Buck Knives

Buck Knives is an American knife manufacturer founded in Mountain Home, Idaho and now located in Post Falls, Idaho. The company has a long history through five generations of the Buck family from 1902 to the present day. Buck Knives primarily manufactures sport and field knives and is credited with inventing the "folding hunting knife" and popularizing it to such a degree that the term "buck knife" has become synonymous with folding lockback knives, including those made by other manufacturers.

Buck Knives
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1902 (1902), in San Diego, California
FounderHoyt Buck
HeadquartersPost Falls, Idaho, US
Key people
  • Al Buck (former CEO)
  • Chuck Buck, former chairman
  • CJ Buck (CEO and chairman)
  • Paul Bos
ProductsKnives
RevenueUS$80 million
Number of employees
320
Websitebuckknives.com
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