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Going through some old tool boxes recently and ran across my late father's Buck 110. This was a birthday gift from his sister some time in the late 70's of early 80's. He carried it every day through several various jobs. He gave it to me in 1998 when I turned 15. Times were hard and we could barely afford food, much less birthday gifts, so he gave me the old beat up 110. It had a broken tip, worn blade and dings all over from being used as a hammer! I carried and used it off and on for a while, but eventually tossed it in a box and essentially forgot about it.
I've owned and carried many different knives over the last 25 years or so. Most of them have been more modern designs with the occasional traditional mixed in here and there. I don't know if it's me getting older or just bored with modern trends, but lately I've been drawn to more traditional knives. For about the last year I almost always have a slipjoint in my pocket. However, for work I need something a little more robust so I still carry my modern overbuilt tank of a knife. That sent me on the hunt for a more appropriate work knife in a traditional pattern. After a little bit of searching I remembered that I had the old beat up 110 in the garage somewhere.
After digging it out and cleaning it up, I've got it boxed up and ready to ship off to Buck in the morning. We'll see what the wizards there can do to breathe life back into the old workhorse. I'll update this thread as it goes.
Going through some old tool boxes recently and ran across my late father's Buck 110. This was a birthday gift from his sister some time in the late 70's of early 80's. He carried it every day through several various jobs. He gave it to me in 1998 when I turned 15. Times were hard and we could barely afford food, much less birthday gifts, so he gave me the old beat up 110. It had a broken tip, worn blade and dings all over from being used as a hammer! I carried and used it off and on for a while, but eventually tossed it in a box and essentially forgot about it.
I've owned and carried many different knives over the last 25 years or so. Most of them have been more modern designs with the occasional traditional mixed in here and there. I don't know if it's me getting older or just bored with modern trends, but lately I've been drawn to more traditional knives. For about the last year I almost always have a slipjoint in my pocket. However, for work I need something a little more robust so I still carry my modern overbuilt tank of a knife. That sent me on the hunt for a more appropriate work knife in a traditional pattern. After a little bit of searching I remembered that I had the old beat up 110 in the garage somewhere.
After digging it out and cleaning it up, I've got it boxed up and ready to ship off to Buck in the morning. We'll see what the wizards there can do to breathe life back into the old workhorse. I'll update this thread as it goes.
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