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