110 Blade Production Process

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TAH

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Not sure how rare this is or if it has been posted before, but for those who have never seen it, I thought this was pretty interesting.

According to Joe Houser, these were done in 1981.


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Cool - thanks!

Neat to see how the raw item is transformed into the classic blade shape.

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Thanks TAH. My son is one of the Buck employees that does the "double disk" step of the process. He also has worked in "chamfer" and "hollow grind". He has also trained some in "laser" and could be working more in there soon..
 
Cool thanks. One reason why I like Buck knives over other brands is I really do not like mirror polished finish.
 
Here is one kinda sorta like your 110 blade process display and also the steel they are punched from.







 
Thanks Stumps. Not much steel wasted.

BTW, the blade process display that I posted is not mine. I just saw it on eBay and thought it was interesting. The disassembled 110 is not mine either, but I learned that it takes 18 separate parts to create a Folding Hunter. :)
 
TAH said:
Thanks Stumps. Not much steel wasted.

BTW, the blade process display that I posted is not mine. I just saw it on eBay and thought it was interesting. The disassembled 110 is not mine either, but I learned that it takes 18 separate parts to create a Folding Hunter. :)
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I've seen one on the bay for a while now. The price makes me feel rich with the ones that I posted above. :)

I forget what I was told at Buck, but none of the steel gets wasted...any scraps are recycled. Not sure if they recycle back to their supplier, or if it just goes through the normal recycling route.

I never counted the parts before, so thanks!

Below is a standard 110 that I took apart and reassembled to show the working parts.
I really like showing friends the inside of a 110. :)









 
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