Buck Broke New Ground With These Stunning MagnaCut Knives. Now, They Can Finally Be Yours

Introduced at SHOT Show earlier this year, the Range Series boasts the brand’s first-ever use of a crossbar lock.

Published September 4, 2025

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Earlier this year, at SHOT Show, Buck Knives — one of America’s most respected knife brands — announced its brand-spanking-new Range Series, featuring its first-ever blades incorporating a crossbar lock.

Now, the brand has officially released them to the public. That means, if you were looking forward to this release, it can finally be yours.

buck knives range series hero — The 791 on the blade indicates this is a full-sized Range Series knife. The aluminum handle indicates it belongs to the higher-end Elite trim level, which also features MagnaCut steel.

Crossing over

For the uninitiated, a crossbar lock is a relatively modern, exceptionally reliable and super handy mechanism. To use it, you pull back on round tabs — between which sits a tensioned metal bar — near the pivot.

Doing so while simultaneously flicking the wrist releases the blade and, once fully deployed, you can let go of those tabs to hold it in place.

Editor’s note: Knives incorporating crossbar locks typically also have thumb studs either side of the blade, providing an additional deployment method that some might say is the more “proper” one.

Pull the tabs again and, relying either on gravity or another flick of the wrist, you can bring the blade back into the handle.

buck knives range series green handle — You can clearly see the round tab next to the pivot that you pull back on to release the crossbar lock.

You can tell Buck Knives is taking this release seriously for a couple of reasons. First off, it was the headline product at the brand’s SHOT Show booth. Second, it’s available in a variety of configurations.

The highest trim level, called Elite, features anodized aluminum handles and blades made of MagnaCut, a super steel prized for its combination of toughness, corrosion resistance, edge retention and ease of sharpening — and all the rage right now.

The more affordable trim level, dubbed Pro, features 154CM steel blades and glass-filled nylon handles.

Both trim levels offer three handle colors (black, gray and green) and two sizes (standard and Mini). All the knives boast satin-finish drop-point blades with grip-improving jimping and ambidextrous thumb studs, plus reversible deep-carry pocket clips.

buck knives range series pro — The markings on this blade indicate its made of 154CM steel and has been heat treated using longtime Buck Knives employee Paul Bos’s legendary methods.

The pricing also runs the gamut, starting at $115 for the 790 Mini Range Pro and going up to $220 for the 791 Range Elite.

Premium steel, a modern lock and classic looks make perfect sense for a 123-year-old brand built on heritage that’s unafraid of evolving.

After all, let’s not forget that midway through its history, Buck Knives introduced a then-revolutionary blade-securing innovation: the lockback mechanism.

Now available (finally)

As mentioned, the Buck Knives Range Series has finally dropped and is priced between $115 and $220. You can grab all four versions of the knife (in three colorways each) on the brand’s site now.

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About the Author:

Now managing editor, Steve has served in a variety of roles with GP since 2019. Having previously written and edited for such publications as Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, Esquire and ESPN, he enjoys covering a range of topics — but mostly those pertaining to cycling, snow sports, pocket knives and motos — and dreams of a utopian world in which everyone’s bike seat is at the proper height.