Buck 110 Epiphany

Good question!

I need to look for my 110 and 112 in 425M (as well as my 422).

I found my 112 in 440C the other night. It was purchased years ago by my father when the local Target store eliminated its extensive sporting goods section with guns, ammo, and knives. He got it CHEAP, alone with a sweet Lakota Li'l Hawk!
 
Excellent!

Now ... I have a decision to make. Do I want to send my newish 110 for a BG-42 blade, or since it works really well, should I just snag another $20 110 and have it done instead?

Hoo-boy! I've got the Buck fever again, and all it took was a $20 (after rebate) Buck 110 at Dick's Sporting Goods to trigger it!
 
Oh, man ... I struck paydirt a couple of hours ago. :thumbup:

As some of the other readers of this forum are experiencing, I'm in a renaissance of sorts in my Buck appreciation (i.e. addiction). Today I was jonesin' for a new Buck, but instead of buying one, I decided to go on the hunt in my house. Lo and behold ... I found a 112 that I had not seen in over ten years!

It's marked "112+," so it was made in 1991. That means 1) it's made of 425M and 2) I haven't had it in my hands since 1992 or so! :eek:

To add to the bonus, it still had a One-armed Bandit on it!

Woo-hoo! :D
 
LOL!!! Dude, seriously, how do you lose a buck 112 in your own home for that long? If you need some help cleaning up give me a call! All this talk has inspired me, I bought one of the $23 wal-mart 110's, touched up the edge, Militec'd it so it opens like butter, and put it in the drawer were my Alaskan was. Now the Alaskan is riding horizontally in the nylon sheath waiting for an excuse and something to cut...
 
Well, in addition to being a lazy a**, I'm the world's worst housekeeper. Fortunately I am only responsible for one room (my bedroom). Unfortunately it's one of those rooms that you see in the news when the health department condemns a house and the news readers spend five minutes expressing their shock and disgust. :D

My Alaskan is riding in the same spot! The first thing that needs cutting is going to feel the wrath of my trusty Buck in all of its CPM S30V cutting fury! It should do well opening the mail too.
 
I've been using the 425M 112 a little for the last couple of days. Compared to the 420HC, it's inferior both in terms of ease of sharpening and in edge holding. When Buck went to 420HC, it certainly was not a step backward as I originally believed ... I was wrong, wrong, wrong.

If I ever hear back from the custom shop in e-mail, I think this li'l jewel will go for whatever kind of blade I can get, either BG-42 or anything similar.
 
I hear you on the losing a knife in the house thing. I've been looking for a Benchmade 720 that was misplaced somewhere for almost two years now. I'm pretty clean but those folders are small and sneaky and i sure hope it hasn't run away :rolleyes:
 
Guyon said:
Dadgummit, I'm just going to have to break down and buy one of these. So far, I've resisted temptation, but my resolve ain't gonna last much longer.

If I get an Alaskan Guide, I would then own 110s in S30V, 440C, 425M, 440HC, ATS-34, and BG-42. Were they ever made in any other steels?
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Don't forget the damascus models! This is going to get expensive...
 
Tracker81 said:
I hear you on the losing a knife in the house thing. I've been looking for a Benchmade 720 that was misplaced somewhere for almost two years now. I'm pretty clean but those folders are small and sneaky and i sure hope it hasn't run away :rolleyes:
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I have a bad habit of losing small gun parts that were under spring tension before they got launched into oblivion. Clearly they go to live with Jesus.

It's the same for lost knives and socks that get eaten by the dryer.
 
rhino said:
I have a bad habit of losing small gun parts that were under spring tension before they got launched into oblivion. Clearly they go to live with Jesus.

It's the same for lost knives and socks that get eaten by the dryer.
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I have a theory about the dryer.......The constant spinning action of the drum creates a vortex into another dimension. The socks are sucked through and never seen again. It seems to be a law of the vortex that it never takes both socks of a pair. I had about 8 pair of socks that were really heavy duty, nice thick socks. I bought 2 pair each of 4 different colors. I now have 4 pair of nice socks with a spare sock for each pair. That is the only way to beat the vortex! You have to buy 2 pair of identical socks and eventually you will have 3 matching socks. The vortex will eventually take one sock from each pair leaving you with only a pair of socks, but since the vortex has taken a sock from each pair, the remaining socks are untouchable to the vortex.......thus you have vortex-proof socks!!! :D :D :D :D :D
 
lone ranger said:
i would like to know has anyone drilled the blade of there 110 and added thumbstud
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A bit late in responding to this post but anyway...

Here's a pic of a thumbstub I put many years ago on my Buck 422, just a brass screw press fitted into a trapezoidal slot made with a carbide wheel in a dremel, not so pretty but works fine.

Luis

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orvet said:
I have a theory about the dryer...
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Close, but not quite...No, what happens is, it's The Great Washing Machine Conspiracy...Washers all over the city send a random sock through the drain hose to another washer across town... ;)

My sister thinks it's a conspiracy, too...but she says the washers come equipped with a timed-delay sock-delivery thingy, that drops socks stored inside the washer at certain intervals... :jerkit:

As for knives...You know those Ivory and Mastodon tusk scales??? Well, somewhere there is a hidden valley, where all those lost tusk knives go to die...and all the other lost knives follow them... :D
 
I got to show off my Cabela's Alaskan Guide Series Buck 110 to my shooting buddies today. They didn't know what "S30V" was, but they could see it was a beautiful knife. The blade coating impressed them (one knew what it was!), as did the sharpness. They also liked my one arm bandit.
 
Okay ... I'm going to risk repeating myself, but it's okay since I am preaching to the choir here.

I am still amazed by how well this Buck 110 with its "inferior" 420HC blade slices and cuts stuff. Even when it doesn't feel sharp, it just keep outslicing most of my other knives.

I recently acquired a Spyderco Endura in VG10. I've thinned the edge as far as I can and I still can't get it to cut or slice nearly as well as the Buck 110.

$20 vs. $50+.

Modest steel with apparently perfect heat treatment vs. high mid-range steel with ostensibly good heat treatment as well

thin edge vs. thin edge.

my sharpening skills vs. my sharpening skills.

There is still some difference in edge geometry, but just not enough to account for this. Even doing stuff like opening my mail, the 110 slices paper with next to zero resistance. You can feel the Endura cutting it. And on cardboard, there is no comparison!

What am I missing here?
 
I don't like how Cabela's writes on the knife blades. Like "Pro Line" and stuff. How hard is it to remove that writing?
 
I really like my Cabela's Alaskan Guide Buck 110.
Those cherry wood scales are simple beautiful with the brass bolsters.
And I think that the blade coating looks nice too--and although the "Alaskan Guide" logo is a little distracting from the appearance, it's not really a big deal since this one will be a user and not a safe-queen.

Solid Buck 110 construction, the famous heat-treating from Paul Bos, S30V blade-steel, all for less than $75.00 shipped--what a awesome deal!

The only thing that I'm not thrilled with is the sheath.
Don't get me wrong, it is a fine quality and well made leather sheath, but the belt loop makes the sheath hang out a bit far from my belt and side.
And it's a bit tight for the knife too.
Not to mention that it does'nt allow for the horizontal carry option.
So, like Rhino, I'm using the thick 110 sheath in the horizontal position.

I also like the Edge2x edge geometry.
Mine cut very well right from the box.
For those who use the Sharpmaker, can I maintain the Edge2x with the stones in the 30 degree holes?

Thanks,
Allen.
 
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