8;" colspan="2">Dimensions<span
class="unitSelector" style="float: right; cursor: pointer;
color: #b8b8b8; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="unitUS">us</span>
| <span class="unitMetric" style="color:
blue;">metric</span></span></td></tr><tr
class="AttributesTableRow"><td class="AttributesTableRowTitle"
style="padding: 8px 20px 0px 60px; vertical-align: top; width:
150px; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:
bold; text-indent: -8px;">DEPTH</td><td
class="AttributesTableRowValue" style="padding: 5px;
vertical-align: middle; font-size: 12pt;"><span
class="mValue">21</span> <span class="mUnit" style="font-size:
9pt;">mm</span></td></tr><tr class="AttributesTableRow"><td
class="AttributesTableRowTitle" style="padding: 8px 20px 0px
60px; vertical-align: top; width: 150px; font-size: 10pt;
text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-indent:
-8px;">HEIGHT</td><td class="AttributesTableRowValue"
style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; font-size:
12pt;"><span class="mValue">195</span> <span class="mUnit"
style="font-size: 9pt;">mm</span></td></tr><tr
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style="padding: 8px 20px 0px 60px; vertical-align: top; width:
150px; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:
bold; text-indent: -8px;">WIDTH</td><td
class="AttributesTableRowValue" style="padding: 5px;
vertical-align: middle; font-size: 12pt;"><span
class="mValue">38</span> <span class="mUnit" style="font-size:
9pt;">mm</span></td></tr><tr class="AttributesTableRow"><td
class="AttributesTableRowTitle" style="padding: 8px 20px 0px
60px; vertical-align: top; width: 150px; font-size: 10pt;
text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-indent:
-8px;">BLADE LENGTH</td><td class="AttributesTableRowValue"
style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; font-size:
12pt;"><span class="mValue">85</span> <span class="mUnit"
style="font-size: 9pt;">mm</span></td></tr><tr
class="AttributesTableRow"><td class="AttributesTableRowTitle"
style="padding: 8px 20px 0px 60px; vertical-align: top; width:
150px; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:
bold; text-indent: -8px;">PRODUCT WEIGHT</td><td
class="AttributesTableRowValue" style="padding: 5px;
vertical-align: middle; font-size: 12pt;"><span
class="mValue">191</span> <span class="mUnit" style="font-size:
9pt;">g</span></td></tr><tr><td
class="AttributesTableRowGroupTitle" style="padding: 20px 5px
5px; vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia;
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colspan="2">Product Numbers</td></tr><tr><td
class="AttributesTableRowTitle" style="padding: 8px 20px 0px
60px; vertical-align: top; width: 150px; font-size: 10pt;
text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-indent:
-8px;">FASTTECH SKU</td><td class="AttributesTableRowValue"
style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; font-size:
12pt;"><a
href="
HTML http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10002795/1208201-camping-hunting-knife-2020"><br
/>1208201</a></td></tr><tr><td class="auto-style3" style="paddin
g:
8px 20px 0px 60px; vertical-align: top; width: 150px; font-size:
10pt; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-indent:
-8px;">Purchased from</td><td class="AttributesTableRowValue"
style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; font-size:
12pt;"><a
href="
HTML http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10002795/1208201-camping-hunting-knife-2020"><br
/>FastTech.com</a></td></tr><tr><td
class="AttributesTableRowTitle" style="padding: 8px 20px 0px
60px; vertical-align: top; width: 150px; font-size: 10pt;
text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; text-indent:
-8px;">Price Paid</td><td class="AttributesTableRowValue"
style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; font-size:
12pt;"><a
href="
HTML http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10002795/1208201-camping-hunting-knife-2020"><br
/>$8.95 USD</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>DETAILS AND
OPINIONS</strong></p><p>I bought this knife along with a Ganzo
712 on 4/15 and it was in my hands on 5/2. Easily one of the
most anticipated packages I've received from Fasttech, it didn't
disappoint with either knife. The Buck 480 arrived in a thin,
yellow and black cardboard box that was just a little crushed on
one side from the trip to the States inside a padded
envelope.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7333/8718245027_efbeabf6c3_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7333/8718245027_932b2ea55d.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>Packed along with the knife and
sheath was a small bottle of light machine oil. A nice little
surprise not mentioned in the product description on <a
href="
HTML http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10002795/1208201-camping-hunting-knife-2020"><br
/>FastTech's webpage</a>.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/8719350770_da2558423a_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/8719350770_6292e5a8ee.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>The working end of the knife is
a
very stout drop point blade. The Elk hoove prints in the blade
are laser cut and clean and crisp. There are a few very fine
scratches that can be seen in the pic below especially if you
click the pic and go to the original photo. The blade arrived
sharp but not shaving sharp. Not a lot of knives do in my
experience.</p><p><a
href="
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/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7452/8718240349_02bfd1014c.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>Along with the hoove prints is
a
deeply etched "BUCK" logo and a laser etched logo for the "Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation". Stamped near the handle is "480"
signifying the model number of the knife. The blade is made of
8Cr13Mov steel with a 59HRC.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7443/8719358434_02091ff426_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7443/8719358434_55349bcf31.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>The opposite side of the blade
we
can see another stamping informing us this knife was made in
China.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/8718236785_3eceb14a11_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/8718236785_d4f586b4ed.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>Aside from a few tiny rough
spots, this is a damned hansome blade!</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7298/8718236239_a906d39d66_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7298/8718236239_4c45e6ca81.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>The handle is made from real wo
od
(I don't know the type) and is contoured very nicely for a
comfortable, secure grip. It also looks pretty good, too. My
example had a few little scratches on the same side of the knife
that had a few scratches on the blade. Most likely mine was
scuffed during manufacturing after it was assembled anddetailed.
