Buck 112 - pawn shop find, advice & opinions requested

[pjsjr]

A new anniversary 112 will set you back $50, while the base 112 is only $40

This^^^^

Even though I like old beat up things, I doubt that I would have purchased it. It does have a lot of character. If I had, I would take 220, 320 grit paper to clean up that blade then sharpen it. I would carry and use it when I didn't want to use my new anniversary 112.

 

[GPyro]

You could always pawn it.

 

[ncnurseryman]

Consider your investment.
$10 for the knife
$10 for a blade
$15 for one side scale
$15 for other side scale
$ 5 for postage

You're $55 into a an old, used 112.

A new anniversary 112 will set you back $50, while the base 112 is only $40

I know what I would do...

Where are you seeing these prices. Not on Bucks website.

 

[wouter1967]

I would get the Spa treatment with a new 420hc blade and new inlays.
Hopefully they can replace them with the square shape.
It's cool to recycle such an old Buck knife.
Some old and some new parts wil make a nice mix.

 

[Boattale]

My house was built in 1900 and the previous owners were going to bulldoze it and start over. Spent a shipload of money rehabbing and modernizing it while keeping the old looks. So factor that in to what follows.

If that was my knife, it would get a new blade from Buck with specific instructions to not mess with anything else. You just can't replace history, especially history that involves a packrat.

 

[MT_Pokt]

Where are you seeing these prices. Not on Bucks website.

If you are a BCCI member, those are the Buck web site prices.

Or I'm just extra special, which is unlikely.

 

[DeSotoSky]

That knife is not worth a rats ass. Sharpen it and throw it in the tool box or boot.
Can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

 

[Boattale]

That knife is not worth a rats ass. Sharpen it and throw it in the tool box or boot.
Can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

Soulless heathen who obviously can't appreciate the finer things in life.

 

[Old Biker]

Here are pics after a quick wipe-down:

I have seen pictures of some knives, where the owner thinned them down. So if that was my knife I would send it in and ask for a blade replacement with the included spa. I would ask them to clean up the handle and scales as much as possible. If I like the looks when it came back I would leave it be. If not I would take it to a sander and sand the sides until I got rid of the groves in the wood. I think it is a perfect candidate to become a thinned down knife.

O.B.

 

[rhino]

Consider your investment.
$10 for the knife
$10 for a blade
$15 for one side scale
$15 for other side scale
$ 5 for postage

You're $55 into a an old, used 112.

A new anniversary 112 will set you back $50, while the base 112 is only $40

I know what I would do...

That's a reasonable position. I'm doing this for fun and to keep an old knife going. Maybe the will replace both scales for less than $30!

 

[rhino]

My house was built in 1900 and the previous owners were going to bulldoze it and start over. Spent a shipload of money rehabbing and modernizing it while keeping the old looks. So factor that in to what follows.

If that was my knife, it would get a new blade from Buck with specific instructions to not mess with anything else. You just can't replace history, especially history that involves a packrat.

Okay, that's a good point! "Packrat" is an integral part of the knife's provenance!

 

[Boattale]

That's a reasonable position. I'm doing this for fun and to keep an old knife going. Maybe the will replace both scales for less than $30!

I'll give you $15 for the knife and pay for shipping. Just to keep some history alive and well. I like the Packrat inscription and the map of the river on the other scale too. But I'm not normal, I admit it.

 

[rhino]

I have seen pictures of some knives, where the owner thinned them down. So if that was my knife I would send it in and ask for a blade replacement with the included spa. I would ask them to clean up the handle and scales as much as possible. If I like the looks when it came back I would leave it be. If not I would take it to a sander and sand the sides until I got rid of the groves in the wood. I think it is a perfect candidate to become a thinned down knife.

O.B.

Interesting plan. I shall consider it.

 

[rhino]

I'll give you $15 for the knife and pay for shipping.

I shall consider it! A handsome profit of $5US is no small thing!

 

[ncnurseryman]

If you are a BCCI member, those are the Buck web site prices.

Or I'm just extra special, which is unlikely.

I need to renew my membership then. Thanks for the info.

 

[mauser9]

A new 112 or 110 still a great deal in my opinion at prices quoted. One heck of a sturdy knife for many tasks.

 

[pjsjr]

Okay, that's a good point! "Packrat" is an integral part of the knife's provenance!

There is a member here that uses that name, I don’t think he would inscribe a Buck knife like that.
Pack Rat

 

[rhino]

There is a member here that uses that name, I don’t think he would inscribe a Buck knife like that.
Pack Rat

Only a crazy person would deface a Buck like that!

But now I have a crazy person's former knife!

 

[rhino]

I just thought of something else . . . I could probably fill the letters and lines with something, then sand it smooth. It would look perhaps worse than it already does, but it would feel better to my delicate, raccoon-like hand when in use. I could even paint it afterward.

Thoughts?

 

[Jsega51]

I just thought of something else . . . I could probably fill the letters and lines with something, then sand it smooth. It would look perhaps worse than it already does, but it would feel better to my delicate, raccoon-like hand when in use. I could even paint it afterward.

Thoughts?

Now you’re going off the deep end!