110 Stories

I have both a 110 and a 112 that I bought in the early 70's. The 110 was purchased first and intended for use at work (I was a San Diego cop back in the 70's) but I judged it too big and so I bought a 112, which I ended up carrying for eight years. I have numerous memories attached to that knife, most being connected to vehicle accident scene use. On more than one occassion it was the only blade avaiable to cut clotiing loose prior to applying a splint. it is a great knife that I continue to carry to this day...and in fact is on my belt as we speak. It's as tight as the day I bought but is on its second sheath. I still have the original though, but have put it up while its still in tact. I'll end up passing them both on to one of my grandsons years from now.
 
I bought my first Buck 112 at a Knife store at a big mall in Denver , CO in 1979, while I was attending USAF armament school at Lowry AFB. I probably paid too much as I am sure it was one of those full retail chain stores. I think it was $25.00 or so. When I got to my unit, we were allowed to carry a folding knife in a black or OD sheath on our fatigue uniform belt. I carried mine everyday for four years, both on duty and off. I cannot think of how many times it was used for USAF duties, working around fighter aircraft as a weapons technician. I did not carry it the next four years nearly as much, since after attending OTS and being commissioned, it was frowned on to carry a belt knife as an officer. I still have the knife. It is in good shape. The black leather sheath is pretty worn, but still usable. I no longer use it at all. It resides in my gunsafe. It carries too many memories to chance losing it.

I now have a half dozen nice modern 110's and 112's, but my old 112 is by far my favorite.
 
No glorious stories here, but this might be interest you. My first knife was a cheap Chinese Buck 110 knock-off. I bought it when I was 12. Later I gave it to a friend of mine as a present, but when I travelled in the USA in 1992, I purchased the biggest Bucklite I could get my hands on. :D This was my first high quality folder. I used it for 3 month, and after I saw how good it is, I immediately purchased a Bucktool (I still have it, and it is still in good shape) and a 639. (It was the little sister of the huge 184)

I sold the Bucklite and the 639 a few years later, but since this I consider Buck knives as quality pieces of cutlery. Right now my favourite blade is a Buck Strider Solution in BG-42 (065/500) and planning to purchase even more knives from Buck, and this all started with that humble Chinese copycat, which costed my whole 2 month pocket money exactly 17 years ago.

Edited for my lame English. Sorry.
 
My first Buck 110 left an indelible mark on me.

Back in '78 I was showing it off to a girl, and got clumsy. I was so attached to that 110, blade locked open, that when it started falling to the girl's blacktopped driveway, I bent down, unthinking, and caught it....

Nice memorable scar on the inside middle knuckle of my right ring finger. Y'know, there *are* times when you wish that Bucks weren't so darned sharp! ;)

GeoThorn
 
I don't really share this story a lot, for very personal reasons, but I suppose we are all friends here. As kids growing up, me and my older brother were inseperable. There were 4 of us boys, but the oldest two were always off getting into trouble, so that left me and Anthony to our own. I have always carried knives, always given them as gifts and ALWAYS have one on me. Anthony always carried a 112, in fact in our small town it was kind of his trade mark, hiking boots with red laces and a Buck knife. As we grew older, we kind of grew apart, but we remained friends. One day in 1984 at our parents house we had a falling out, we actually got in a fist fight over some stupid comment over some stupid girl. My dad split us up, and we went our separate ways. 5 days later he was killed in a motorcycle accident. My parents asked me to sell my bike, which I did, and life went on as it does, although that scar still has not healed, 20 years later. In 2000, my dad was diagnosed with alzheimers, and within 6 months he had started to slip. Rather than lose everything he ever knew to a slow painful heartless disease, he took his own life. I loved my dad dearly, as I did my brother. While going through my dad's possesions I discoved a few knives, an old timer, a case and a few others. I also discovered something that he had kept hidden, something that none of us even knew existed, my dad had a locked box with pictures of my brother, the accident report, police report, and my brother's possesions. The 112 was in there, in the leather sheath, where it had stayed hidden for 16 years. It was badly tarnished and very dull, but it was intact and whole. I spent a few days carefully cleaning it, and have gotten it into pretty good shape, but I have never sharpened it. It is an old model (obviously), simply says "Buck" and "112" on it, no nail nick. Some day when Buck gets all moved into the new shop, I would like to send it in to be sharpened, so that I can have an excuse to take it out of the oak tool chest it rests in with my 23 other buck knives, and move it into my top desk drawer for occational use. It will ALWAYS be my most cherished knife, if not possesion, for the memories it brings me of my brother and dad. I have a modern 112 that I carry myself now, usually when I ride my motorcycle (yes, I have had several since then), as I don't want to risk having my pocket clipped knife fall out. I love the Buck 110/112 knives, and some day when my daughter gets old enough she will have her uncle Anthony's Buck knife. Sorry for the long post, it's been a while since I shared that story. Felt good though.
Jim
 
