560 - Handle or Blade?

[MikeZ]

I saw an old thread here about the 560 with titanium handle. If I understand correctly, some were sold with a "560" blade and many (including the one I recently purchased) come with a 110 blade. Was the 560 model originally intended as a 110 with a light handle? Was there really a "560" specific blade? If so, how does it differ from the 110?

Thanks for your replies.

-Mike

 

[JD Mandrell]

The 560 was just simply a lightweight Titanium variation of the 110 in several colors from silver to gold and even a black one, the blades were identical in everyway except the "560" stamp and the "110" stamp.

When Buck discontinued the 560, they still had handles left so they assembled them with 110 blades.

 

[Joe Houser]

I might also add that the 560 started out as the model 186. The 186 was designed to be taken apart and it had a belt clip. It was a little tricky to put it back together and a lot of folks jsut could not do it so it was redesigned as the model 560.
By the way, if you do a search on the model 186, you will find that the model number got recycled and is now the Odyssey.