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hawaiianhawk

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I've had a 110 for quite some time (my second, in fact) but I've always admired the looks of the 112 online. Recently I found a pair of them at my local flea market, but despite loving how they felt in hand, both were sharpened almost to the nail nicks and were generally just chewed up. One was a nickel-silver-framed model with "Famous Buck Ranger" engraved on the blade, more's the pity! I put an order through with a local dealer and it should be arriving this coming week. I'm excited. :)

Who else loves the 112?
 
Awesome!
I like the 112 too. It is a great size.
That nickel silver frame with the sharpened blade would make a great blade swap project ;)
There are a few blades that would fit it.
I found one that had been sharpened down to a nub, and here's what I did with it.

 
Hmmm... Maybe the brass-framed one has possibilities... That nickel framed 112 had a LOT of deep gouges and nicks in the metal, like it got sharpened poorly on a grinder. Did you do all the swap work yourself?
 
DesertChris said:
Awesome!
I like the 112 too. It is a great size.
That nickel silver frame with the sharpened blade would make a great blade swap project ;)
There are a few blades that would fit it.
I found one that had been sharpened down to a nub, and here's what I did with it.

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Okay, I'm a newbie here. But how did you do that? In my mind, you'd have to drill out the rivets, take the knife apart, cut new wooden scales, re-rivet etc. And do a whole heck of a lot of finish touch up work. that would have been a 4 week long project for me. And it probably would have cost me more than the price of a new 112.
 
hawaiianhawk said:
Hmmm... Maybe the brass-framed one has possibilities... That nickel framed 112 had a LOT of deep gouges and nicks in the metal, like it got sharpened poorly on a grinder. Did you do all the swap work yourself?
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Yep, I used the blade from a 482 :)
Then added Amboyna Burl scales later.

Mora2013 said:
Okay, I'm a newbie here. But how did you do that? In my mind, you'd have to drill out the rivets, take the knife apart, cut new wooden scales, re-rivet etc. And do a whole heck of a lot of finish touch up work. that would have been a 4 week long project for me. And it probably would have cost me 3/4 the price of a new 112.
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The blade pivot comes out using a pin punch and a hammer....takes maybe 20 seconds or so.
Scale/handle rivets, I ground off the tops with a dremel tool.
There are a couple tricks involved, but nothing crazy...

It wasn't super cheap.... 482 for the blade was $10 or $12 off the auction site.
The Nickel Silver pivot pin rod stock, for the blade pivot, was a couple dollars.
I re-used the lockbar pivot pin, so that was free.
The Amboyna burl was expensive..... but other woods are cheap.
I did it on 2 different afternoons. It really wasn't too much work.

A new 112 is probably more cost effective, but fixing up an old abused one is pretty fun and rewarding.
 
That's right, it can be done!
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I should be picking it up tomorrow. :)

Bighaze51, great work! What did you use for the scales? Looks like bone, and I like the pins as well.

Jb4570, you have a beautiful collection. Especially all those stag knives, they just make me drool. I'm a sucker for nice stag. And the rattler etch is pretty neat, too!
 
hawaiianhawk said:
Who else loves the 112?
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Got my hands on a 112 Ecolite last year and I really like it. Just the right size for lots of tasks and not too big to carry in a jeans pocket. The paperstone grip fits well in the hand and I don't need to say a word about the quality of the Buck blade. I love my 110, but in all honesty it's just too big and heavy for 99% of my purposes. Might have to pass it on to my son in the near future. If it doesn't interest him I know my nephew would be glad to have it.
 
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