Buck 110...which handle material is this???

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911rescue

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Hi folks,

I stumbled over a nice looking Buck 110, but unfortunately the seller doesn´t know much about his knife.:grumpy:

Can anyone tell me if it is a CUSTOM SHOP or just a "normal" LIMITED EDITION knife?

Any clue which handle material (high polished) it might be?

IMHO it is mammoth ivory, right?:confused:

Thanks in advance for your help.:thumbup:

Here´s a pic:

BuckCustomMay2007.jpg
 
That would be the most unusual mammoth ivory I have seen.
From the looks of it I am thinking stone maybe some type of agate.
 
911,

I think Gus nailed it. Stone / agate of some kind perhaps. It appears to be a custom project as well as I have never seen one like it before. However, to be sure I would post this same thread over in the Buck Knife Forum to get a definitive determination.

Best,

Anthony
 
I just got the following information from the seller:

0110BRS-B / MF/ Cat 9210/ 29/05/2007

There´s no serial number on the knife.

So what does this mean?
 
Sword and Shield said:
No pins= aftermarket. Everything I've seen from the Custom Shop is pinned.
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I agree that this is likely not a Buck Custom Shop project(although I could be wrong) however, just because the scales are not pinned does not mean it may not be a BCS job.

Look at post # 5 and take a gander at Bear Claw Chris Lappe's BCS Water Buffalo scaled 110 picture.. No pins that I can see.
 
The absence of rivets alone does not discount the possibility of it coming from the Buck Custom Shop, as they offer the option of getting your knife with or without them.
 
OK, as someone who has been a former handle material supplier, and has worked with this stuff alot, this knife appears to be hafted with mammoth tooth handles.

It appears to be tooth cut at a slight bias and also cut close to the root so the usual "agate" lines don't really show.

It is not unusual for mammoth tooth to be on the knife with a mastic. Once the ends are cut square, and the mastic dries, there is little twist to the material, and the handles stay on practically forever.

It could very will be from the custom shop at Buck because they have been experimenting with the mammoth tooth scales. They do have some "agate" lines in them and they are the right color and have striations in the right places.

IMHO, this is stabilized mammoth tooth on the handles.

Good luck, nice knife no matter what the handles are.

Keep Care,

Pappy
 
I've seen a lot of aftermarket conversions with handles made of corian, some of it is pretty exotic. You should be able to tell if it's natural or synthetic if you have access to a microscope or strong magnifier. Natural materials usually have tiny flaws, voids or cracks where synthetics are very uniform. Nice looking whatever it is.
 
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