It really doesn't bother me for what little price I paid.
It'll have worse in short order after I use it a few times I'm
sure. ;)</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/8718239557_821a9fb31b_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/8718239557_05f619524f.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>The scales are contoured and
shaped to the blade after being mounted on the blade. it gives
a nice feeling that the handle is just one piece of
material.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7333/8719356644_028a69dcc2_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7333/8719356644_66d542a111.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>The gimping is the only real
rough area of the knife. it looks like it was hand filed into
the blade. It's not horrible or a deal breaker but you can
definitely tell it is not completely laser cut from the steel
blank. It is actually nice in a way to know that it is really
hand finished and not entirely machine made like some knives.
It would be nicer if the craftsmanship on such little details
was better but what can you really expect for less than $9
shipped. I would expect better from a $100 or even a $50 knife
but really...how the heck can they even sell this for $9 and
make money?</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/8718237381_b4426f6260_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/8718237381_f914e9ebdf.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>The rest of the knife is very
nice and clean. The wood scales are nicely polished. I did
have to clean out some very fine sawdust from inside the screw
holes in the handle.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/8718238561_9456d31ff9_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/8718238561_8bbe70034c.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>Nice grain and a real good colo
r
IMO.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/8719353328_9210bb9354_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/8719353328_abd26b6b02.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>The sheath is not the worse I'v
e
seen but not the best either. It is simply ok and that's enough
for it to be. Aside from a few stray threads poking out here
and there it's really pretty good. Another logo, this time
embroidered, for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation can be seen
on the front of the sheath.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/8719362076_a00fe6aa5f_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/8719362076_7f8f494f8c.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>On the back you can see the
simple belt loop. This loop is the only really cheap looking
part of the sheath. It will work just fine and the stitching is
solid, it just feels like it could be a bit thicker.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/8718235191_686419e692_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/8718235191_82245bb0b2.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p>Stitched into the sheath is a
plastic blade guard to protect the nylon material and stitching
from getting cut when inserting/removing the blade. It provides
a very nice secure grip on the blade while letting it slide in
and out smoothly.</p><p><a
href="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/8719351826_7aa11b06c9_o.jpg"><br
/><img
src="
HTML http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/8719351826_588d9751b3.jpg"<br
/>class="auto-style1"></a></p><p><strong>CONCLUSION</strong></p>
<p>Mac
Approved and recommended! A real great price for a real great
knife and it's a steel steal at $8.95. Is it a genuine Buck?
Not really sure. Do I care? No. I am sure that it's a pretty
nice knife at twice the asking price. It makes a great, compact
hunting and camping knife that could be used for skinning or any
cutting task you might throw at it. </p><p><a
href="
HTML https://www.fasttech.com/products/1901/10002795/1208201-camping-hunting-knife-2020"><br
/><img
src="
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/>alt="" width="960" height="520"
class="auto-style1"></a></p>[/html]
#Post#: 877--------------------------------------------------
Re: Review: Buck 480 Fixed Blade Drop Point
By: Spasmod Date: May 8, 2013, 2:25 pm
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Excellent review as per usual Johnny. What a great looking knife
and only $8 that can't be right ! what a fantastic bargain !
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