112 Age?

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Saw this 112 on eBay and it sparked my curiosity. Where would this knife fall on Joe Houser's 112 timeline?


Category II, Stamped BUCK, 112, U.S.A. 1972

Version 1. Left hand stamp, stainless spring holder, black micarta inlays, two brass inlay rivets and stainless rocker rivet.

Version 2. Same as above except inlays are Segua wood.

Version 3. Same as above except inlays are Macasar Ebony wood.


Category III, Stamped BUCK, *112*, U.S.A. 1974 to 1980.

Version 1. Left hand stamp, stainless spring holder, Macasar Ebony inlays, two brass inlay rivets and stainless rocker rivet.

Version 2. Same as above except four brass inlay rivets.

Version 3. Same as above except three brass inlay rivets.

Version 4. Same as above except the brass inlay rivets are now approximately 1/8” in diameter.



3 line stamp, no dots, 3 brass rivets.

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If there are no dots beside the number you have a "new" handle with an "old" blade or your old blade got a new handle. Better pictures would help to get an impression what happened with your knife.

Haebbie
 
How can I trust a guy with only 5 posts? :D

Haebbie, it's not my knife. I just pulled the photos off of eBay. If the dots are there, they are really, really faint.
 
I think Haebbie got locked out of his membership somehow :) Or, maybe not the same Haebbie?
 
Curiosity got the best of me, so I emailed the seller. No dots! Now, I have a hard time believing that this blade had an entire new handle put on it. Wouldn't Buck just replace the knife if there was a significant handle issue?
 
Let's try it again.
Buck doesn't trash any blade. I think it is possible they took
"old" blades for the production. Or you have a single one.
Interesting knife. :)

Haebbie
 
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I'm guessing the C3V3. They may have replaced the blade with older inventory, but I have a 110 that you nearly need a microscope to see the 4 dots.
 
Isn't this a stumper! Definitely has the smaller pins you'd see in a C3V3 and earlier. Does Mr Martin know something more about this he is willing to share?
 
Its not a C2, cause there are 3 inlay pins, its a C3/V3 body, with an older blade. It may have been one of the first new body styles that hit the production line with an older blade. Its one to pick up, cause its most likely a transition knife, my opinion.
 
Finding a C3V1 took me awhile lending some credence to them being scarce. Perhaps indeed there was some different things going on with the 112 construction in the early 70's
 
quaboag said:
Isn't this a stumper! Definitely has the smaller pins you'd see in a C3V3 and earlier. Does Mr Martin know something more about this he is willing to share?
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The 1st version 112 had a brass spacer. Version 2 has a stainless spacer. Version 3 has shedua wood handles. Making version 4 TAH's one above. I don't know where that timeline came from. But the one Joe handed out at the 20 year reunion in 2008 showed these as the first 4 versions 112's. DM
 
I am still going for miss-matched parts. I don't see dots on tang. I don't think we can call the knife in question a Category 2, Version 4. I have always seen the listing with just three versions of Category 2 knives. The blade is a Cat 2 but the scale has to be a Cat 3 with the three smaller brass rivet heads. ???? Not a late production, bottom of the bin parts either. Something odd. Parts knife of some type, likely made of parts that came from different times. Worker in the pocket, salvaged, found parts, two knives put together, something odd. Not straight production run. Even if someone found a old blade and put in the body of current production run, its still a oddball.....Joe does this sort of thing once in a while for award knives.... 300
 
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I see what you're saying but the sheet that was handed out says: 1st Version 1v 2 line stamp, w/ brass spring holder. 2 version 1v same 2 line stamp now with stainless spring holder. v2 has a 3 line stamp read tip up. 3rd version 1v same except now w/ shedua wood. 4th Version 1v same except inlays now are macassar edbony. 5th Version are 2 dots. I see the above photo 112 as a 3 line macassar wood with no dots. Unless this has changed.? DM
 
There are no Category & versions. This sheet has Versions and variations. So, the two are different. DM
 
@DM I think everyone here is using the 112 Datasheet Sticky that Joe H posted. That thread is dated 2010. I'm not saying your information is inaccurate, but it's obviously not consistent with what Joe provided.
 
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