Buck 110 with nylon sheath.....

Frotier76 said:
Here's where I feel differently on Buck...

*Any brand can take their knife model and offer more selling points with steel grades and handle material for it.But it is even more effective for a manufacturer to not rely on variants rather than make new designs to keep the name fresh.

*Buck has already done the lightweight approach ranging from the 442,450,482,and 422 models for the 112 Ranger fans.There was the 446 Goliath and 486 also for more of 110 fans.There was the Ecolite Series which were versions of the 110/112.There was also the 560 which was essentially a titanium scaled and finger-grooved 110.A mix of Bucklite models and some not, and every one varied between one and two-handed access.Either you haven't been paying attention to what Buck has been putting out for the past 25 years or you honestly believe their new variants are birthed completely from customer response....it's already been done.At least that list of models by Buck were totally unique.

*If you're praising the aluminum handled Spitfire...it has a thin sheet for a lockback spring.It's responsible for the lock rock due to the weaker level of security under the lockback lever...it bends easier under pressure.At least every one of those older models I mentioned has the same cylindrical lockbar post as the brass bodied 110/112 models.Good lord even when they did the Ecolite Series at least they gave it a nice satin finish on the blade like it's 110/112 brethren.And yes these older models didn't have that ugly 'hump' as a manufacturing skip at the top of the lockback lever.
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Makael said:
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The problem I've seen with the leather ones is that they leave snap rash on the wooden scales.
I'm very new to this but have luckily acquired 2 Buck 110's in the past 2 months, one came with a leather sheath but the other didn't.
Even so, both have that ugly octopus sucker kiss in the scale that was most often on the side of the snap in the leather sheath.
I bought a nylon one from eBay that's great for under $6.00 and it has Velcro instead of a snap. And ... it also fits my Leatherman Wave+ and my Case Large Sod Buster.

The one 110 ('80 - '81) that came with the worn leather sheath will never be put back in it.
I'll clean the sheath as best I can and sell it on eBay.
 
Maybe its the low humidity here in Spokane WA but I never have any patina develop in a leather sheath. Even this Damascus 110 ive kept in a sheath I made for a year or so before I put in a display case a couple weeks ago. I like the nylon sheaths as well from Buck. They fit properly and see just about as tough.

 
I was determined to find out what year finger grooves came out on the 110. I have a friend and he looked it up in the BCCI old catalogs and Mr. Nowlin is wrong, the first mention of finger grooves is the 1984 catalog so they must have been around in 1983 none before. I even googled it and it said 1983.
 
I also looked at all the sheaths I have and never realized that I have quite a few nylon sheaths that were mixed in with the leather. All my knives are in glass cases and I don't have a problem with verdigris. I did put a few knives in leather sheaths and 1 month there were signs of the green monster.
 
kossetx said:
When I was younger I would never have liked a nylon sheath. Now, I prefer them. Especially since standard 110 leather looks like nogahide nowadays.
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Don't knock it, if you have ever come upon a wild cornered "noga", you would be proud to carry a knife in one of their hides!:)
 
It’s Naugahyde. They roam freely in Naugatuck Ct.

Nauga’s shed their skin annually so they don’t have to be hunted. No they are not aggressive at all. Actually quite cuddly. You will find your bare skin sticks awkwardly to them on humid days.

I like the snaps on sheaths and can live with the kiss they put on the scales. No way I would ever use Velcro sheath.

The endangered Velcro is a black bird whose feathers have small hook like hairs that can lock together.

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