Buck is a good choice. Economical, good selection, readily available, versatile, lifetime warranty, holds a decent edge, and probably carried by more sportsmen than any other knife in the US.

Randall makes a fine assortment of fixed-blade knives in Orlando, but they are rather pricey, as in $500 and up.
W.R.Case & Sons Cutlery Co. makes a fine line of folders and fixed-blade knives in Bradford, Pa. that are priced under $100.
Marble knives were made in Gladstone, Michigan until a few years ago, when they started importing them from China.

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I believe you are right. The old Buck knives were a bit of a pain to get in order. The new ones seem to have solved the problem. Must confess, except for DiamondBlade, I have been using custom knives. Kindest Regards

Randall Knives, while pricey, are a lifetime investment. Mine took 4 years and 3 months from order to delivery. Buck knives are an excellent buy and can be purchased over the counter.

I think the problem with the older Buck knives was the blade grind. The blade was ground very thick at the edge because they used to advertise with pictures of a Buck knife being driven through a bolt with a hammer.

Are you willing to pay a lot more money? There are a number of custom knife makers in the states for folks willing to pay a lot of money for a knife. Hardening/temporing, ability to sharpen a knife depending on a knife's hardening number, and kind of steel can be explained to you by a qualified salesman in a sporting goods store knife department.

Continental Divide makes some good ones.

I believe that Grohman knives are made in Canada, does that count? I have had one for 30 years, a very good knife.

I believe Buck knives are still made in the US, at least some of them are. Mine is a great knife.