Hi Ya all.
I'm sure you heard this one before.
18yrs old,in US Navy,First ship,First Buck 110, Yep I took the Logo seriously and tried it :rolleyes: yep it cut the 1/4" bolt and I chiped a nice piece out of the blade :footinmou BUT that old buck served me well untill I was transfered and lost it. :mad:

Paul
 
Jim N, I thanks for telling that story. I got my first 110 second hand when I was 14 or 15 years old. I traded a small CASE stockman for it. It was a finger grooved model and came with a black leather sheath.
I grew up in southwest Missouri and spent alot of time on the river and in the woods. That knife went everywhere and did what ever I needed it to do. I later added an Estwing hatchet and the pair made a fine outdoor set.
I carried that 110 in my right rear pocket for 10 years or so then sadly lost it in a drunken stupor. I have replaced it with a plain 110 and a 112fg. Great knives.
 
It all started so simple really.....

I just wanted a folding hunter that was not jsut like everyone elses, so I ordered a Buck 110 from the custom shop with Elk scales.

Next thing I know I have 2 more PCS knives and over a dozen other variants of the 110.

I think I need help............
 
An old friend turned me on to Buck knives in 2001. I was amazed at the edge-holding capabilities! I ran into him again a couple of years later and he was carrying his Bucklite 426 in an ingenious sheath that opened the knife as it was pulled out for use. "What a great idea!" I thought and set out to copy the sheath. I was carring my 110 in the copy I had made when this lady I worked with grabbed the knife from the sheath. Me being a basic dummy, I grabbed at the knife as it came out. I sliced three fingers wide open as the blade came across them. The lady apologized profusely for MONTHS after this happened. I still give her a hard time on occasion about it. Its always good for a laugh. The lesson in all this? If you make a fast action sheath for a knife, make sure you include a strap or something to keep it from coming out in anyone's hand but your own.

The 110 is a great knife, and in the last year, I have collected 20 or so early model 110s as well as several 426s, and 560s.

BaronDaddy
 
I bought my 110 at the PX in 1996 at Ray Barracks in Friedberg, Germany. Pretty much every soldier at the time had either a Gerber Gator, Spyderco Endura, or a Buck 110. I bought an Endura first then went back to the PX a few days later because I thought the 110 had a great classic look. I wore the 110 on my belt while in BDU's but carried the Endura while in tanker coveralls, (no belt). I eventually lost the Endura, either due to the flimsy molded plastic clip or one of the soldier's in my unit developed sticky fingers. I left the Army in 1999 but the 110 is still with me.
 
I bought my first Buck Knife in 1987 at some forgotten sporting goods store in Charleston, S.C. I was in the Navy at the time. For the next six years that knife really went around the world. It was on my belt, or in my pocket on two trips to the Persian Gulf (in 88-89 and again from 90-91 during the Gulf war). Its been to the Carribean Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hatti, the Med and the North Atlantic. Its been to places I probably can't even spell correctly like Rasalcamon, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuait, Bahrain, Jabuti, Saudi Arabia, and dozens of other places I can't remember right off hand.

I used that thing for everything from cutting rope, cardboard, cloth and gasket material, to scraping paint and stripping wire. I used it to cut that shoe leather they called steak! I carried it on liberty too. Back then I went to some pretty sleezy places, and I felt better knowing it was there.

I got out of the Navy in 92, and continued to carry that knife for the next two years, until I received a Gerber multitool for Christmas. It just seemed to be more useful for work. I started carrying Spyderco's and other pocket clip-type knives at the same time as the multi-tool, which was too slow to get the blade into action. That's pretty much my daily carry now. I never really went back to the folding hunter style knives.

I still have (and carry) that old knife now and again, but mostly I just like to take it out and look at it. Its pretty beat up. The tip has been reshaped once or twice, and the sheath has had it, but It reminds me of some of the best times of my life. It reminds me of times when I went to places that my family and friends back home only heard or read about. It reminds me of some of the best buddies I'll ever have, and how hard work and teamwork can accomplish amazing things. It reminds me of a time when I was young, the sky was the limit, and the world was full of possibilities. No, I wouldn't trade that old beat up Buck for all the G-10, tactical, serrated, combo edge, hyperalloy knives in the world. Thank you very much.
 
Great Stories here, guys!!

jim n, thanks for sharing your story!

The Last Confederate, I know exactly what you mean! :)

I want to thank all of you for sharing your 110 memories!
I think no other knives have so much meaning to so many people than the Buck 110/112.

Keep going!
 
