110 LT Drop Point

Yeah I got a couple that arrived Saturday. Really love that drop point blade, my first DP 110.Let me ask you something. On mine when the blade is open, the lockbar sticks up above the scales ever so slightly as if the hook from the lockbar is not fully seating into the notch on the blade.And I'm not talking about that little nib on the end that they dont grind off. Its like that on both examples I have. Never seen that on any of my other 110s, including the LT clip point I have. Its not a deal breaker or anything, and doesnt seem to affect lockup. Just wondering if they are all like that or not.
 
Not a problem. Let me try to explain the reason. When a 110 is built, after assembly the spine of the knife is sanded flush. This levels off the lockbar with the frame and removes the nub. The same was done with the old Valox framed BuckLites, if you look at the back, they were sanded. The spines of the new LT's are not sanded after assembly, probably because they are Nylon. There will always be some +/- tolerance with the levelness of the lockbar. I'm pretty sure the nub is the result of how the parts are blanked, sharp 90 degree corners are tough to do so the nub relieves the corner. While ground of after assembly on a 110, we live with it on a Nylon knife. Clear as mud?
 
RAGS said:
Yeah I got a couple that arrived Saturday. Really love that drop point blade, my first DP 110.Let me ask you something. On mine when the blade is open, the lockbar sticks up above the scales ever so slightly as if the hook from the lockbar is not fully seating into the notch on the blade.And 'm not talking about that little nib on the end that they dont grind off. Its like that on both examples I have. Never seen that on any of my other 110s, including the LT clip point I have. Its not a deal breaker or anything, and doesnt seem to affect lockup. Just wondering if they are all like that or not.
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Try cleaning the lock really well with compressed air, hot soapy water, then WD-40 to dry it out, and then oil it really well. If that does not work, try to tap it into place. The tolerances might be very tight. I have had some lock backs like that and they wore in after a bit and were fine. If tapping it in doesn't work, I would send it to Buck. I assume you are not talking about the little bumps that are on the bar in the LT, but that the lock is actually not seated.
 
Thanks DocT. I have cleaned out the lock surfaces but have not tried tapping it into place yet. And no, I'm not talking about the little bumps( which by the way is only on the lockbar on the drop point models and not on the lockbar AND blade as in the clip points). The lockbar just sits a little proud of the frame when the knife is open. Again, not a deal breaker in my book and doesn't seem to affect lockup. Its just not aesthetically pleasing.
 
OK just tried lightly tapping it in but the lockbar still sits a little proud. BUT STILL LOVING THAT DROP POINT BLADE ANYWAY!!
 
DeSotoSky said:
Not a problem. Let me try to explain the reason. When a 110 is built, after assembly the spine of the knife is sanded flush. This levels off the lockbar with the frame and removes the nub. The same was done with the old Valox framed BuckLites, if you look at the back, they were sanded. The spines of the new LT's are not sanded after assembly, probably because they are Nylon. There will always be some +/- tolerance with the levelness of the lockbar. I'm pretty sure the nub is the result of how the parts are blanked, sharp 90 degree corners are tough to do so the nub relieves the corner. While ground of after assembly on a 110, we live with it on a Nylon knife. Clear as mud?
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OK gotcha! Its just that the clip point 110LT I got doesnt have that issue so I was wondering if all the drop points were like mine. Again, not a huge deal,still love the knife. Its in my pocket right now!! Decableguy2000 sorry if I hi-jacked ur thread
 
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RAGS said:
Yeah I got a couple that arrived Saturday. Really love that drop point blade, my first DP 110.Let me ask you something. On mine when the blade is open, the lockbar sticks up above the scales ever so slightly as if the hook from the lockbar is not fully seating into the notch on the blade.And I'm not talking about that little nib on the end that they dont grind off. Its like that on both examples I have. Never seen that on any of my other 110s, including the LT clip point I have. Its not a deal breaker or anything, and doesnt seem to affect lockup. Just wondering if they are all like that or not.
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mine is exactly like that. whereas my red ones are not.

it doesn't seem to be any issue with lock up or using.
 
