Buck 110 Titanium(560 U )Why so hard to open?

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Mickey

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I just purchased a Buck 110 Titanium lockback folder.It's the right size,thin,lightweight,shavin sharp,and extremely hard to open.It would be a great (tactical) self defense knife if it opened easier.I installed an allen wrench type thumb stud ,but it still didn't do the job.Any advice on how to "trick" out this knife?Maybe I'm just spoiled with other Knives in my collection actually designed for one handed easy opening.
 
Mickey,
due to small differnces in the hole patterns fron the brass liner to the TI liner, the spring actually has more tension against the rocker than on a normal 110. Short of taking it apart and sanding the underside of the rocker where the spring contacts, there is not much you can do.

Jeff

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Actualy, not neccesarily true. I carry a Buck Ti even though I could buy a much more expensive knife and I do carry and use a $300 fixed. I don't buy a more expensive knife because I don't have to. There is nothing at any price on any market that I would be more confident with. I have used my Buck Ti extensively, and like all my Buck lockbacks, it's never let me down. Sharp/sharpenable, awesome grip rentention, great shape, great size, the bolster forms an excelent gaurd, this knife just kicks!

Anyway, I have often bought Buck's that had some weird goo in them when new. Work the lock back and forth a whole lot and see if you can work anything out/see anything. Also check to see if it has a lot of crud in it. I don't know how this happens, but it's not uncommon. Once you clean them thoroughly, they work great.

#2, oil it. Lockbacks like oil a lot. Three-in-ones and light machine oils work great. I've used corn oil when I didn't have anything else, but it gets goopy after a while and needs to be cleaned.

As suggested, lockbacks to stay closed with a little more gumption than liner's, but nothing I'd call hard to open. The flip side is they stay locked with more vigor than do liners. A good lockback won't let you down. This one is one of the best you can buy. There may be locks with more paper strength, but I have never had a lockback fail on me...

Oh, if you want some "quickdraw" tips, check out the "Prevelance of Buck 110" thread in the general forum.

This is a great knife, once you get used to it, it won't let you down. The best Buck has ever made.(can you tell I like these?)
 
Snickersnee,
You're our best advertising for the XLTi!!!!

You are right about oils and such... the XLTi does have more spring tension than a 110 and can bite you if you slip off the blade while one-handing it. (just ask my thumb). Before we got into Linerlocks, my daily carry was a black XLTI.

Jeff


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Jeff "Without data it's just another opinion" Hubbard
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I love the XlTi. I before it came out I had wanted the 110, but always went with the Ranger because it had a better handle, the bolster forms a fingergaurd of sorts. When this thing came out, it was like an answer to my prayers; the guts of a 110 coupled with the best desinged handle I've seen on any folder.

As to it snapping shut on your finger, it's just a matter of getting used to the knife. People hurt themselves on thumbstudded linerlocks too. As I related in another post, I was teaching a friend to open and close one-handed when he first got one, and he was half drunk at the time. He did manage to shave the thinnest layer of skin off his thumb, but it didn't even bleed.

I recall hearing about a court case involving som ereal whacko who had visciously attacked someone, at his hearing to be released from prison he said something like the first thing he was going to do when he got out was kill somebody, and they let him out anyway. He then bought a 110 at K-Mart and stabbed someone. I think this happened in Florida.

Anyway, the 110's bolster seems like it was intended to be like the Ranger's, but has been ground off. Is this why? Or did this incident never actualy occur?
 
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