- Buck 656 Pursuit Large · Drop Point4.5″ blade · 0.14″ spine · 6.4 oz · ~1.22″ tall (derived)
Buck 656 Pursuit Large
Full tang and 4.5" long, this 420HC drop point has a glass-filled nylon handle with Versaflex grip panels. At 6.4 oz it suits quartering and camp work more than fine caping. 420HC trades edge life for easy sharpening in the field.
- Blade
- 4.5″
- Weight
- 6.4 oz
- Steel
- 420HC
- Price band
- Budget
Big-game field work and camp chores
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Specifications
Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against buckknives.com.
- Blade length
- 4.5″
- Spine thickness
- 0.14″
- Blade shape
- Drop Point
- Steel
- 420HC
- Weight
- 6.4 oz
- Lock
- Fixed
- Handle material
- Glass-Filled Nylon
- Country of origin
- USA
Why a drop point
The default hunting and EDC shape, and the safest general answer. The spine curves down to the tip in a convex line, which keeps the point low and strong and leaves plenty of belly for skinning. It is hard to make a drop point bad at anything.
Every drop 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
- Full fixed tang
- Made in USA
- Stainless blade
