110 is a Bargain

[Rotte]

I'm kinda obsessed with the 110. I have lockbacks from Benchmade, Gerber, CRK, Kershaw, Lone Wolf, Spyderco, Emerson, and others. Yet none of these seem to be as much fun to use as the venerable 110. For the price of a Sebenza, one could use up 3 or 4 110's and still have a new one out of the box.

As if you could use up a 110. These things are freakin' mules: climb the canyon and come back the next day for more.

I'm willing to postulate that there are better designs, lighter knives, fancier steel, more tactical opening systems. But I'll be damned if there are better knives. And for the price? Forget about it.

I'm a Buck man. 110.

 

[mnblade]

The Buck 110 would have been worth a King's ransom when the country was founded ....

I love this image. Can you imagine how useful -- how TREASURED! -- a 110 would have been to a soldier fighting in the revolutionary war!? Or the Civil War? I could see a soldier in either one using it hard as a tool (and in a pinch a weapon), and then toting it home to the farm to work for its living for years and years and years to come.

 

[pinnah]

I love this image. Can you imagine how useful -- how TREASURED! -- a 110 would have been to a soldier fighting in the revolutionary war!? Or the Civil War? I could see a soldier in either one using it hard as a tool (and in a pinch a weapon), and then toting it home to the farm to work for its living for years and years and years to come.

I suspect Buck would have had a lot of warranty expenses [1] with busted tips. I think there's a good reason why the US military moved from fighting blades with narrower tips to the blunter, sturdier utility profile of the Ka-Bar style.

[1] - Just imagine the shipping costs back then!!

 

[dmattaponi]

I suspect Buck would have had a lot of warranty expenses [1] with busted tips. I think there's a good reason why the US military moved from fighting blades with narrower tips to the blunter, sturdier utility profile of the Ka-Bar style.

[1] - Just imagine the shipping costs back then!!

Oh, I don't know...but I suspect many would have been smart enough to use the right tool for the right job...ax/hatchet for chopping, knife for cutting, prytools for pry jobs, etc. I mean when your life depends on it, you tend to take care of your tools (and you have the knowledge to fix them if you do break something...break the tip off of a older 110, reprofile). And, I don't think the military standardized on any such change until the 20th century. Not to mention the most recent production 110' seem a bit more robust at the tip.

Dare I say that it seems to be recent generations of "men" who have been taught that everything is disposable...If a tip breaks off a knife, throw it out, and/or get another one, instead of making do and fixing it. People didn't have it so good through much of history.