A fixed blade favorite has been revived for the October 2025 Buck of the Month. The 101, the non-folding sibling to the 110 Hunter, returns with an on-season handle and upgraded blade steel.
When the 101 originally released, it was obviously a big deal. Buck has always maintained a strong connection to its legacy, and they didn’t often fiddle with the fundamentals – but when the 101 came out, it signified that the Idaho shop was ready to expand their horizons and, along with other interesting derivations of the 110, explore uncharted design territory. The 101 itself has since been discontinued, but that watershed moment continues to have implications in the Buck of 2025, with many other experiments and riffs filling out their catalog.
Such a good looking knife. I love the proportions.
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