再来看下面的文字(from wikipedia):1902年,Hoyt才13岁,刚刚开始学习做刀,小男孩一上来就做119了?还是BR的?1941年,珍珠港时间后,他才因为做刀而出名。
“Hoyt learned to make knives and in 1902 when he was 13, he developed a method of heat-treating the steel in hoes and other tools so they would hold an edge longer.[2] Hoyt left Kansas in 1907 for the American northwest and eventually enlisted in the United States Navy.[2] He is not known to have made knives until 1941 in Mountain Home, Idaho after the attack on Pearl Harbor.”
之后看看buckknives.com自己对于119这款刀的介绍:“这款47年前就是热卖的款式”,这也追溯不到1902年吧。
This classic large hunting knife has been a super seller going back some 47 years. Hoyt and Al Buck used to build them by hand in their two-man shop. Today, this larger hunting knife with a large clip blade for detail work, piercing and cutting in tight places for added control, is as popular as ever.