An Inside Look of How a Buck 110 Works

Stumps

Stumps

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Someone posted a sales sample of a Buck 110 a few weeks ago that was made for Vern Taylor. Wish I could remember the thread, but I've looked and couldn't come up with it.

Anyway….that photo got me thinking about how nice one of those would be in a display. I've had it in my mind ever since Vern's was posted.

I decided to give it a try this morning using this 2012 Buck 110. I chose this one because I didn't care for the Dymondwood on the mark side of the knife.

Here is the knife before I voided the warranty on it. :)
















 
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Here it is as done as I could make it.

It will go in a future Buck 110 display I have planned.























It works beautifully with that nice 110 click when it closes.
Have to be careful not to cut yourself like was said with Vern's, but it will be display only.
I thought about taking the edge off, but am leaving it alone for now.

Thanks for looking!! :)
 
Very neat sir. i am not a Buck guy so it is interesting to see how the Buck lockback works.
Is a similar mechanism used in other lockbacks like Schrade LB7 or ones made in Japan imported by Parker, etc. ?
Or, are there a number of different designs that can be used to make a lockback ?
kj
 
You better get that display put together if you are going to bring it to the blade show. 300
 
That's some good work there Stumps. Now you need to do one of your 50th's with a custom handle scale for your 50th collection.
 
Mark you need to get a hobby:) Very nice and I agree it's time for you to hit the show circuit.
 
kootenay joe said:
Very neat sir. i am not a Buck guy so it is interesting to see how the Buck lockback works.
Is a similar mechanism used in other lockbacks like Schrade LB7 or ones made in Japan imported by Parker, etc. ?
Or, are there a number of different designs that can be used to make a lockback ?
kj
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Thank you. :)

My only answer to your question is they are all different in small ways, but are all probably very close to the same in other ways. Pivot pins located further forward or further back, lock bars designed with different shapes and geometries, different exterior lines, different materials and heat treat AND different warranties.

I had never really thought about why I like the Buck 110 before…it was just there, always a part of my adult life since the 1970s.

I heard Chuck Buck sum it up the best one time when he said that sure, there are a lot of copy cats in the market, but none of those are a Buck 110, nor does none of those look as nice as a 110. (Not a direct quote, but as close as I can remember)
I remember Chuck's look of pride when he was talking about it. I happen to agree with him. :)
 
Stumps, thank you for the extra info on the locking mechanism. As i understand it now, Lockbacks work by the mechanism you show us in the 110, but details will vary within this basic mechanism.
kj
 
nice work there stumps!
my wife and I and Clinton will be at the show this year also so
we will see you at the bade show
 
Doug_86 said:
Mark, its time to update your profile to Craftsman/knife maker :)
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Thank you kindly for the thought, but I am only doing this for my own pleasure.
I wouldn't enjoy it as much if it became a business and I had to do it.
Re-handling my knives will end up really enhancing my Buck 110 50th Anniversary collection. :)

There are still three of those 50th 110s that I am looking for. I've located two of the three, but don't want to pay the inflated price they are asking.
Hoping to seriously start looking at display cases in the next month or two.

The knife this thread is about will go into my display of all the different versions and variations of the Buck 110 since 1964.
 
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