Buck 110 - malfunction, lock bar will not engage.

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I bought this knife in February of 2014 and after only a couple of weeks it already had up/down and side to side blade play, that was a simple fix and I was happy with the knife after I fixed the blade play, but now after not even having the knife for a year it will not lock up when I open the knife. At first I thought maybe some gunk was causing the lock bar to not fully engage so I cleaned it where the lock engages and it still fails to lock up correctly.

Also when I shake the knife it makes a sound like something is moving inside.

In this picture it shows the lock bar sticking up, it refuses to engage when I open the knife.
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I know some people with old Buck 110s that have the non rounded bolsters and their 110 still locks up perfectly and my 110 that I only had for 10 months has already failed.
 
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c.m. arrington said:
Send it back to Buck. They'll fix or replace it.
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I know that they have a good warranty but there must be something seriously wrong with their quality control because I know some elder people that have old 110s with no problems with the lock up at all, I have handled the older 110s and it is a completely different quality.
 
Any company that makes millions of something, will have some slip through.

As was stated, drop it in the mail and you will get a new one or that one fixed to like new, in a short time.
 
As BC Chris stated, Return it to Buck, they will repair or replace it. When Buck does a repair they make it as good as or better then new. I have dozens of Buck 110's dating from the late 1960's to this year and I honestly can say their quality has not IMHO changed.
 
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what is the process with sending in broken knives to Buck ?, Do I just send it directly to them or is there a warranty department?, and how much will the shipping cost me?
 
Only the Post Office can tell you how much shipping will cost .
Looks like the spring had a bad spot in it.
Send it in Buck will take care of it.
My personal experience is Buck will cover the return shipping cost.
 
I'm sorry this was not up to standard. What had you already been cutting? DM
 
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Here's the address: BKI (attn. Joe Houser) 660S. Lochsa St.
Post Falls, ID. 83854
800-326-2825
 
Send it with tracking # so the post office is less likely to lose it ;)
I sent 2 knives to Buck in the small flat rate box for $5.80 a while ago..... comes with tracking and insurance :)
 
Lets wrap this up......Post number 10 has the exact address you want to use. Don't write Buck Knives, just BKI. (You don't want knives on any package going thru mail for several reasons). I usually use flat rate boxes as DC recommends, wrap so it does not rattle in box. Include a note on what was wrong with knife and include broken part. Reference this forum and thread so they can look at the photos.
A flat rate box is a hair over 6 dollars in the middle of the country. I have used padded envelopes on small knives in the past but as was mentioned I ended up spending about the same for tracking and insurance. Remember, if you just have to have it fixed ASAP your package will be traveling in avalanche of Christmas mail, so the box will be the best way. If it is your great grandfathers hand me down 110 that you just couldn't go on if it got lost wait till after the holidays to mail it.

300Buck
 
You should buy a lottery ticket, there are more flawless 110's than not. Actually you got a rare one
 
Doug_86 said:
there are more flawless 110's than not. Actually you got a rare one
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I doubt it because I've heard of quite a few of the newer 110s that are just not the same as the old ones, I've witnessed first hand how tougher the older 110s are, I have a friend who was handed down a old 110 from the vietnam war era from his father and the knife is still going strong, the only thing wrong with it is the blade is so worn down from being sharpened so much that the blade profile looks different......I work very hard for my money and I was expecting more than what I got, but the 110 that I got was just crappy and fell apart after not even a year of non-heavy use.
 
40 divided by 365 is .1095. Let's say it lasted six months. That's about 22 cents a day with a lifetime warranty.
 
Sosa said:
40 divided by 365 is .1095. Let's say it lasted six months. That's about 22 cents a day with a lifetime warranty.
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They do have a good warranty and I plan on buying some Buck fixed blades in the near future, but after this experience I don't think I will be confident in buying a Buck folding knife again.

I don't collect knives as if they were pocket jewelry and take a bunch of pretty pictures with a camera, I use knives.
 
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Sosa said:
Troll much?
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Nope, just tellin it how it is. Most of the people on this website only buy knives to take pictures of them and they don't actually use their knives for real things.

I bought my 110 to use it for real world things and it failed in only 10 months with non heavy usage.
 
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