Can anyone identify this version of the mod 110

not2sharp

not2sharp

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This is a strange one. The markings: Buck / 110 / USA indicate that the knife was probably made during 1968-74. The enlarge nail nick was probably added at a later date, but the modification to the scales and front booster looks original. Can this be something out of the Buck custom shop?

Thanks for the help.
N2S



[This message has been edited by not2sharp (edited 11-02-2000).]
 
Not2sharp,

My guess is that the knife has been modified one the "outside", not by Buck.
Hope this helps,

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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
It is certainly a possibility that a third party did the modifications. Yet, I cannot discern anything to show that this knife was either taken apart and worked on. The pins look original and the lines fit and finish are tight and well done. There are no signs of grind marks, and the wooden panels are even, neat and tightly fitted.

Anyone with the skills and equipment to take an off the shelf 110 and do this could certainly have made their own custom folder with less effort.

The knife has been very well cared for. But it has seen extensive use and the blade is about 10% smaller than its original size.

I do not recall seeing any additional markings on the knife. I still have a gut feeling that this was a factory piece.

(if anyone can suggest where to look for tell-a-tale clues I can check with my friend to see if he can send us additional pictures)
 
n2s,
If Joe says it did not come out of the Buck plant, I believe him. Additionally, I know many avid Buck collectors who would laugh at the thought of Buck doing that to a 110.
There are many capable people who can grind down a knife and buff it to look like the one in question. I don't even think the person had to disassemble the knife.
Larry
 
I have to agree with Larry. It wouldn't have been necessary to dissassemble that knife to do the work shown in the picture.

I have seen work from some hobbyists that would amaze you with the quality of their efforts. There are some really talented folks out there who just like to tinker and have no interest in making or building new things.

There's a fellow around these parts who likes to take 110s apart and embelish them with filework and different slab materials and the like. He's shown me knives that are pure works of art. Don't know who he is and I haven't seen him in quite a while but I sure enjoyed looking at his work when he was around.

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Dennis Wright
Wright Knife & Sporting Goods
La Mesa, CA
(Don't click, just call)
1-800-400-1980
wrightknife@ixpres.com
("Have a knife day!")
 
Thanks,

I accept and appreciate your input. Well anyway its a nice way to make a tactical one handed knife out of a standard Buck 110.

Yours
N2S

 
Hey Not2sharp,
I will reluctantly offer you a bit more info. I recently heard, from a guy who used to work here many years back, that Buck had an interesting incentive plan for employees. If you got all of your production done for the week, you could take a 110 or 112 and customize it by grinding fingergrooves and such. There is no way to tell one of these knives from one done outside of buck in someones garage.
I hope you find this interesting.

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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
I've been riding Harleys for twenty five years. Back in the seventies, a lot of bikers ( myself included) carried Buck 110's. Bikers being an individualistic lot, it wasn't long before it became somewhat of a fad among them to customize their knives by reshaping the handles, in fact, I remember a guy actually advertised a Buck Knife customizing service in one of the motorcycle magazines. Some of the ones I saw were really quite nicely done. As for why they wouldn't just make their own knives from scratch, there just weren't that many people making custom knives back then period. Perhaps this is how your knife came into it's present form.
 
x39,

Thanks for the info. I have seen many 110's and 112's that were modified in one way or another. Now i have another explanation for some of them.

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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
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