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fmcanoe

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Would some one refresh my memory, what year was the 110 with green wood handles, nickel silver bolsters and liner lock put out?

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Have a KNIFE day,
fmcanoe/Frank Meek/BCCI Life#643
 
Frank,
The year was 1997 and actually, the handle inlays were blue. Buck had a very difficult time with constructing this knife and ended up assembling it somewhat by hand according to what I've heard from people at the plant. 500 were planned but I believe the actual number made was much less, perhaps 200 - 300. Joe, can you add to this?
The blade was a drop point and I found it to be an improvement in the appearance of the knife. Of course, Buck is not going to mess with an American classic like the 110 and permanently change the blade. From time to time, perhaps we will see drop point blades in special 110s of one sort or another.
See you at the Blade Show!!

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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose".

[This message has been edited by Larry Oden (edited 06-04-2001).]
 
Frank,
Larry is correct. We made just over 300 of them. Some are engraved and some are not.
See you both in a few days!


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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations Buck Knives Inc.
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
I'm holding my first 110 (if it is a 110) here in my hot little hand. I bought it primarily because I had never seen one like it before. I was scouring hardware place for a 532, and I found this knife. I didn't think it was a 110 at all, because the blade isn't a clip point. It looks like a drop...it might be a drop.

The inlay is a dark leaf-green on one side, the side turned outwards in the display case. The other side is more of an emerald color. Silver bolsters. Knurled right-hander thumbstud. Tang marked with Buck in the scroll-style stamp, USA in plain letters. No other markings that I can see.

What is this, and were the handles blue?

Kathy,
Mystified
 
I was rearranging my emergency kit just yesterday. Took a look at my lovely liner-lock 110 (rare and strange and my favorite knife). The knurled thumbstud has come off, and it's not in the kit. There's no hole or sign of it on the blade itself; if I hadn't taken those pictures of the knife for the forums, I wouldn't now be sure that it had ever been there. I'm guessing it came off last time I used it--October, I think. Was it supposed to be there? Did the Ace hardware knife expert responsible for having it in the shop (who died before I bought the knife, and is sadly unavailable) add something to it as a bonus? Was it a used knife? It didn't -look- terribly used until it went out and about with me. If it was original, can I find a replacement stud, and if so, how would I attach it? And finally, does anyone make an after-market doohickey that would do the same thing, only with a lanyard hole?

Kathy R.
 
Welcome to the world of 110s,Kathy! You started out with one of neatest variations.

I just purchased one of these 110s last fall at the Covington NKCA knife show. Mine is new in the box with all the papers and sheath, and it did come with the thumb stud. When I got mine the stud was only finger tight and I was able to remove it without leaving a mark on the blade. Yours must have been loose and fallen off.

Hey Joe and Larry, did they really make the 110LL with blue scales? Mine came with green ones, very similar in color to the scales on the 110 Master Series overruns.

Take care,
 
They were made with a color that some would call green and others might call blue. Hows that for an answer?:D
Kathy, I know there are after market thumbstuds out there. If you still need one, send me an email and I will see if I can locate one.
Take care,
 
Great answer, Joe! Think I'll use that description in my next knife display. :p

Take care,
 
This went off-line because of server trouble.

On 3/26/03 19:15, "anthony lasome" <deleted for privacy> wrote:

> Hi,
> I tried posting a reply to your thread; but the stupid server doesn't
> seem to want me to. Anyway; I have one with blue handles. It is a lot
> heavier than a regular 110 (nickel-silver bolsters and liners) . It
> does have a drop point blade. The thumb stud was removable (I think it
> came with an allen wrench to fit); I think it may be similar to or even
> be an add-on called the one-arm bandit (at least I think thats it).
> Smokey Mountain Knifeworks used to sell them. Don't know about green
> handled one(s). Maybe the color faded or something?
>
> Anthony Lasome
>

Yours sound just like mine (though yours is probably closer to mint, collection-wise). Unbelievably heavy. You'd think they'd used depleted uranium for everything but the blade. Any idea what steel was used?

The color -has- faded. It must have been on display at that Ace Hardware for -years-. It was released in the 90's, I think...but I bought it just last year. It's absolutely unique. One side is a cool emerald green with a fair bit of blue in it; the other is a clear, leaf-like green.

I will do a search of the net and the forums for one-armed bandit and Smokey Mountain. Thanks!

Kathy Ryan
 
My 110 was stolen out of my car last night. Any knife knuts in the Atlanta area, lookout for a liner-lock 110, drop-point blade, deep blue-green on one side, leaf green on the other. Stolen from the side of the bike path area sidewalk Brer Rabbit Road. That's in the neighborhood between Clarkston and Stone Mountain, south of Ponce, north of Memorial Drive.

Kathy
 
That's the pits Kathy! I hope you filed a police report to get it on record. It may turn up in a pawn shop in the area. I hope you can get it back.
Bob
 
Kathy,
I am sorry to hear about the theft. Thats frustrating! A 110 liner lock could be hard to replace. I hope it does turn up soon.

Take care,
 
Sorry to hear that your 110LL was stolen. I sold those knives when they first came out in '97. MSRP was $120.00.

They were neat knives but the fit & finish left something to be desired on many of them. Blades were loose and lockup was less than positive on most. I considered the point to be a clipped point rather than a drop point as it was a straight line from the spine to the tip and dropped points are usually curved or swept down from the spine to the point. I actually liked that design better than the curved clip point on the regular 110. The handles on the ones I had were a blue-green, close in hue to the Frenchwood handles on the Master Series overruns that came out a few years later. The thumbstuds were add on affairs similar to the old one-arm-bandits. (I have some of those in stock if you ever get your knife back.)

All in all, the knife was a good idea that wasn't developed to it's full potential. The information that was given me at the time the knife was introduced was that there were going to be 2000 produced and if they were successful they would be added to the regular catalog. I originally ordered a dozen of them but was only shipped six. I think that if they had been properly engineered and built they would have been very successful.

I sold the last one I had in stock to a collector just this last April.
 
For what it is worth, Buck actually only made less than 400 of those knives!
I agree with Dennis that the knife would have done better if it had been developed properly. I just spoke to Wilde Bill Cody, Buck's custom guy who actually "invented" that knife and he said it would have worked perfectly if it was made with brass bolsters instead of nickle silver. Brass is much more condusive to that sort of design, more forgiving. To proove his point, he made me one, out of brass, and it works flawlessly!
Take care,
 
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