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Stainless steel
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.
- Typical hardness
- 56-58 HRC
- Edge retention
- 1/5
- Toughness
- 4/5
- Corrosion resistance
- 4/5
- Ease of sharpening
- 5/5
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.
16 knives in 420HC
Buck
Buck 141 PakLite Large Skinner
- Blade
- 3.5″
- Weight
- 4.1 oz
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