Anyone edc a buck 110/112?

jaypowell0185 said:
So I should purchase 12 knives just to find one that is well made. Or maybe they should just make them right and have a sense of quality control.
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Or you could realize what you’re getting for the cost. Good F&F (not perfect), excellent quality, excellent value, and a knife that will easily outlast you. If you want Sebenza tolerances, go spend Sebenza money and buy one. But there’s no need to bash Buck just because you expect perfection for forty dollars.
 
jaypowell0185 said:
So I should purchase 12 knives just to find one that is well made. Or maybe they should just make them right and have a sense of quality control.
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"Quality control . . ."

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jaypowell0185 said:
So I should purchase 12 knives just to find one that is well made. Or maybe they should just make them right and have a sense of quality control.
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Personally I think you should stick to custom knives in the $300-$400 range for and EDC and go up from there for those "special" knives. My dad's favorite lesson in life which was HARD learned- "What you WANT and what you GET is usually two different things." With seeking one model under your set of "ideals" don't be so surprised with disappointment and keep Buck in the play book. It is STILL and WILL BE a very useful player in the playbook. As for me I like Buck knives very much and the 112 will be on my belt in my horizontal sheath til the day I am bedridden.
 
The 110 is about as good as it gets , imho . Sure , it isn't assisted and the materials aren't modern , but whatever . It's solid as hell . It's lock up is just great and I don't know if any liner lock is as good , and if so , I'd have to be convinced.
Currently , I'm carrying a 110 knock off for work , a Winchester . It's ok for work . The 100 and the like are excellent and can't be made better in their design
 
jaypowell0185 said:
I tried for a solid year to find a slim pro 110 or a 112 at every retailer near my house and no luck. So I email Buck three different occasions asking them if they had one at their facility that was centered and had good action. I got no response to any of my emails. I clearly stated in my emails that I want to spend money with their company and what do I get no response. So they will never get any more of my money. I reached out on several social media platforms as well, always through private message and the only response I got was email our customer service department. Which put me right back at square one.
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Sounds far fetched. When your online a little window pops up and it's a live person from Buck who is there to help you, when you call they have a sales dept. They always answer.
 
I have several in my rotation. 110, 110 Auto...

The one I carry most often is the 112 Auto Elite. Unless you actually need to process medium-sized game on a daily basis, the 112's a much more useful size for EDC tasks, IMO. And with a little practice, you can open and close it one-handed pretty easily, I find (yes, even the manual version, though opening a 112 one-handed is pretty tricky, especially before it's been worn in with a few years of heavy use). If I'm carrying one of the manual knives, I use a horizontal "speed sheath" (it's even faster than the Auto; the blade is locked open before it clears the leather, and it makes it even easier to stow it one-handed).

But the pride of my collection is my Dad's 1974 (I believe) 112.

Story time? Story time...

In the '70's, my dad bought a Buck 112. He was an avid fisherman and custom bike builder. As far back as I can remember, he wore that knife on his belt every day; I have a picture of him on a road trip from '74 and it's just visible.

He never babied or was even particularly careful with the knife; he saw it as a tool and wasn't afraid to use it as such. That knife gutted salmon, pounded tent stakes, opened cans. It got used as a prybar, screwdriver, guywire peg, and even occasionally as a knife. After at least 15 years of daily wear, the sheath gave out. He tried pocket carrying for a while but couldn't get used to it (with reason; it's a heavy knife). For a while he put it away in his tackle box, but at least every couple of days I'd see him reach for it before he remembered.

When I got my first job shortly after (I was around 13-14 at the time), one of the first things I bought was a nice custom sheath to give him for his birthday. Now, at that time, my dad was not a man of many words or open emotion; but I'll tell you this: with one exception (which I'll get to in a minute) I never saw him without that sheath on his belt again, and that said a lot to me that I don't think he could.

A few years after that, we were on a road trip in a pretty remote area and had to perform an emergency tire patch (this was before anyone other than big city lawyers and brokers had cell phones). The Buck got pressed into service as a tire bead lever. As we were putting the tire back together, the blade snapped in half. (I cringe now, thinking about all the things I saw done to that blade over the years, but I'll say this: it got the job done and got us home.) Once again the knife got put away for a while. At first I bought my dad a 110 to replace it (I didn't even know the difference at the time - the 112 wasn't readily available then). He used it sometimes, but he really felt it was too big for everyday tasks. So without telling him, I wrote Buck a letter asking if they'd fix the 112. I told them that it broke while doing something that knife was never designed for; it wasn't a warranty issue, I'd pay for the repairs, I just wanted it fixed. They replied, telling me to send it in and they'd let me know what they could do. Two weeks after I sent it off, they sent it back with a new blade, tuned and polished up like new - at no charge.

Around three years ago, my father passed suddenly. About a month and a half afterward, my mother came to me and said, "I've been looking for this for a while; I finally found it. Would you like to have it?" And in her hand was The Buck, still in its sheath. Uh, you bet your... That is, of course I would.

The sheath is starting to show its age; it's almost 30 years old, after all. Now, I considered keeping it in the safe for a minute, but after everything, I don't think Dad'd be happy to know it was rusting away in a drawer somewhere. So I bought a new sheath and have been wearing it fairly often. I'm more careful with it than he was, but by God it's gonna get used. The only way that Buck leaves me is by passing to my daughter when I go.
 
The amazing thing (thanks to efficient manufacturing practices) is the price has been steady for a long long time. My first 110 in the early eighties cost me more than I made in an 8 hour shift. $30

You can still find them for under $40
 
Makael said:
Sounds far fetched. When your online a little window pops up and it's a live person from Buck who is there to help you, when you call they have a sales dept. They always answer.
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Well it is not far fetched, but that is interesting about the small window popping up. I have never noticed that. That is good to know. Thanks
 
I carried the larger one for years. I had it in the belt sheath vs loose in pocket as it was just too damn heavy for pocket carry. Over time I got tired of stringing it on to my belt, so it was "retired" to my backcountry kit.
 
eveled said:
The amazing thing (thanks to efficient manufacturing practices) is the price has been steady for a long long time. My first 110 in the early eighties cost me more than I made in an 8 hour shift. $30

You can still find them for under $40
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They're almost £70 here in the UK :(
Near enough $90 more than double :eek:
 
One of the best things to encourage belt carry is the horizontal sheath option. The traditional leather sheath is superb, of course, but I prefer carrying horizontally in an inexpensive number I bought from Big R or in the nylon sheath that it came with. I am usually wearing some variety of carpenter's jeans, though, and that gives me the option for carrying a 110 in a thigh pocket. With the lightness of the aluminum frame, my preferred 110 only takes up space, it doesn't weigh me down.

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Zieg
 
The Zieg said:
One of the best things to encourage belt carry is the horizontal sheath option. The traditional leather sheath is superb, of course, but I prefer carrying horizontally in an inexpensive number I bought from Big R or in the nylon sheath that it came with. I am usually wearing some variety of carpenter's jeans, though, and that gives me the option for carrying a 110 in a thigh pocket. With the lightness of the aluminum frame, my preferred 110 only takes up space, it doesn't weigh me down.

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Zieg
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An aluminum 110 is something I don't yet have. But it's on my list. :D
 
I think I have 6 110s in my rotation, and one slim 110.

I use different methods to carry them, but one I love to point out to others is that the standard size 110 fits perfectly in an open-top single-stack .45 magazine holster. I have a nice black leather one that clips to a belt and makes for a good-looking professional-ish carry method.
 
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