110 3-Dot

MWallace

MWallace

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Well guys, I fell off the wagon and picked up a couple of knives this week. I finally got something to yap about....

This 110 I found local. The guy that sold it to me just got it back from Buck for a cleanup and sharpening. There's some small scratches in the brass but the scales and blade look good. A small amount of blade play but I guess not enough to worry the crew up North... Mike

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Beautie-droollin, jealous. Knice nife:thumbup: If you gotta fall off the wagon that is a good place to land:p
 
Mike, nice .110.. for sure... I think some of us would love to have your knife.... Great find and Great pics... ITE
 
Nice ,I sent a old 2 dot back to them with a wobbly blade and it came back like thart,looks brand new,its my everyday carry 110,i love it 440 c baby!.lol
 
I guess my eye doesn't see it as being profiled . Maybe very slight on the brass which could be the photo . DM
 
Now, that one I can see the radiused edges . I have one a 2 dot 112 radiused but could have been done at home . Got it at a show and don't know the story . But my photos are not good quality . DM
 
The bolsters on the knife I posted above, up top, are pretty squared off. Just a slight amount of radius, real slight. It's probably the photo that makes them appear to have more radius than they have. I wish I could hold on to this one, and the Scoutlite, but like most of the rest of my collection I'm throwing it in the Swamp.
 
imafritz said:
Couldnt swear this was hand done cause I got it off the bay but here it is
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Fritz, are you positive this is a hand radiused knife? The first ones to be radiused by hand should have been 4dots (may be just answered my question about this 110 above). I remember the discussion on Fritz's 112. Its an unusual radius job. Joe H. or somebody thought it looked factory. Is that correct?

Anyway, that is the only one like that I've ever seen. That's not what I had in my mind for a hand radius bolster.

So now I have a real question as to what hand radiused knives look like.
 
Buck_110 said:
Even though the above 110's edges have a slight radius, they are considered to be non-radiused.

Hand radiused edges have the same amount of rounding as do current production 110s; except for the fact that the thumb depression is NOT radiused like current production 110s. Hand radiused 110 frames came out of the mold cavities looking like the 110 in the picture above. Fully radiused frames come out of the mold cavities fully radiused.

1980: 3 dot(440C@.115")/non-radiused frame
1981: 4 dot(425M@.120")/non-radiused frame(identical to 3 dot frame)
1982: 4 dot(425M@.120")/hand radiused frame/NON-radiused thumb depression
1983: 4 dot(425M@.120")/fully radiused frame/current production
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Thanks for the info Frank. I should have remembered that.
Still a really nice 110. :D
 
Flatlander1963 said:
Fritz, are you positive this is a hand radiused knife? The first ones to be radiused by hand should have been 4dots (may be just answered my question about this 110 above). I remember the discussion on Fritz's 112. Its an unusual radius job. Joe H. or somebody thought it looked factory. Is that correct?

Anyway, that is the only one like that I've ever seen. That's not what I had in my mind for a hand radius bolster.

So now I have a real question as to what hand radiused knives look like.
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You are correct about the previous discussions Flat and whether it was a factory machined radius or a factory employee doing something by hand on his own for himself or for a special request, I dont know. I look to you guys for answers, I'm just a spectator with a radiused knife:D I wouldnt know machined radius from a hand radius unless the hand was obvious/ameteur looking.
 
imafritz said:
You are correct about the previous discussions Flat and whether it was a factory machined radius or a factory employee doing something by hand on his own for himself or for a special request, I dont know. I look to you guys for answers, I'm just a spectator with a radiused knife:D I wouldnt know machined radius from a hand radius unless the hand was obvious/ameteur looking.
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Fritz,

I think your knife is very interesting. One of those one of a kind collectables. I'm surprised Clint hasn't tried to buy it off you. ;)
 
I keep thinking about this and I know Dave Meier has a hand radiused 110. Dave would you be a kind man and post a picture of one. Thanks gw
 
Buck_110 said:
Even though the above 110's edges have a slight radius, they are considered to be non-radiused.

Hand radiused edges have the same amount of rounding as do current production 110s; except for the fact that the thumb depression is NOT radiused like current production 110s. Hand radiused 110 frames came out of the mold cavities looking like the 110 in the picture above. Fully radiused frames come out of the mold cavities fully radiused.

1980: 3 dot(440C@.115")/non-radiused frame
1981: 4 dot(425M@.120")/non-radiused frame(identical to 3 dot frame)
1982: 4 dot(425M@.120")/hand radiused frame/NON-radiused thumb depression
1983: 4 dot(425M@.120")/fully radiused frame/current production
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Just a quick thank you so much for this information. It helps a semi newbee Buck collector learn more and more about the 110's. have a great week.
 
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