Buck 110 Mods . . .A longtime ago

V

VorpelSword

Gold Member
Joined
Dec 27, 2007
Messages
1,447
So there I was; halfway around the world on a jack-up oil rig in the Arabian Gulf. We were so far out the fish spoke Farsi. The Saudis and Iranians were actually co-operating on drilling that oil field back then. For reasons not Germain to the story, I had a LOLT of free time to fill and nowhere else t go. for three or four weeks. Plenty of tools and such though.

So I got out my Buck 110 and figured out how to take it apart. Got the right sized punch and pushed out the pins. Took it all apart. Ground off the pins tht fasten down the scales and took off the scales. Then got some solid Oak wood from a broken tool handle, cut them up and fitted them to replace the scales, but thicker. Hand fitted them carefully. Thought about undercutting the brass bolsters with a triangle file just to be fancy . . .but didn't. Glued the wood in place with oilfield industrial epoxy. Then worked them down to fit the bolsters at each end but left the centers proud, smooth and palm-filling. Got the knife put back together without damage or marring marks, and it locked up OK. Oiled the wood and polished it all up again.

I liked it a lot, but some guy liked it better and convinced me to give it up for $50 which seemed like a lot in 1980.
 
Cool story. 50 bucks WAS a lot back then, but it was well into the 90s before I first acquired a busted 110, and took it apart. Never have disassembled a working one.

Parker
 
I managed to get my hands on a 110 with BG 42 steel. I sent it out to Triple A in CA for a makeover. She came back with black canvas micarta with a slight palm swell. Silver bolsters. She was a beaut!
Unfortunately I traded her off a year or so ago. Now I'm looking for a used 110 with 5160 steel. :)
 
catspa said:
Cool story. 50 bucks WAS a lot back then, but it was well into the 90s before I first acquired a busted 110, and took it apart. Never have disassembled a working one.

Parker
Click to expand...
I used to cruse pawn shops here in Houston. On my BOLO list was beast-up Buck 110 and 120 knives. Once in a great while one would show up with a decent handle and a nasty blade. Just as infrequently I'd see one with a decent blade and a wrecked handle. The blade swap isn't hard to do with care and the right punch. And the cost is low enough to allow for some dues-paying along the learning curve.
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
no pics eh?

I trust you.
Click to expand...
Well, if you are referring to ME . . .no, no pics. Dude, it was a while back and I'm now retired, deaf, blind and lame. Wish I could get out and hang around pawn shops etc, but the Pandemic age-related infirmities have got me pretty much house bound these days.
 
Picked up a 110 several years ago for $5 at a garage sale. Blade looked like it had some damage from electrical arcing and warped scales. Reprofiled the blade into a drop point to remove the damage. I was lucky enough to have some black ebony to replace the scales. Reshaped it so it wasn't so blocky.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top