An old 110's pictorial and it's records

[trevytrev]

Very cool, I always wonder the history of some of the old knives I acquire. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Haebbie]

I always try to find Buck knives from this time here in Berlin.
But there's nothing to find. It seems that all the American people
who lived here took their stuff with them back to the USA when they leaved.
But it doesn't matter, I don't need souveniers, I bear the time in my heart.
Thank you, guys, for reading.
Best,
Haebbie

 

[Joe Houser]

Nice 110!! Wow! Great history to go with it too!
I dont have a strong opinion on wether or not you should clean up the customizing the previous owner did. One the one hand, a spa treatment would really jazz it up but then again, it wont restore the knife to original condition.
Since you have all the paperwork/story that goes with it, I think its cool that a guy bought it all those years ago while in the service of his country. Looking at it from this perspective, it almost seems wrong to change it?
Thats my 2 cents.

 

[Plumberdv]

Nice 110!! Wow! Great history to go with it too!
I dont have a strong opinion on wether or not you should clean up the customizing the previous owner did. One the one hand, a spa treatment would really jazz it up but then again, it wont restore the knife to original condition.
Since you have all the paperwork/story that goes with it, I think its cool that a guy bought it all those years ago while in the service of his country. Looking at it from this perspective, it almost seems wrong to change it?
Thats my 2 cents.

Thank you Joe. That pretty much sums up how I feel about it and I'll just leave it as is.

 

[edbeau]

Good idea, Dave. I think Joe is right about leaving it alone.

 

[jb4570]

Hi Dave,

I had got a handfull of old 110's and 112's and was going to send them in for a spa treatment. The more I looked at them the more I wondered what they could tell me if they could only talk.

Your new knife may not talk. But, the documents you got with it speak volumes and your mind can fill in the blanks.

Here is the few, the proud, the old Buck's. "No mall ninja's in this group"

jb4570

 

[David Martin]

JB, I sure like and enjoy your photos of these early Buck folders . The wood and recessed
handle rivets . DM

 

[Rudderjt]

I just got in on this thread, for what it's worth, I'd leave it alone. Too much provanance to change it. You change it, the provanance won't match and ya got nothin'.

Jack

 

[BG42EDGE]

In truth, nothing ties that provenance to this particular knife, or so it appears to me.

If I were to play the devil's advocate as buyer of such an item.....

A potential buyer would ask:

Is there any evidence that links knife and papers other than the fact that someone placed them together?

Without that link, the "provenance" is not really provenance for that particular knife......indeed it could function interchangeably with thousands of knives.

In fact, the "provenance" (really just documents that could relate to any knife of that age) would probably be worth more used with a nice, unaltered stock knife of that same vintage and era and the knife in question would look better and be worth more if nicely cleaned up by a pro.

If 110s had serial numbers it would be different.

Still a nice knife and interesting papers when placed together, but wary buyers want facts.