I got my 110 back in the early 70's (my first Buck). I spent 20 years in the Navy and so did my 110. It was always nice to know I had my trusty companion with me. Lets just say there were times I'm glad I had my 110 with me. I could always depend on this knife and I still have it today. I went to the Buck factory sale in November and I had Chuck and CJ Buck sign my 110 with that etching pen they use. I now have over 250 knives in my collection, but the 110 will always be my favorite. JIM
 
The first Buck that I personally paid for was a 110, I bought it while our family was on a western US vacation in 1976. After that I continued on, buying numerous other Buck fixed blades, lockbacks, and slipjoints. I have since gravitated more toward the 112 (I have a nice two-dot, plus another with BG-42 blade) and I have given that original 110 to my oldest son. Buck knives of one sort or another have accompanied me on many many trips in the woods and just around town.
 
my verrty first buck 110 i bought and carred as a electrician's helper in 67/68 it had only buck on the blade. i bought one of the new 112's and droped it from on top a power pole and it was gone by the time i got down... first of many buck that "grew leg's and walked"
(BTW: any one else had this problum with buck's?)
another i got was lost that i had customised my self. i used my buck's as work knives skining wire and work use, learned to sharpen them via the instructions in the box!
i finley a few years ago used a edge 2k in helping my father in law dress out a deer ! quite a difrence from the old blades!
i no longer carry a 110 on my belt as much of law enforcement has a bad image of thoes who still do and are at times almost hostal if you are packing on the belt! and they will get taken by the law if you have to go in some buldings and you dont get them back!
shame in todays world,,,
my father lost his at a bus stop wee they made sudenly made every one go tharough a metal detector !!! and he even paid to have it sent to him,,,never got it such is the value of a buck knife!!!
most respectfully yours,
dave
 
Dave,
As a former San Diego cop, I came into contact with a lot of Hell's Angels and others who carried a 110 on their belt. I carried one on my belt while on duty (112) and while I certainly can't speak about West Virginia cops, those I worked around in San Diego in the 70's did not attach any negative image to the knives, only some of the folks that carried them. Back in those days, a lot of them were working the 110's to make them gravity knives that would open with the flick of a wrist. I think I read here somewhere that Buck modified the 110 to prevent that from being done. As for the knives themselves, many of the cops also carried them on and off duty, just for different reasons. Sorry to hear about the loss of your knives. :( I still have both my original 110 and 112 from the lat 60's (110) and early 70's (112). By the way.....Merry Christmas. :)
 
In 1969 I was stationed in Taiwan. Another couple, my wife and I were on a road trip when we drove by a field of sugar cane. All I had was a Buck 110 but my wife decided that we needed some sugar cane for the trip. Off went my wife, her friend and my 110 to "borrow" some cane; unfortunately the farmer happen along just as she was cutting the third stalk of cane. Most expensive sugar cane I ever ate.
 
hi mike K. ,
no its is not all jest a few officers... my dads brother never gave it much attention ( trouper in NB.). yes buck did make change concerning gravity coversions- that i the reason for the two dot (*110*) in the first place as buck got called in to court over it as the maker!
i, haveing used 110 buck's from the 60's to now comment on the difrence on the blades and edges ! for the uses of the knives with the edge 2k being better for hunting and game use! and the old 4 dot and older 440 being better for industral work use edge! i have lost several bucks due to legs growing and jest can not belive that i have not read much here on that any one else has had such loss! i have 20 + now and have bought over 25 and gave most to famley at times...

but only one i would pay to have back (see long lost 110..) due to the emotion and work that went in to it...i would keep it or give it back to the brother who gave it to me ... hummm... Keep it i would!

mostly untell now the knives were a tool i used and carred as and for the tool use of them,,,, not to carry a wepon or any thing like that.... knife vs gun = run! toss wallet hard in one direction and run in other .... any thing else is dumm, jest dumm...
i have made one great knife and 2 not so good , and i want to have all the 110's that no one else wants and some of thoes also!
i have, thanks to famley saveing my old ones, most of thoes i owned from years past and any others i find...
i save any information i learn about buck knives and review it ... so i can start stuff in this forum ;) and avoid asking dum sounding questions! :footinmou other wise trolling is hard but rewarding work! (see what have you done...) you have a good christmass and god bless all the rest! dave
 
The most interesting 110 stories in our household are not mine, but my wife's. She is a veterinarian and for many years made farm calls. Included with her equipment was a two-dot 110.

This knife was used daily for whatever she needed it for on these farm calls. I have seen it used for everything from helping newborn livestock into the world to performing impromptu autopsies in the field.

Many times she would come home and hand me this 110 in pretty sad shape. I cleaned and sharpened and back it would go into service.

Like my wife and I, this beloved knife is enjoying it's well-earned retirement. She goes back to work now and then however once again serving my wife as we hike and camp here in Florida.

dan
 
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