All the different blades for the 112

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I just run across a picture of a 112 with a 482 blade and just bought a 112 with a 450 blade for custom work and it started me thinking about how many different types and steels the 112 ever had. Since my main intrest is odd ones I wanted to ask just how many different types of steel and blades the 112 was ever offered by Buck and by folks like Leroy, Wild Bill and David Yellowhorse. I know it has to be a long list and I'm sure some are little known. There are many examples of blade treatments not seen often such as different kinds of chip flint. I'm aware Buck made a limited run of BG42, S30V, damascus and of course 420. I believe the earliest ones came with 440 and there are different blade shapes within different model numbers. The 112 build out of a few years back with a paperstone handle had a triangle shaped 450 blade with a thumb stud. ..I bought 2 according to the forum thread about them but I don't remember having them in my collection and I think I must have given them to family members or loved ones. As I get older and my memory fades a little I want to document for myself and other collectors the history of the Buck knife model I love so much. So if you know of the little known variations and especially if you have pictures you could post I think it would be a good for the collectors to come. I can only think of how much Buck lore and knowledge has been lost just by time. Thank you for your help!
 
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I have a couple mis-matched re-bladed 112's.



I like the lines of this 112/482.



This is a partially serrated 112/450
 
Copper & Clad offers 112 blades with 420HC flat grind drop point and also blades with 5160 steel.
Silver Knight Blades has a 112 with D2 steel.
Prior to 1982, the primary standard steel would be 440C
About 1982 to 1992 the standard steel would be 425m.
 
D-RIG thanks for posting the pics! The club copper 112 has a lot of firsts but it was S35VN. Christantrevior the reblade with a 482 is the one that I seen that motovated me to start this thread. I never thought a 112 could use that blade. Did You fit it yourself? What had to be done to use it?
 
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That is a beautiful 112 D-rig! The blade too. .I have looked for damascus blades over the years but I think ITE got them all. .
 
Some drop point blades the first one is a drop point with a radius grind
the second is a 450 blade that was done for a overseas vender .

 
sportingspecialist said:
There was a partial chip flint blade as well.It had a buffalo horn handle with a buffalo inlay made of bone.
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Here is the Buff partial Chippy 112 with the matching 110


Here is a Yellowhorse drop point chip flint style blade, they called it a model 109 in the early days (this was done by Brian).


JB
 
JB I think that partial chip flint the buffalo was the blade that Joe put in the last custom shop 112 he brought me in Atlanta back in 2010. I had ordered the coated blade but it was not available and I asked him to put in any odd blade he could find. It came out in 2002. The drop point radius grind D-rig is the most distinctive ever used and gives a unique look that goes well with the 113.
 
bucksway said:
D-RIG thanks for posting the pics! The club copper 112 has a lot of firsts but it was S35VN. Christantrevior the reblade with a 482 is the one that I seen that motovated me to start this thread. I never thought a 112 could use that blade. Did You fit it yourself? What had to be done to use it?
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The 482 blade starts life as a 112 blank and then we mod it to the drop point/thumbstud.
The 450 is its own blank.

Both of them share the exact same lock geometry and thickness of a 112 so they are a direct swap.

Jeff
 
Thank you for the information Jeff! Do you know of any other model number that has been used in the past by Buck in the 112? Or one that can be modified easily to fit? I remember seeing a curved blade in a custom 112 back in 2010.David I always felt the drop point the club knife used is likely the strongest tip possible but the only times Buck used it was for the BCCI and the LE Boone and Crockett 112 . As far as I know there was no special blade treatments like stone washed or native steel or even coatings till the Copper and Clad 112 came out. The 450 had a darker blade treatment and even Buckcoat ion fusion blade but as far as I know the 112 never did. The build out 112's might have had one that slipped by me.
 
Well I have a 482 blade 112 on the way home ! It's gonna get some custom work too but I haven't decided just what to do with it yet. Does anyone know how many were made? Is it a build out or a limited run for the overseas market? I'm planning on having a subset of all the odd blades in my display so I might fish for some extras so I can keep one as issued and put some horn or nice wood on the others. I'm waiting to hear from a few masters on what is possible. ..I'll have to look into the 450's and 482's to see what Buck has did in the past for blade treatments. I wish Buck had made a Ion fusion or Buckcoat 112 as many other models got it. I looked for a Master Series 112 for 2 years in my early days of collecting till I found out that it was never made. .I just assumed it was. It's easy to miss a odd one and records are not complete.
 
I'm in your camp. If Buck brought out a 112 like the Collector's Club knife with a Ti coating on it. Like the Cabela's offering, or similar -- I'll purchase it. DM
 
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