Buck 110 TiNiAl

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Longstrider

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Hi Guys,
I have a 110 with a golden blade (TiNiAl coated I believe) that was made in 1997. Can anyone tell me what steel is lurking beneath that golden finish? It seems to be a softer steel than my other 110's are made of. Some while ago I used the knife to cut a section of 3/4" diameter plastic pipe and to this day I'm yet to work away (with normal sharpening) the two flaws 3/4" apart that the edges of the pipe put into the edge. I thought that the coating would act to harden the edge and help prevent this sort of thing from happening as readily as it might with an uncoated blade, but my "standard" 110's seem to cope with life far better.
 
Longstrider said:
Hi Guys,
I have a 110 with a golden blade (TiNiAl coated I believe) that was made in 1997. Can anyone tell me what steel is lurking beneath that golden finish? It seems to be a softer steel than my other 110's are made of. Some while ago I used the knife to cut a section of 3/4" diameter plastic pipe and to this day I'm yet to work away (with normal sharpening) the two flaws 3/4" apart that the edges of the pipe put into the edge. I thought that the coating would act to harden the edge and help prevent this sort of thing from happening as readily as it might with an uncoated blade, but my "standard" 110's seem to cope with life far better.
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Is the coating actually on he edge? And if it (coating) did what you thought it was suppose to do, wouldn't that hinder sharpening it? What are the flaws you're referring to?
 
First off welcome to the forums!
That Ionfusion seemed to work best for slicing. We did quite a lot of field testing, using it in hunting situations, and it performed very well. The job you described sounds like more than it could handle.
You can always send it in and we will resharpen it for you under warrantee.
If you decide to do that, make sure you send the knife to my attention.
Hope this helps,
 
Mick, the golden coloured coating covers the whole of the blade except for where the edge is ground on one side. Theoretically this allows sharpening from one side only, exposing the super-hard(?) edge of the coating to act as the cutting edge. As Joe points out, this works really well for field dressing and similar slicing work, but it seems that the edge is a little fragile for the "I can do what I like with this... It's a Buck" attitude that I tend to have with an EDC knife.

Joe, I would very much like to have the knife reground by you to orginal status, and very much appreciate the offer. Could you please post details of where to send it to, and how I should ship it? Ordinary insured mail or Fed Ex or similar ? I no longer have any of the original paperwork or anything that came with the knife. Thanks again for your help on this one.

I'm still a little p****d after just being told by Cabelas that they are not able to ship knives to me here in the UK. I wanted to get an "Alskan Guide"110 from them with the S30V blade. Does anyone know why this should be a problem for them? I have had no trouble in the past having knives shipped from the USA, and am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my Buck Strider Sloution 888 that was posted a couple of days ago. Is Cabelas the ONLY place I can buy an S30V Buck 110 from? If anyone knows of a seller who will ship one to the UK... PLEASE let me know !
 
I believe that Cabelas is the only source for the Alaskan Guide knives. I have one, and they are nice. If I remember right there were some post about Cabelas not shipping them to Canada either. Does the U.K. ban blades over 3 inches?...I think that was the reason before?????

Hope you manage to get one.
 
Confederate,
As I understand it, here in the UK you can be prosecuted for carrying just about anything reasonably sharp if the situation dictates that a Police Officer deems it in the public interest. As just about anything can be deemed to be an "offensive weapon" you could, in theory, be arrested for carrying a neck-tie in an offensive manner !
The law does seem to especially tough in regards to knives with blades in excess of 3", but whether this is actually a legal maximum length for public carry I am not sure.
I do know that it is NOT an offence in any way to POSSESS a knife of whatever size and description you wish to own, or to have that knife in your possession on private property that you have permission to be upon. If I wish to own a double-handed broadsword I may. To walk down a public street waving the thing about would, however, NOT be a clever thing to do. I have, in the past, bought from the USA both fixed blade and folding knives and had them shipped to me here in the UK with no problem whatsoever. Only last Summer I brought back from the States (In "Checked In" luggage) A total of 5 Buck 110's, a Buck Vanguard, a Swisstool and a part serrated 4" blade Gerber. These were allowed through check-in and customs without a hitch..... AND WHY NOT ? I have every right to possess these, and see no harm whatsoever in my having them. Even "post 9/11" airport security seemed to agree as long as the knives were in my checked-in luggage NOT hand luggage. My new Buck Strider Solution 888 is on it's way from America as I type this. Tracking the USPS shipment on the net this evening tells me that it cleared UK Customs without a hitch earlier this evening, so why can Cabelas not ship to me here ???
 
Longstrider said:
Confederate,
As I understand it, here in the UK you can be prosecuted for carrying just about anything reasonably sharp if the situation dictates that a Police Officer deems it in the public interest. As just about anything can be deemed to be an "offensive weapon" you could, in theory, be arrested for carrying a neck-tie in an offensive manner !
The law does seem to especially tough in regards to knives with blades in excess of 3", but whether this is actually a legal maximum length for public carry I am not sure.
I do know that it is NOT an offence in any way to POSSESS a knife of whatever size and description you wish to own, or to have that knife in your possession on private property that you have permission to be upon. If I wish to own a double-handed broadsword I may. To walk down a public street waving the thing about would, however, NOT be a clever thing to do. I have, in the past, bought from the USA both fixed blade and folding knives and had them shipped to me here in the UK with no problem whatsoever. Only last Summer I brought back from the States (In "Checked In" luggage) A total of 5 Buck 110's, a Buck Vanguard, a Swisstool and a part serrated 4" blade Gerber. These were allowed through check-in and customs without a hitch..... AND WHY NOT ? I have every right to possess these, and see no harm whatsoever in my having them. Even "post 9/11" airport security seemed to agree as long as the knives were in my checked-in luggage NOT hand luggage. My new Buck Strider Solution 888 is on it's way from America as I type this. Tracking the USPS shipment on the net this evening tells me that it cleared UK Customs without a hitch earlier this evening, so why can Cabelas not ship to me here ???
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That is wierd, Cabelas may just be trying to "play it safe" and are being overly cautious. If a Buck 110 is OK in the U.K. (hey that rhymes!) then Cabelas is only costing themselves business by not selling there.

p.s. I found teh earlier thread about Cabelas and shipping the Alaskan Guide 110 outside the U.S...maybe something in here can answer it better.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=324063&highlight=Canada
 
Do I simply mark the knife for your attention Joe, and post the it back to you at the S.Lochsa Street address ?
 
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