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Joe58 said:
Hmmm - I'm a BCCI Life member. Perhaps I'll check their site, or email "the boss". Tnx!
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Not sure when you joined but I believe the last newsletter I got came with the new 2016 catalog and price list. They should be available on the club website site soon if they aren't already there.
 
Badhammer said:
Not sure when you joined but I believe the last newsletter I got came with the new 2016 catalog and price list. They should be available on the club website site soon if they aren't already there.
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I emailed John and he just replied they'll be in with the March newsletter, and a e-version on the website coming soon.
 
quaboag said:
hey you all...new member here.

any idea what the new model 289 is like?
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Welcome to the Buck forum.....your first post.
It is listed in the 2016 catalog and called "Fluid". From the description it is supposed to be smooth opening. The MSRP is $55, street price will be less. As a new model I doubt any one actually has one yet. Your assignment is to buy one when they hit the stores and come back here and give us a review.

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I feel like buck is ignoring the obvious with their new product developments. There is STILL not a lighter version of the 110/112. Why? A 110 without the bolsters, skeletonized steel liners with g10 or aluminum scales. They could even just bring back the paper stones, but with g10 instead. You would think it would be about the same price to manufacture. I've read so many people asking for this, I can't imagine it wouldn't sell. I really hope buck doesn't turn into the next gerber of the knife world with these weird designs that aren't going to stick.
 
MeanBeaver said:
I really hope buck doesn't turn into the next gerber of the knife world with these weird designs that aren't going to stick.
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This is a very good way of describing my fear.


Regarding the Ecolites.... IMO, while nice and light, they retained the same thickness of the frames of the originals. IME, this made them a bit uncomfortable for pocket carry, despite the light weight.

With so many people pocket carrying, I've concluded that the days of mass appeal of sheath carry is over. Even Leatherman is shipping multitools with pocket clips now.

IME, thinness of frame trumps weight. My thin but heavy Buck 500 Duke carried much, much better in my pocket than my light but wide Ecolite 112 did. It was one reason I got rid of the Ecolite. As much as I love my 500 (it's in my regular EDC rotation) and as much as people familiar with Buck know and love the 500, it is not *THE* Buck knife - not the way the 110 is.

If I were Czar, I would produce a thinline versions of the 110/112 in brass and dymondwood. I would add a right hand clip on the end of the bolster with left hand clips available as an extra. I would either give it a full flat or flat convex grind and either no nail nick or a long straight nick along the spine. If this is making heads explode, at least make these options in the custom shop.

I'm not sure I'd like to see a full G-10 Ecolite replacement. I'd go for a barehead G-10 though. Keep the brass or nickle front bolster. Ok.. I could live with a full G-10 version too, just so long as it was thin like a 500.
 
I've admired a number of the slimmed down 110 & 112's that various members have posted and would love to see that offered as a factory item but I have to wonder, woulnd't Buck pretty much have to offer it only as a custom shoppe item? I say that because I don't know if they can make those any other way then completely by hand.

Not sure how much handwork goes into a standard 110 but maybe those members who've modded their knives can relate to us the amount of time it took them to thin them down? From the looks of some of them I'd say a fair amount of material needs to be removed. Now if buck could start out with a thinner brass frame and wood inserts to begin with then the extra handwork would be lessened and maybe even the material cost. In effect one savings might cancel out the other expense.
 
Badhammer, I can't imagine thinline 110/112s being produced en masse any way other than new casts (assuming they are die cast).

I'm in my mid 50s. I'd wager the number of guys younger than me who would sheath carry a folding knife of any kind (other than a multitool) drops precipitously. I bet that by time you get to the under 40 crowd, it's almost zilch.

Yes, Buck makes the Vantage and other good pocket carry knives but it's not the same as the marquis look of the 110/112.

If a thin line 110 is too heretical, at least a thin line 112 would be great. Would have the classic 110 look but much more pocket friendly.
 
pinnah said:
Badhammer, I can't imagine thinline 110/112s being produced en masse any way other than new casts (assuming they are die cast).

