Buck 110 always comes back out...

They are very great knives. Just a tad too fat and chunky for me to use. Ill always have respect for what they brought to the knife world though. I had a nice bg42 for a while, but sold it since I just didnt use it. I think it went to a great knife knut here on the forums though :)
 
I have two 110's and a 112 that I couldn't part with, they are great knives! I'm putting black jade scales with red liners on the first one I bought since I bought it new. My other 110 is one of the early ones, maybe the first series of the 3 variations and my 112 has nickle silver bolsters.

I know my 110 is always an inspiration to do some hollow grinding.
 
I have a Schrade LB-7, which is a copy of the 110.

It doesn't see a lot of use. It's too big and heavy.

It's big enough such that I am uncomfortable using it in public. And it's heavy enough that I have to carry it on my belt, which bugs me.
 
I still have the box mine came in. The price was $11.95. I wish I knew how old it is. Late '60's I would guess....
 
It's one knife I don't care for. I don't like the weight, which is not a bad thing if the knife that is heavy is strong too. I just haven't had the 110 hold up to use without loosening up very quickly. The last one I used had blade play in all directions, very quickly from light chopping of small vegetation. (the pivot pin is tiny in the 110) I have used other knives that cost about the same as the 110 for the exact same use and they did and do stay tight and they weigh less.
 
I've had the Schrade version since 1979, just used it for hunting. Recently I've bought two older 110's. They are a bit on the heavy side but I still like the nice solid feel they have and I have been carrying a two dot version lately.
 
Jill, it's easy to tighten up the knife by squeezing the bolster in a padded vise, be gentle.

I've got a small collection of 110's, some are two dots, no dots and a couple of them from the Buck Custom Shop. Excellent all round knife and the most comfortable in hand, especially for lots of cutting, that I've found.

Vin
 
i had an old 110 (and a Protege 450) as beaters forever. never really gave much credit to them. then started getting into knives and while mainly Bucks of different type i've got several different steels, patterns and types covered. but i find myself coming back to that long ignored 110 after playing with all the new ones now.

just a shame i had it for so long without using it as it deserves.
 
I carried my 110 for years until the sheath wore out. My blade has a little lateral play in it. I'll try tightening it up by compressing the bloster.
 
Bo T said:
I carried my 110 for years until the sheath wore out. My blade has a little lateral play in it. I'll try tightening it up by compressing the bloster.
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I putmine in a thick phonebook and hit it with a hammer. With a hammer u can get it more precisely tight.
 
One of the main reasons the 110 is so popular has to be that it doesn't have a bunch of crazy wibbly wobbly ergonomic curves in the handle that limits the amount of people that can use it. Just a bent bar, basically.
That said, i think the forward part of the handle is a bit too square on my new-ish specimen.
 
After carrying both a 110 and 112 while in the Navy back in the early 80's I kind of moved on to other knives then fell back in love with Buck in general and the 110 in particular. Here are a few I've acquired over the last year or so. Got more but these are the only ones I've got pics of at the moment.

Buck 110 with nickle silver bolsters.

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Buck 110 BCCI knife, paperstone bare but with S30v drop point

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Cabela's 110 with coated S30v blade

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