Buck's 116

Scott, Their out there but like you say, hard to find .
If nobody gets this I'll tell it tonight . DM
 
Scott Hartman said:
Don't know, but finding 1 with a barrel-nut is a never ending search.
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I have apparently been operating under a misapprehension. I have always thought that the only barrel nuts were the original 6 knives, the 102, 110 (later 103), 105, 118, 119 and 120 plus the twinset 104 (102 and 110 (103).

But with both Scott and Dave suggesting that there are barrel nut 116s, I am truly surprised. Is this really true?

Telechronos:):):)
 
David Martin said:
Was this an original Buck design ? Or who came up with it ? :thumbup:[/QUOT

I either read or someone told me that one Al Buck's friends wanted a caping knife so he ground down either a 105 or a 102 for this specialty knife. I very well could be wrong though.
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Telechronos said:
I have apparently been operating under a misapprehension. I have always thought that the only barrel nuts were the original 6 knives, the 102, 110 (later 103), 105, 118, 119 and 120 plus the twinset 104 (102 and 110 (103).

But with both Scott and Dave suggesting that there are barrel nut 116s, I am truly surprised. Is this really true?

Telechronos:):):)
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I was also under the same assumption. I have heard that one could be made from a one line knife. I have never seen either one.
 
I have seen two One Liner 116s that I am quite sure were not regrinds. One was priced out of this world and the other was no virgin. Both were pinned pommel knives.

Telechronos:):):)
 
Telechronos said:
I have seen two One Liner 116s that I am quite sure were not regrinds. One was priced out of this world and the other was no virgin. Both were pinned pommel knives.

Telechronos:):):)[/QUOT

I don't believe the factory knives were regrinds, just the first used as a proto.
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The 116 Caper was designed by Les Bowman a guide from Cody, WY. He ground down a 118 personal and sent it to BUCK as a proto type. BUCK released the first 116's in late 1962. These knives were Barrel nut construction and had leather spacers and later bone hard fiber spacers. Any 116's produced after May of 1963 would have been flat or (pinned) tang construction.
Heath
 
A big thank you to Larry Oden and Joe Houser for finding and recording this valuable information. Without their research a lot of what we know would no exist.
Heath
 
Buck61, Gets the "AT-A-BOY" . Only it was from snapped or broken 118 that he converted or reground into a useful knife . I thought Larry told me he had a barrel nut 116 . I have a one line 116 w/ bone hard fiber spacers . I'll have to check and see if its a barrel nut . I must have slept since the last time I looked . Thanks for the research, my hats off to you . DM
 
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To follow up on this topic . The current BCCI newsletter contains concrete info. on this topic . Two other issues Larry mentions in his article, May and Sept. 2007 issues nail down that the 116 were made w/ barrel nut construction for a short time . From late 1962 thru April 1963 and in May 1963 barrel nut models ended and pinned models began . DM
 
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