
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 3, 1991                   TAG: 9104030070
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: EL CAJON, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

BUCK KNIVES INC. FOUNDER DIES AT 80

Alfred Charles Buck, developer of the folding Buck Hunting Knife, died of cancer Sunday at his home.

Buck, 80, learned to make hunting knives from his father, Hoyt Heath Buck, and together they began a business behind their San Diego home in 1948. Buck Knives Inc. has since become one of the world's premier manufacturers of knives, employing about 400 people and doing about $40 million a year in business.

He retired as chairman of the board in 1979 to travel and spend time speaking to groups of Christian business leaders. His son, Charles T. Buck, now heads the company. - Associated Press

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