Some of the other drop point 110s I’ve gotten in the past had the lock bar setting proud too, I always assumed they got the geometry slightly off on that pattern blade. It’s a minor thing to me.
 
Rebel Nimrod said:
Some of the other drop point 110s I’ve gotten in the past had the lock bar setting proud too, I always assumed they got the geometry slightly off on that pattern blade. It’s a minor thing to me.
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OK thanks I didnt know that. This is my first 110 drop point.I guess its a phenomenon common to the DP but not really an issue. As long as the lockup is good, I can live with it. And I do love that drop point.
 
Still, it is probably that the tolerances are too tight. Try forcefully snapping the blade open with a wrist flick (after partially opening the blade) a few times and see if that helps. What you will probably find is that after doing things like that for a bit, the bar will seat.
 
Are you guys saying that their is a DP 110 LT? Where is this? I love my Aluminum DP from C&C, but I would love to have a DP 110 LT as well (to go along with my other 2 110 LT's).

Edit: saw in another post it is from C&C... looks like I've got to save up for another load of C&C knives... :D Now... when are they coming out with the 112LT?
 
Guys, I just checked all of my 110 drop points and none of them has the lock bar sitting proud like your mentioning.
It must be in that run. DM
 
David Martin said:
Guys, I just checked all of my 110 drop points and none of them has the lock bar sitting proud like your mentioning.
It must be in that run. DM
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i checked my half dozen drop points. all mine are like yours Sir...except the 110lt drop point. I agree with you...it appears to be just this run.
 
Brass and nickel frames and old -Lites are ground to be flush. The new LTs are not...
 
MT_Pokt said:
Brass and nickel frames and old -Lites are ground to be flush. The new LTs are not...
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Sir, are you talking just the nub...or the entire lock bar? the lockbar on mine past the rocker towards the blade sits above the scales quite a bit.

are you saying the entire lockbar is ground down to be flush? it would be a lot of metal removal to do that on mine. I'll take a pic tonight so it's much clearer as I'm bad at wording......
 
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/110-video.1590454/

The video here shows some of the process. You’ll also see how the blades are blanked with the hump.

The entire perimeter of the knife is ground. The spine to bring the lock bar, scales as frame together flush, the belly to bring the scales flush to the frame, and the butt to flush the frame and spring holder.

If you look into the relief where you push the lock to close the blade you’ll see a different texture on the frame. This is the only perimeter part not ground and polished because the lock bar is there. I’ve seen some pretty rough ones, but for the most part it’s not noticeable unless you’re looking for it.

Somewhere I had photos of a bunch of 110s & 112s that we’re pulled before the grinding. Not pretty at that point with scale material hanging over both the spine and belly, spring holders not flush with the butt, etc.

The frame is cast to a specific size. Everything else is a little bigger so it can be ground to meet the frame.

Pretty cool how they’re done. It’s not like they have a box of pre-shaped and finished parts that they just pin together and move on. There’s quite a bit of human work done on each one of these.
 
jbmonkey said:
Sir, are you talking just the nub...or the entire lock bar? the lockbar on mine past the rocker towards the blade sits above the scales quite a bit.
are you saying the entire lockbar is ground down to be flush? it would be a lot of metal removal to do that on mine. I'll take a pic tonight so it's much clearer as I'm bad at wording......
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Yes, that's what he's saying. (the entire lock-bar)That's the manner they are done/finished. Except on the lites you guys are mentioning. DM
 
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David Martin said:
Yes, that's what he's saying. (the entire lock-bar)That's the manner they are done/finished. Except on the lites you guys are mentioning. DM
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thank you Sir.

I believe this batch of drop point is a slight tolerance deal. the red smoke jumpers I have arent like that nor are the standard lts. I'll post a pic tonight then y'all can see how far it sticks up when open and locked.

it's a small detail though.....has no effect on use.
 
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