Buck 110 from Walmart

I don't see how it could.
Geometrically speaking it has to be an alignment issue. Blade drilled at a slant, liners shifting while assembling, bent pivot pin, ect.

Question is how to go about fixing it? Short of complete tear down...
 
To me a standard Buck 110 is a knife for cutting things and as long as it does so a little blade off centering is not anything I even pay any attention to. Cutting is what the standard 110
is designed for. Stop and think about what all goes into building a Buck 110 as well as the geometry involved and it should not surprise anyone that some have some blades that are not centered.
But it will still do everything it is intended to do which is cut and it does a very good job at it. I remember seeing someone years ago in a video repairing a 110 and slapping the bolster against something
for one reason or another so I got to thinking. I happen to have a few 110's that I have picked up here and there that are in great shape but they don't mean that much to me. I found one that had a blade
that is off to one side. I held the knife with one bolster in each hand and twisted the knife and the blade seemed to move slightly to one side or the other. I took the knife out to my shop, marked the side
with a piece of tape that the blade was closest to. I than placed a towel on a the end of my vise and smacked the side a few times against the towel wrapped vice on the side that had the largest gap.
A couple more smacks and low and behold the blade is now perfectly centered and the knife still opens and closes just fine. And guess what? It still cuts. Just like the knife was intended.
I just had to change the geometry a bit.
Not sure if everyone wants to go around smacking their knife into something but it worked for me and didn't leave a single mark on the knife.
 
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Done...
 
It's probably better to avoid checking how the blade is centered.

If you never look it will never become a problem.

I liked that "rubber pliers" line. Good one.

:D :D :D
 
I come from a world where things like centering, washers, bearings, and price tags over 100 bucks for a knife are all ridiculous.

If a knife (even a butter knife) can kill a lion, open a jar of peanut butter, and adjust the volume in my old transistor radio, it's a knife worth carrying around.

There's too much nonsense involved.
Rubber Pliers... lol
 
Didn't think of it that way sir.
I do agree.
Is it "The Pepsi Generation"? (notice how most photos include band-aids?)

I think I am sticking to the older/vintage knives. IMHO they are where the value for the dollar is.
They cut, folded, and didn't require 10,000 hours of reviews.
 
Everyone after Hippies... Let's just get them all in one place...
Ohhhj that's sooo bad.

FYI: (Hippies are my go to bad guy)

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My Dad watched 'All in the Family' every night. And made us kids be quiet. To me Archie was not the bad guy Hollywood tried to paint him.
He worked, helping his family. Wish we had more men today doing that. And Edith had a good singing voice. DM
 
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I think I'll have to go pick the one up that I saw the other day. Sounds like they're an incredible deal.
 
LOL!! Sorry I did get off subject there. I do the same thing as Gedlicks but I don't bang them I apply easy constant pressure in the correct direction and pull it out to check progress , this may take a couple of times to correct your problem.
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And how do THEY address an off center knife? (I'm pulling teeth with rubber pliers here, aren't I)
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gedlicks said:
To me a standard Buck 110 is a knife for cutting things and as long as it does so a little blade off centering is not anything I even pay any attention to. Cutting is what the standard 110
is designed for. Stop and think about what all goes into building a Buck 110 as well as the geometry involved and it should not surprise anyone that some have some blades that are not centered.
But it will still do everything it is intended to do which is cut and it does a very good job at it. I remember seeing someone years ago in a video repairing a 110 and slapping the bolster against something
for one reason or another so I got to thinking. I happen to have a few 110's that I have picked up here and there that are in great shape but they don't mean that much to me. I found one that had a blade
that is off to one side. I held the knife with one bolster in each hand and twisted the knife and the blade seemed to move slightly to one side or the other. I took the knife out to my shop, marked the side
with a piece of tape that the blade was closest to. I than placed a towel on a the end of my vise and smacked the side a few times against the towel wrapped vice on the side that had the largest gap.
A couple more smacks and low and behold the blade is now perfectly centered and the knife still opens and closes just fine. And guess what? It still cuts. Just like the knife was intended.
I just had to change the geometry a bit.
Not sure if everyone wants to go around smacking their knife into something but it worked for me and didn't leave a single mark on the knife.
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DM, I watched Archie Bunker as a young person and saw the show for what it was. Funny. An average guy, being an average guy.

As far as a Walmart 110, it's a great value. As long as it doesn't rub on one side or the other, it's great. I have plenty of 110's, but if I needed another, I wouldn't hesitate to get a WM 110. I do like leather sheaths though.

The generation thing is a horse of another color. You can't pay what you pay and expect the same quality as you do for something ten times over. Buck does do a great job at coming really, really, really close though.
 
How much say a 70's 110. Figure inflatiron compared to what they charge today.
 
Got nostalgic this weekend and wanted a 110. Looked around the usual dealers, and even Amazon, but didn't bite. Went to Walmart yesterday for some random house stuff and saw a 110 in the clam shell pack. Nabbed that one for $28. Brass is excellent, centering is great. Nail nick could use a cleaning up and maybe the scales have some deep grain, but whatever. An absolutely great $28 US made knife. I can't really complain there whatsoever.

It was nice to buy a knife I wanted in a store and have it same day.

The lady working the outdoor area said "these are new and we've sold a few, I bet we get more." To hear someone call a 110 new was fantastic:D
 
I paid $16 for a 110 in 1969. A dollar of that era would be worth about $7 today, so a 110 today should cost about 16X7 or $112 to account for inflation.
Yes, the 1969 knife was better than today's knife, but really only slightly better and one could argue certain pros and cons.
I'd say today's buyers are getting an astoundingly good value.
 
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