Recommendation? Buck 110, bought from US, for Europe, off center. What do you say, a real problem or not?

Live with it?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 14.3%

  • No

    Votes: 3 14.3%

  • Not a real problem.

    Votes: 15 71.4%
  • Total voters
    21
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jacktrades_nbk

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Bought a few weeks before a nice 110, as I gifted my original one bought in 2008 a few years ago.Today it arrived, it is beautiful, I like it, but the blade is way off center.
Considering where I live, it would be cost me much extra to send it back, so I'm kind of left with the option to keep it, and use it at it should be.
Anyway, I hoped for a bit of less off center, just in case, as I did not really expected perfection at this price.
Too bad, as I had one 110 and two 112, one of them with 2 dots, and they were quite perfection in the blade centering.
Luckily the blade doesn't touch the scale, although it is very close, I can stick a foil of paper there, but sticking two papers touches the blade, and 3 papers will slightly push the tip.
But hey, I carried and used a peanut for more than 5 years, and the clip blade is much more closer to the liner, more than half the distance I have with this buck. Still, it does not touch the liner, which was more important, and it still is.
If it did, I would have carried another peanut, I'm sure.
I will return tomorrow with more photos, as the phone I got doesn't do to well, and my camera has batteries are discharged.


 
That doesn’t look normal to me, none of mine are off that much. If you are going to be using it, should function fine and maybe not worth the expense of sending from Europe. Hate that happened to you!
 
Preston. Yeah, I'll keep it.

RevolverGuy. The knife, when opened, it's locked like a vault.

Rebel Nimrod. Yeah, it looks like it's too much, but hey, it works. Good thing it doesn't touch the brass.
 
If the blade doesn't hit the frame when it closes (on the side or the bottom of the slot) then I am happy with the knife. But many on this forum expect nearly perfect centering. I have a Buck Vantage that is as off center as your knife. The Vantage can be adjusted, but with proper adjustment for centering it is hard to open one handed (the same adjustment that centers the blade increases friction). I have chosen to leave the blade off center.
 
If you try to chink the blade it will snap, the pivot pin or rivet is out of line, I've seen well over 50 like that it's not a worry unless it is hitting the frame then it's just a cosmetic defect, in a work knife never meant to be a collector, Buck got sloppy as time went by at one time they were mostly bench made, I've seen almost everything you can think of, next time get a 1980 or older
 
It's a Buck for crying out loud. You say it locks like a vault and nothing rubs. It will be the same 20 years or more from now. It it ever becomes something you can't use, save up some coins for a year or so and send it off to get fixed. Until then use it
 
This one doesn't look too bad. I could live with it, but it would annoy me. You might be able to fix this on your own. Search this forum.
 
I will live with it, because as said before, I like it overall, looks like a big, serious, traditional folder, and feels like it too.
But nevertheless, here in Europe, you can buy that one from the stores with about 80 euro or more, which asks for a bit more attention to detail, I think.
For this one, I payed 56 usd, so I am happy with mine.
 
If it's tight when it's open and locked I wouldn't worry about it. Personally, I'd rather have a 110 that locks up tight and is a little off center than have a perfectly centered blade that has play when it's open....
 
I agree with Sass. Don't let it bug you. If it does bug you, then send it to Buck or send it back to where you bought it. Though the Buck 110 is a stout knife, one of the weaknesses of the design is that the pivot is not adjustable, nor does the handle have screws instead of pins. If it did have those features it would be easy to fix the problem.

I am more worried that you paid $56 for a standard Buck 110.
 
After a nice bath with wd-40, and some napkins and cotton swabs, plus some handy oil at the pivot, it is very smooth, and I love the damn thing, even with it's small imperfection.

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DocT said:
I agree with Sass. Don't let it bug you. If it does bug you, then send it to Buck or send it back to where you bought it. Though the Buck 110 is a stout knife, one of the weaknesses of the design is that the pivot is not adjustable, nor does the handle have screws instead of pins. If it did have those features it would be easy to fix the problem.

I am more worried that you paid $56 for a standard Buck 110.
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$56 is way cheap over here for a new standard buck 110. I once saw it with more than $125, in a regular store.
In the most used store in Europe, for knifes, it is $90 including shipping.
 
At first glance I thought your pictures were upside down but than I realized your are from Europe on the other side of the world so you would be upside down to us.
 
jacktrades_nbk said:
$56 is way cheap over here for a new standard buck 110. I once saw it with more than $125, in a regular store.
In the most used store in Europe, for knifes, it is $90 including shipping.
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Really, I'll send you some ($) and you can peddle them...Ha!Ha!

OMG!! Your blade is off center, throw it in the trash!!! Ha!Ha!Ha!
 
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