I'm in my mid 50s. I'd wager the number of guys younger than me who would sheath carry a folding knife of any kind (other than a multitool) drops precipitously. I bet that by time you get to the under 40 crowd, it's almost zilch.

Yes, Buck makes the Vantage and other good pocket carry knives but it's not the same as the marquis look of the 110/112.

If a thin line 110 is too heretical, at least a thin line 112 would be great. Would have the classic 110 look but much more pocket friendly.
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I agree that the number of folks carrying knives in sheaths is continuing to fall off. And I think will continue to, giving way to pockets clips. Especially in younger knife carriers as you mentioned.

Why not a form of the 560 again then. Lightweight Ti handle, same 110 blade. I'd think it'd be pretty easy to add a clip and thumb stud. Or perhaps a disk like Emerson does? Dunno.

But a 560 pocket clip model, and a 112 sized version too, would appeal to me I know.
 
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If i was going to be out in the outdoors or some job that would be better with a sheath, then id probably carry a sheath knife. But i dont like a lot of weight or mass on my person. I prefer a smaller knife with a deep carry clip. It hides away, no unclipping a button to remove from a sheath. Just grab and slide out of my cell phone pocket and flick open.
 
A full linerless G10 110 and 112 that is relatively thin would be the epitome of a carry knife. This is already a proven concept and G10 does not break, is impervious to chemicals, cold, and harsh treatment. They could offer it in colors, too.
 
DocT, yes. But only if they make it thinner. Pocket carry demands a
thinner fRamesh, IMO.

I could go either way on a G-10 110/112. Still might leave cold.

I want to see 110s and 112a that are just as beautiful and compelling as the originals, only pocket carry friendly. Thinner is really all I need in the 112. My 500 proves that. Thinner and just a bit lighter for the 110. My Schrade 6OT proves that. A thin barehead 110 would be pocket friendly enough.

IMO, *THE* Buck knife should be brass and wood. Right now, the only way to carry a "real Buck" is on the belt and that a deal breaker.

I actually think doing a thin 112 is more important than doing a thin 110. But I could be wrong on that.
 
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This is all totally my opinion and may be unfounded, but in my opinion the Bucklite was the predecessor to alot of knives that are currently popular. I'm not saying others copied it or anything but others saw a lightweight knife with a blade of around 3 inches give or take and went with it and developed more on the idea. Put a delica or mini griptilian side by side with an old Bucklite and look how similiar they are. I don't really like the current Bucklites. I'd like to see them bring back a Bucklite made of rough FRN, valox, or paperstone but make it thinner than the old more in lines of a Delica or mini grip and with a removeable pocket clip in wide choice of colors and I think they would sell well. I know alot of folks like the Delica and griptilians.
 
I think you guys are spot on with the g10 110. I would absolutely buy one of these if it was budget priced, say $40-50. Even more so if it was offered in a clip point and drop point configuration.
I have to agree with the other posters about the throwing knives- I was kind of excited when I first saw these, but that quickly went away when I saw the MSRP. I don't own any throwing knives, but I would buy some Buck ones if they were budget priced. I know MSRP is not what they will be retail, but even at $100 retail, for knives that I will most likely damage, I just can't see it.
Bruce
 
bralexander said:
I think you guys are spot on with the g10 110. I would absolutely buy one of these if it was budget priced, say $40-50. Even more so if it was offered in a clip point and drop point configuration.
I have to agree with the other posters about the throwing knives- I was kind of excited when I first saw these, but that quickly went away when I saw the MSRP. I don't own any throwing knives, but I would buy some Buck ones if they were budget priced. I know MSRP is not what they will be retail, but even at $100 retail, for knives that I will most likely damage, I just can't see it.
Bruce
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Yeah the Lochsa seems like a cool knife, but the price is a killer! Personally I would like all g10 with no bolsters and possibly even screw together construction. I know there are other brands of knife like this, but I like the shape and design of the 110.
Bruce
 
bralexander said:
Yeah the Lochsa seems like a cool knife, but the price is a killer! Personally I would like all g10 with no bolsters and possibly even screw together construction. I know there are other brands of knife like this, but I like the shape and design of the 110.
Bruce
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Yes to all of this, plus make the knife thinner.
 
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