A few thoughts and questions

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After finding this site looking up info on my Bucklite, I realized a few things. A Buck is one of the few classics you can still buy new. An example is I like the old Abu Garcia fishing reels, but most aren't made in Switzerland anymore, I like Bear archery recurves and while still made in the US, the old ones made in Grayling are like a custom bow. Not many items around anymore like a Buck 110 that you can still walk in to a Wal-Mart and buy that still has the classic design as it did 50 years ago. A buck might be the only item that you could buy at a Wal-Mart today that would be worth passing on to your son
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This site has me looking through my old knives and I do have a 110 I picked up a few years ago at another flea market that appears to be a 1995. The tip is broke and the brass coroded. Looks as if it had never been sharpened as if the point was broken early on and just laid up. Should I send it to Buck for a replacement blade or just file a point back on it myself since it still has 100% of the rest of the blade.( I might not be using the right terminology) What can I use to make the brass shine, and should I apply anything to the wood from time to time like a polish?
Really liking the character of the wood on the 110's and 112's I'm seeing on this site and thinking about giving the 110 a try as an everyday carrying knife.
Will the wood age and look anything close to the wood on TAH's 112 If I work on my 110 or buy a new one???

One last question, is the basic 110 at Wal-Mart, the same quality knife as the basic 110 from the Buck website since it is about half the price??
Thanks in advance.
 
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A reblade through Buck is $10 and includes return shipping. They will ordinarily buff it out as well. In 1995, the blades were 420HC, which continues to this day so you dont have to worry about loosing a prefered blade steel like a 440c or 425mod.

As far as brass cleaner, I highly recommend Wrights. I used Never Dull for years but now see I was wearing my fingers out and taking 5 times as long. Others will recommend their favorites shortly I'm sure, so you will have a list to choose from.
 
Wrights took this 2005 110 that was sealed in the tin until Dec. 2010
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A buck might be the only item that you could buy at a Wal-Mart today that would be worth passing on to your son.
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Interesting observation.....can't argue with that.

As for the 110......I'd say it reached the peak of quality in the 1980-81 Three-Dot model.

While today's 110 can't compete with that model, it's very, very close and still the best of its genre by far.

An amazing accomplishment in knife manufacturing.

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Though I'm no 110 expert, I would say send it back to Buck and have them rebladed it and buff it out. I use Mothers Chrome polish on my 110 and it works amazingly. The 110 is Iconic and will be a best seller for decades to come. It isn't the most reproduced/copied knife pattern in the world for nothing.
 
jec, Welcome. Your knife's wood will never look like TAH's as his has different wood. Buck changed wood in 1994. DM
 
JEC, If you haven't found it yet, up top here is a sticky with a ton of 110 pics in all kinds of variations. Will give you an idea of the various wood used over the years.

I use brasso to polish my 110's. Comes from using it during my days in the army, so just continued with it.

Depending on how much of the tip is gone, I have found some satisfaction in re profiling some I have had like that. Have even done a fixed blade that had better than a quarter inch broken off. I use a lansky clamp sharpening system that makes it easy for me to maintain edge angles.

I have 110's from way back and have brand new ones. The only difference I have ever found in any of them has been differences in steel that Buck has used over the years. The frames changed over the years, but the quality hasn't.

I have never had a 110 fail in any way with the way I use one.

Picked up a 2011 stamped 110 at a gun show couple weeks back, brand new, for $20 and it is as good as any I have ever had my hands on. The quality is still there and that price was only a couple bucks more than the first 110 I bought back in the 70's for $18.

Welcome to the forum. Enjoy,,,
 
Hi jec88,

You asked if the Walmart 110 knives were the same quality as the 110's on Bucks web site. They are made the same way with the same materials and quality.

As far as the broken tip on your 110....how much of the tip is gone, 1/8" or less and I'd re-shape it myself. Any more than than that and I'd send it to Buck for a new blade. Post a photo of your 110!
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Imafritz, did your particular 2005 110 with tin and keychain come with a sheath?
My 110 is the same as yours as where I found mine, it came with the tin and same keychain. The sheath that mine came with doesn't doesn't say buck on it and has a cheap looking non-brass snap that is corroded.
 
jec. You've got the wrong sheath with your 110. May as well get a good leather one for it. DM
 
David, I came up with a solution for a sheath. Since I've always loved my Bucklite which was based on a 112, but I really like the character of the wood and brass on the 110's which the bucklite lacks, I went ahead and ordered myself a new 112 that already comes with a new sheath.:)
I carried the 110 to work with me yesterday and I could almost edc it in my back pocket next to my wallet, but it seemed just a little big in my work clothes which is business casual(khakis). I think the 112 might be a good candidate for an edc and be a compromise between the bucklite and 110.
I cleaned up the brass on the 110 and gave it to my son since it is a 2005, the same year he was born. Might just try to repoint the tip to keep the 2005 year blade on it.
 
jec88 said:
Imafritz, did your particular 2005 110 with tin and keychain come with a sheath?
My 110 is the same as yours as where I found mine, it came with the tin and same keychain. The sheath that mine came with doesn't doesn't say buck on it and has a cheap looking non-brass snap that is corroded.
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DM is right, it should have come with a nylon Buck sheath. I left front pocket carry so I dont worry too much about sheaths. I have plenty from other 110's either leather or nylon to use when I want.
 
If business casual means you can get away with wearing the classy Cabela's Seven Pocket Hikers.......there's a perfect velcroed 110 pocket down on the side of the right leg a bit toward the back.

Perfect location.
 
Great, good idea. You might like these new paperstones Buck models as well. They combine a nickle silver bolster with the light weight of paperstone. DM
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