1980 112 Ranger?

Sawyer, Keep doing some cutting and sharpening with that model and let us know what you find . I'm thinking you may be impressed with the preformance of that steel . DM
 
I like the Ranger also, especially the fingergroove models.

Here's my three dot 112, similar to yours, but, mine has no nail nick.



FWIW, ...there are several three dot models, no nail nick, nail nick, hand radiused edges(not in thumb depression area)fingergroove w/ nail nick and the fingergroove model was introduced. Don't know if the FG model has with and without nail nick...someone will know. Preston
 
Sawyer said:
So is this more of a collectors piece than a user? My main desire was for a Ranger to carry around and use, I just didn't want to pay full price. It's only after I won it I looked on here and saw the date code thread and looked into it, the ebay description said it was an older model but not how old.
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What it is......is this: You got yourself a fairly uncommon, high-quality $100 user for $30.

Not a bad deal.

Treat it nice and it will be worth more as the years go by.

In fact.....that's a great deal.

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Welcome, zyjabc.

Where is Nanning?

I also want to comment on what David said:

To keep up with demand Buck went to fine blanking their blades and that method of production . The composition of 440C did not agree with this and ate up the tooling . So, a steel change was in order . This occurred in 1981, so, you have a model that was bladed with the last of the 440C . Also, their heat treat was getting real good at that time .
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So Sawyer......in other words, your knife represents BOTH the end of an era and the beginning of an era.

End of a great and classic steel.....the much-loved old 440C--sadly, lost due to the needs of the modern manufacturing methods.

Beginning of the BOS heat treat.....which has become a classic process.

So your knife is among a rare few.....440C steel with the BOS heat treat--a striking and fortunate confluence that only occurred for that one year......or a part of that one year.

It's no wonder that so many people seek them.

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So Sawyer......in other words, your knife represents BOTH the end of an era and the beginning of an era.

End of a great and classic steel.....the much-loved old 440C--sadly, lost due to the needs of the modern manufacturing methods.

Beginning of the BOS heat treat.....which has become a classic process.

So your knife is among a rare few.....440C steel with the BOS heat treat--a striking and fortunate confluence that only occurred for that one year......or a part of that one year.

It's no wonder that so many people seek them.

:thumbup:
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Thanks for the great info :) I've been nothing but impressed with the Ranger since I got it, it's holding it's edge great, I'm not doing anything too taxing for it at the moment, just cardboard and stuff.
 
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