Buck 110 Ionfusion

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Picked up a Buck 110 at a local hardware store yesterday. Box and sheath went missing so I just ended up with the knife. The knife is colored a little different than the stock 110"s I've seen. One side has an Ionfusion sticker and the other side has a sticker that says "do not sharpen this side". Were these a common 110?

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Chad


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Because of the coating on the blade, they were only sharpened on one side. Great find, how much?
 
I shot the guy an offer for a bunch of stuff and this was included. Hard to tell how much I actually paid for it. What's it worth?
 
It is a bit rare because they were only made for a short time because the one side sharpening wasn't popular. There was also ones called Buckote. I haven't seen too many for sale on the bay so I really don't know what it is worth but I am sure more than $30.
 
Yes, those Buck Cote models disappeared quick . Sud's is 2000 and the Buck Cote could have come out the same year or early 01 and his has light wood on one side and dark on the other . Good find I'm not sure what those sell for but I'd hang on to it as you cannot get another . DM
 
The champagne colored coating on your blade is Zirconium Nitride (ZrN). It has a Rockwell hardness of about 86 C. The coating is exposed on the micro edge. In use the blade material wears away in preference to the coating, so the knife sharpens itself. The edge is inherently twice as sharp (acute) as the average Buck because of the chisel sharpening. The hardness of the finish on the blade allows it to be used as a finishing steel for your lesser knives, but take the sticker off before using the knife to set up the micro edges on your other knives.
 
Chad, that's a nice 110 you got there... Great find.... You can sharpen both sides... Joe did it on the 560 B/O's he had on ebay... ITE
 
I had one of the first buckcote mdels that came out,I believe it was 1998 that I bought mine.It was a nickel silver,with the dark grey coating.I wore that out and Joe put a new bg-42 blade into it for me,I likedd the buckcote,but it was a bit harder cutting everyday items as the edge tended to make the blade slide in a different direction other than what you wanted.
 
If you double bevel your edge (sharpen both sides), you will lose the whole reason the knife was made that way (the super hard micro edge). At least try the single bevel before you modify it.
 
tiguy7 said:
If you double bevel your edge (sharpen both sides), you will lose the whole reason the knife was made that way (the super hard micro edge).
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They are great knives for cutting but like Razor said, they are fussy.

I used to really love them, untill I tried other steels. The ionfusion was my go to knife. Its like it sharpened itself ;) (which it almost does ;) )
BUT that steep cutting angle on the blade is also very prone to rolling and damage. any severe cutting (breasting out a duck/goose/ grouse etc. or cutting through rabbit ribs) it does have the tendency to booger up the edge. If it were mine I would keep that one pristine! They werent made very long, alot of guys didnt care for the chisel edge. I loved sharpening mine! They were easy to get shaving sharp.
 
as post says it is a great knife
after so many sharpened the wrong side
Joe Houser of buck uses this type of knife hunting elk and loves it
as to value --- most will sell forn 60$ + on evil E
some days to 90 some to 30 depending on tide..
as a pristine knife i agree with post that this should be a safe queen ...
 
this may sound silly, but what angle was the chisel side sharpened at?
 
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They are great knives for cutting but like Razor said, they are fussy.

I used to really love them, untill I tried other steels. The ionfusion was my go to knife. Its like it sharpened itself ;) (which it almost does ;) )
BUT that steep cutting angle on the blade is also very prone to rolling and damage. any severe cutting (breasting out a duck/goose/ grouse etc. or cutting through rabbit ribs) it does have the tendency to booger up the edge. If it were mine I would keep that one pristine! They werent made very long, alot of guys didnt care for the chisel edge. I loved sharpening mine! They were easy to get shaving sharp.
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I was fairly happy with mine,it was well used and worked pretty good,a good idea from Buck I must say,but the bg-42 blade Joe replaced mine with is nice too.LOL
 
RAZORBLADES said:
I was fairly happy with mine,it was well used and worked pretty good,a good idea from Buck I must say,but the bg-42 blade Joe replaced mine with is nice too.LOL
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:thumbup: You really can't compare the 2 blades ;) I loved my ions, but the Bg-42 and S30V are more durable. :)
 
There was at least 3 different colors/coatings over the years....I bought 2 'gold' 192's for xmas presents 2 years ago and both my son and son-inlaw say it's the sharpest/best knife they have ever had..It's worth a solid 50.00 with no box/sheath but I say USE IT!!!!!!!
 
bucksway said:
There was at least 3 different colors/coatings over the years.... it's the sharpest/best knife they have ever had..It's worth a solid 50.00 with no box/sheath but I say USE IT!!!!!!!
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Yeah they are sharp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just not for rough use! Cutting cardboard and carpeting etc. the knife actually got sharper!! Too bad they didnt go over better really. I would have thought that people would have liked sharpening only one side! Oh well, better for collectors I guess. :D

There was more like 4-5 colors, but the others are hard to find ;)
 
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