Well David they know your likes in the outdoors, coyotes..ha. I will opinion as everyone else is. Like David I am not a knife whacking sort of guy. I usually have too small of a knife to wack anything but a toothpick with. But, I do have a couple of axe's, a tomahawk, three hatchets and one machete. I saw deer and elk hip joints. I understand that using a big knife to whack stuff is shown in other forums, U-tube and printed media. Who would have thought we would come to having testing story's written about which knife is the best "whacker".
I think ml100 is trying to achieve the good and bad here at the same time. The history of Buck knives like the 120 began before Buck was even a shed business. If you look at the old photos the Buck brothers were making large and long "Bowie" type knives from the very beginning. If you look closer you will read where long fixed blades were made for men going overseas, especially at the beginning of the Pacific front in WW2.
These were like Jim Bowie's EDC and intended to be used for survival and for the defending of one's life to the point, one of parties was going to experience death. During 'Nam' the 120 along with other of the larger Buck fixed blades were a status symbol strapped to the shoulder straps of a rucksack. I have heard several people tell about theirs as we have heard here on the Buck forum also. My man-to-man training did not give me the option of having a 120 sized knife, all I could have was a 110/112 sized. If it came down to the point of taking a life or letting mine go, while out of ammo, I always felt between my collapsible baton and my 112 used in tandem I could overcome a criminal, I was not so sure with only a blade, no matter the size. If ml100 has a really good buy on that 120 then he could give it a try but be aware when too much is too much an knife damage is starting. The problem with that is it sneaks up on you.
Currently my 'Zombie' knife is a 440c 119. My opinion. 300
