Buck Knife Dealer list?

Old Hunter · Feb 24, 2013

I have looked on the Buck Website and find no listing of dealers that stock their products. I travel eastern NC and sell building materials to lumberyards - not a single one stocks Buck knives. There are a few good gunshops that sell some of the Buck line, and of course certain "Mart-Mart"/"Pro-shop" chains have a few common models, but no store (that I can find) that stocks an extensive array of the Buck models to look over. Does anyone know of a store in NC, northeastern SC, or southeastern VA that is a "master dealer" or whatever Buck calls a dealer that carries a lot of their product? Case has Platinum dealers - I would guess Buck has something similar, but I don't know where to find them and would dearly love to be able to handle (and buy) several of their knives. Thanks, OH

DeSotoSky · Feb 24, 2013

It's not very obvious but look in the upper right corner of the web page just above the search box.
You will see in very small lettering WHERE TO BUY
That will take you to a page where you can put in a City, State, or Zip with a search radius.
I found a rural farm supply store in my region that way where I found 2 NOS scarce Bucks.

Old Hunter · Feb 25, 2013

Thank you - found it and ran a couple of pages of dealers - several I was aware of, but several I wasn't (in fact found one at Wrightsville Beach NC - my travel schedule puts me there tomorrow). I appreciate your help! OH

bigredd · Feb 25, 2013

That find dealer feature is not worth much. In my city it shows one dealer, a pump supply company. I can think of half a dozen places to buy bucks within 10 miles of my house. Heck, it didn't even show the Bass Pro Shop.

st8yd · Feb 25, 2013

That could be from some not buying there Bucks from Buck. My local Ace store just set up a nice knife display, a glass cabinet about 5' wide by 6' tall. He had several different brands in it but no Bucks. I told him the display looked nice but it'd look a whole lot better with some Bucks in it. Went back in a few days later and he had a handfull of Bucks in there.

Anyway what I was getting at is I noticed as I walked in the other day that they have a big catalog with knives in it. All kinda brands and some I never heard of. So I flipped the page to the B section and found the Bucks. So it appears that he is buying the knives thru a distributor and not directly from Buck. So if that's the situation Buck would have no idea that he is selling their knives.

bucksway · Feb 26, 2013

I was really surprised Tractor Supply did not carry Bucks,they should..When I go in for anything I ask if they have them.If ALL of us did that they might !

Old Hunter · Feb 27, 2013

I ate breakfast at a Cracker Barrel yesterday, they attempt to sell you "country stuff" while you are checking out. I told the lady ringing me out that they should have a Buck Knife display case with pocketknives for sale if they really want to replicate an old country store. Lady said it was a good idea, but I am sure that is as far as it went! Yesterday I also went by one of the stocking dealer stores on the list I printed off the Buck dealer section of the website - they showed me a nice display of Kershaws! Owner told me he had sold out of Buck's several years ago and had not gotten anymore in - he did show me his personal 525 folder. I will work my way through the list I printed - surely one of them will be the gold mine of Bucks! OH

bigredd · Feb 28, 2013

If anyone is in the E. TN area, a trip to Smoky Mountain Knife Works is a must for any knife enthusiast. It's the largest knife shop in the world and they carry the full lines of just about every brand you can think of.

Diver · Mar 4, 2013

I tried a counter display at the check out in my store, (outdoor power equip.), a few years ago. Never sold a knife out of it. Turned out I would have to sell below cost to meet the "...mart" pricing. Gave them all to my kids and few good customers.

ChicoMike · Mar 4, 2013

I live about 8 miles from the Knife Works. They do have a large selection of knives but their selection of Bucks is quite limited and appears to be the smallest section of knives in the entire store. The prices aren't that good considering sales tax in Sevier County is 9.75%. Better buys can be made through BCCI or that big auction place no one seems to want to mention by name.

skyhorse · Mar 4, 2013

One of the largest feed and ranch supply stores in my area carries a good supply of Buck Knives.

It's one stop shopping,you can buy a Buck knife and a order of Buffalo to go.

mbjannusch · Mar 8, 2013

ChicoMike said:
I live about 8 miles from the Knife Works. They do have a large selection of knives but their selection of Bucks is quite limited and appears to be the smallest section of knives in the entire store. The prices aren't that good considering sales tax in Sevier County is 9.75%. Better buys can be made through BCCI or that big auction place no one seems to want to mention by name.

Your lucky, the whole state of California's sales tax is 9.75 if not more. You only have one county, and it's a tourist place ( Sevier County) at that...