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Buck 112 clubknife?
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I actually like the 482 better than any other blade shape that I own in this size range (well, it's right up there with the Opinels that I reshape to my liking...).
IMO, the 486 and 482 are just different in the same way, only more so perhaps, than the 110 and 112 blades are. The 482 has a nice full belly, which is why I really like it. I would like to see it next to that blade used on the club knife that's being shown.
Here's my (studless) 482 next to the 500, 112 and 110. I like the 482 blade much better than the 500 blade, but the 482 is a butt ugly knife due to plastic handle. In any event, the 482 is passable to my eyes as a squared off drop point while the 486 seems more like a squared off clip point - sort of like somebody put a flat file to their 110 and knocked off the secondary edge.
Buck Folders by Pinnah, on Flickr
Sure wish Buck would put a nice drop point out for retail in the 3-4" range with more classic (or at least paperstone) scales than you can get with the Bucklites, Bantams or Omni hunters.
I still like my 482 as backpacking knife. Just perfect for that job. Tough. Light. Very capable.
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Skinneybones, Your BCC 110 buffalo/ironwood: It looks looks like the two scales are cut from the same split piece. True?
"The 110 drop points look front-heavy and just all wrong."
It handles very well for me and is not front heavy in use. Looks? De gustibus non est disputandum.
"The 110 drop points look front-heavy and just all wrong."
It handles very well for me and is not front heavy in use. Looks? De gustibus non est disputandum.
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The blade on my 426 BuckLite fits the profile in [post=10908725]Plumberdv's post #26[/post].
You know, in the past few months, I've pondered wistfully the absence of a Buck sodbuster.
The old BuckLite 426 drop-point blade is very nearly a sodbuster profile.
Heck, one of those in Paperstone clothes? I be happy camper.
You know, in the past few months, I've pondered wistfully the absence of a Buck sodbuster.
The old BuckLite 426 drop-point blade is very nearly a sodbuster profile.
Heck, one of those in Paperstone clothes? I be happy camper.
I agree! Here is Sitflyer's.
I believe that is a 3" 442 blade in the Ecolite 112 frame.
IMO, Buck is missing a huge opportunity by not producing a knife like this. I would slot in between the cheap and cheap looking Bucklites and Bantams and the classic heavy weights like the 110, 112 and their custom/club variants. Sort of a more classic peer to the Vantage line.
The stock Ecolite 112 is close, to be sure. But I think the clip blade appeals more to the hunting crowd (Buck's main focus). So right now, if you want a Paperstone handled knife, you have your choice between hunting clip blades (the Ecolites) or a more modern tactical flavor (the Vantage).
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LOL...I've got a couple of those!Yes, that knife has a pleasing shape to it.
Now if they could just put it out in brass and Macassar.......
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Apparently, Buck is not paying attention to your creative efforts in that area.
Those knives would sell well.
Actually, a 110 might do ok too, but they'd have to give it a blade with some style to it.......not just a big, fat, blunt spear point.
Those knives would sell well.
Actually, a 110 might do ok too, but they'd have to give it a blade with some style to it.......not just a big, fat, blunt spear point.
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Tastes vary and aren't universal, so this is just one man's take on it...
Somewhere between 3" and 3.75", a knife changes for me. At 3" and under, the knife is usable for me for EDC use. Out at around 4", the knife is either becoming a game cleaning tool or woodcraft tool.
For me, fat bellied drop points and spear points make great EDC knives. I find them more versatile. For hunting, I prefer a clip point.
All this to say, I think having a drop point in the 112/500 size range (and under) makes more sense than having a 110 in a drop point.
I think the 112 is coasting along in an odd place. It's not really long enough (for me) to use for hunting and fishing or for woodcraft. But it's not light or thin enough to be pocket carried with ease. Possible? Yes. Just not as nice as a Duke.
The Duke is close to perfect but the blade (on mine) doesn't have enough belly. Also, like you, I'm a dead dog sucker for brass and ebony.
If Buck would make a light Ecolite 112 drop point, I'd buy several.
If Buck would make a 112 drop point like the club knife (plain brass and ebony is fine) and they thinned it down to more like the dimension of the Duke, I'd buy a bunch. Yes, that's close to recreating the Duke. But it would be brass and ebony and would have the Ranger's perfect handle shape.
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To me the 112 fund raiser knife with paperstone and Heritage Duke are already so close to perfect. DM
I like the 112 more with it's safer handle and no nail nick. Just me.
I like the 112 more with it's safer handle and no nail nick. Just me.
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Yes ,I bet that 112 is close to perfect......But, alas, when I contacted John to get a paperstone 112 S30V...the last one sold THE DAY BEFORE! DAOUHHHHT!!!
My Heritage Duke is perfect though
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Yes, I said they were not offered to the public back in post #18. A dress version of this same knife was offered with handsome stag handles back in 05. There's the '3' I'm talking about. These tend not to sell with enough interest and Buck will cut them off quick. So, the next time you see these offered---- don't delay, move quickly. Thats why I went ahead and got 2 of them because I missed out on that first one. Since, no one's field tested this model I'll have to use it to skin my next coyote or rattler and take note how it performs. Then pull this thread back up and give you gents the low down. DM
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To me, the blades on those three just above look a lot like garden spades.
Who designed them, anyhow? On these models, the 112 actually looks worse than the 110.
While they may indeed be utilitarian, for most of us, there is more to a knife than just function.
Looks do matter. I can do my digging with a shovel.
Who designed them, anyhow? On these models, the 112 actually looks worse than the 110.
While they may indeed be utilitarian, for most of us, there is more to a knife than just function.
Looks do matter. I can do my digging with a shovel.
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Yes, I said they were not offered to the public back in post #18. A dress version of this same knife was offered with handsome stag handles back in 05. There's the '3' I'm talking about. These tend not to sell with enough interest and Buck will cut them off quick. . . .
From an aesthetic point of view, I like the proportions of the middle blade above.
The top and bottom blades are a little "chubby" for my liking. For most of what I do, I don't need a blade that wide in that length.
I think if you start with that drop point "110" (or is it a 426?) blade and scale it down, you have the right proportions.