Buck 110 poor finish

My new 50 year 110 seems a lot improved over the fit and finish of my Walmart one I purchased about 7 years ago.

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The pins are all nice and even, the entire knife very well done for the price paid. Seems very refined, opens smoothly, locks up tight, blade is centered with no play closed. I think Buck has done an excellent job on these. It's as tight as my USA made Schrade LB7's and feels a lot better finished.

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Once again I want to compliment you on your photo skills Jill. I need a nice fence post of my own.
 
Buck on the left shows better fit to the lockbar/blade than the old LB7's. The overall fit and finish is far by far better on the Buck.

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All I can say is I am very pleased with the quality of the 50th anniversary 110 I bought at WalMart a couple of weeks ago. It's the same model as the one in Jill's photos and my comments are just as positive as hers.
 
popedandy said:
All I can say is I am very pleased with the quality of the 50th anniversary 110 I bought at WalMart a couple of weeks ago. It's the same model as the one in Jill's photos and my comments are just as positive as hers.
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I'll echo this with the same details, except it was a Menard's store (local DIY chain like Home Depot and Lowe's). An entirely satisfactory 50th anniversary memento & souvenir. Leather case, too.
 
Hammer4274 said:
Just bought a Buck 110. This is my fifth Buck knife, and I had no worries about fit or finish prior to this purchase based on my previous experience. However, the wood grip on the knife.... well, it simply doesn't look like wood. It's basically black, and on the edges has what almost looks like wood....
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This description made me wonder if this might be a charcoal dymondwood buildout, but I waded through the whole thread and never found pictures.
 
pinnah said:
For me, it was my experience.

I'm not a collector. I only have a few knives at any one time.

I've purchased 3 Buck lockbacks in the past 5 years. 2 started out tight but loosened up with use, both to the point I no longer trusted them. I sent them to Joe Houser to analyze and if you have contact to him, you might ask what they found. I would be interested to hear. They were both Bucklite Max folders. The other knife was a Walmart "Spitfire" (forget the model), which was awfully loose fresh out of the blister pack. That was a gift and never got returned. Over the years, I've concluded that all lockbacks from all makers I've tried have this propensity to some degree. It's the nature of the design. My older Bucks don't have these problems but I don't push them too hard.
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Looseness, blade play, and slop are not inherent in a lock back design, they are symptoms of poor fit of the locking surfaces.

I have lock backs that are still tight after years of use.

I have an old Bucklite that remains tight after 25 years or so?

I have current production lockbacks from other countries that are bank vaults! Even after years of hard use (and even some throwing!!! But don't pass that on to anyone....... or they will think less of me!)

I have been out of the Buck scene for over 20 years until one of you knuckleheads did a give away and brought me back in.

I now have a lovely 110 and a small three spring stockman.

The 110 has vertical and horizontal play, but I have carried and used it, and enjoyed it! I would love to see quality control get a bump.

People will pay a premium for US made quality knives. I have been sucked into GEC'S knives, for one example. (As have a goodly number of my dollars). But I have heard some of their lock backs have a bit of play.

The market would bear a return to a higher quality, higher priced traditional knife.

If Buck builds it, they will come!

Buck sells a lot of knives, so they don't really need to corner that lower volume hand fitted parts, but if they were making them that way, I think they would sell them faster than they could produce them.



I think Buck has the equipment and capital to make a subdivision to compete in the GEC Niche.

That would make me smile!



As to the Op's concern, the only other buck I have received recently was a one of the buck lockbacks with the hole in the blade for opening, and the pocket clip. That knife was about as well built as Chris Farley in a string bikini. Terrible. If I got one like that where it was my money spent, I would be furious!



To 300bucks, thanks for your calming words, and keeping this thread somewhat in check.
 
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Bigfattyt said:
People will pay a premium for US made quality knives. I have been sucked into GEC'S knives, for one example. (As have a goodly number of my dollars). But I have heard some of their lock backs have a bit of play.

The market would bear a return to a higher quality, higher priced traditional knife.

If Buck builds it, they will come!

Buck sells a lot of knives, so they don't really need to corner that lower volume hand fitted parts, but if they were making them that way, I think they would sell them faster than they could produce them.



I think Buck has the equipment and capital to make a subdivision to compete in the GEC Niche.

That would make me smile!
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I think they already do. The Buck Custom shop. Prices seem pretty competitive with GEC pricing.

I wish they would add the 500 to the list of knives and perhaps add drop point blade options for the 110 and 112. But other than that, IMO, the core of Buck's identity is well represented in the custom line up, imo.
 
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