Head of Buck Knives dead at 78

OUTDOOR INDUSTRY — Chuck Buck, the chairman of Buck Knives Inc., has died. He was 78.

His son, CJ Buck, tells the Coeur d’Alene Press that his father died Friday of congestive heart failure while surrounded by family.

The company that has a history going back about 110 years moved to Post Falls 10 years ago.

CJ Buck says the company is infused with the integrity and caring that was present in his father, according to the story moved by the Associated Press.

Buck Knives makes an array of popular knives ranging from hunting knives to survival and tactical knives.

Here’s a 2011 Q&A with Buck in which he discusses the family and the business with the S-R:

• Buck Knives keeps knife-making legacy in family