In 2000, I was in my freshman year of college. During that first year of college my dad bought me a Buck 110 Folding Hunter. When I was a kid, my dad had 3 pocket knives. He had a Swiss Army knife, a Case Mini Trapper, and a Buck 110. He worked in an office, so it was always the Mini Trapper of the SAK that was in his pocket during the day. Evenings and weekends, his Buck came out of his dresser drawer and rode on his belt as we worked around the yard. We had 3.5 acres, so there was always something that needed doing out there. My dad bought me my first SAK at 9 and he bought me a Buck 112 at 13. Those were my primary knives (plus a couple of other SAKs I bought myself and a Gerber EZ Out in my mid-teens) until he got me the 110. I've carried and used the 110 over the years, but for the last decade "newer" and "fancier" and more "tactical" type offerings have taken its place. My primary larger carry knives these days are the Ontario RAT I and the Spyderco Endura 4 in FFG.
On a whim over the weekend, I got out my Buck 110 and strapped it to my belt. I used it for a wide variety of things including food prep in the kitchen, cutting some branches down to size for the fire pit, slicing up some cardboard, cutting some lengths of rope to help my neighbors hang some signs for their yard sale, and the list goes on. I had forgotten just how amazing and versatile the 110 is. It's truly a do everything knife. It sliced through everything I had easily and barely dulled at all. I was particularly impressed by how well it handled the cardboard. Plus the 420HC blade comes back incredibly quickly on my Lansky crock sticks. 50+ years on from its introduction, and the 110 is still easily one of the best large folders on the market despite all of the innovations and advancements we've seen.
I'll be keeping the other large folders put away for awhile while I spend some quality time with my 110.
On a whim over the weekend, I got out my Buck 110 and strapped it to my belt. I used it for a wide variety of things including food prep in the kitchen, cutting some branches down to size for the fire pit, slicing up some cardboard, cutting some lengths of rope to help my neighbors hang some signs for their yard sale, and the list goes on. I had forgotten just how amazing and versatile the 110 is. It's truly a do everything knife. It sliced through everything I had easily and barely dulled at all. I was particularly impressed by how well it handled the cardboard. Plus the 420HC blade comes back incredibly quickly on my Lansky crock sticks. 50+ years on from its introduction, and the 110 is still easily one of the best large folders on the market despite all of the innovations and advancements we've seen.
I'll be keeping the other large folders put away for awhile while I spend some quality time with my 110.
