Australian Hunter

Get to the point - the enduring Buck Model 110 Folding Hunter

The Buck Model 110 Folding Hunter is a knife I cherish more than I should. I purchased my first one from a gun store in Townsville in 1994 with money I had earned from my after-school job. It was nothing special, just a stock standard model with brass bolsters, Dymondwood scales and regular clip point. But it started a love affair with the brand which continues to this day.

That particular 110 has cleaned and scaled countless bass and barramundi, skinned more hares and foxes than I could possibly count and field-dressed probably more than 50 red, fallow and chital deer alone. It was by my side during my Army service and has been my companion on hunting and fishing trips from the Kimberley, across Queensland and down into Victoria. It has performed just as well in 48-degree deserts as it has in minus 10-degree snow hunting. After almost 25 years of

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