- Buck 55 · Clip Point2.375″ blade · 1.9 oz · ~0.69″ tall
Buck 55
The Buck 55 is a 2.375" clip point folder in 420HC, hollow ground. The handle is Ebony + Brass, secured by a back lock. At 1.9 oz it sits 5th-lightest of the 10 traditional pocket knives here, where the median is 2.1 oz.
- Blade
- 2.375″
- Weight
- 1.9 oz
- Steel
- 420HC
- Price band
- Mid
Low-profile daily cutting where a tactical folder reads wrong
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Specifications
Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against buckknives.com.
- Blade length
- 2.375″
- Blade shape
- Clip Point
- Grind
- Hollow
- Steel
- 420HC
- Closed length
- 3.375″
- Weight
- 1.9 oz
- Lock
- Back Lock
- Deployment
- Manual
- Handle material
- Ebony + Brass
- Country of origin
- USA
Why a clip point
The front third of the spine is 'clipped' away in a concave sweep, dropping the point below the spine line and putting it out in front. That makes a finer, more controllable tip than a drop point — better for piercing, slightly weaker under load. The Buck 110 pattern is the archetype.
Every clip point here →About 420HC
Buck's Paul Bos heat treat is what makes this ordinary steel good. Dulls sooner than premium steels and takes ninety seconds to fix.
1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other. All 420HC knives
Features
- Back Lock
- Hollow grind
- Under 2.5 oz
- Made in USA
- Stainless blade
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