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Cleaning up an old 110

olywa

olywa

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I was putting stuff away in my Mom's attic and I found an old box of my stuff that had my original 110 that was purchased in 1972. I haven't seen it since 1982 but I carried that old Buck all over the world and used it hard in every way imaginable. It cleaned up pretty nice but the blade sure used to carry more steel when it was new.

That knife has been a lifesaver at times back in the day, and I'd like to send it back in to Buck to be refurbished if possible. Does Buck provide this kind of service? I'd like to spruce it up and carry it again.
 
Welcome to the Buck Forum!!

Buck does charge a small fee to clean one up. It will come back looking like new and as sharp as new.

Include a note as to exactly what you want done just so they don't misunderstand and go trying to put a new blade in it or something that you don't want.

Use BKI instead of Buck Knives Inc when you address the box.

Check Bucks website. I think the charges are listed there somewhere.

If you still have the correct sheath, might hang on to it and just send the knife.

I don't believe that Buck is currently putting new blades in frames that old, and it is too collectable for that anyway. If there is some warranty issue, they would simply replace the knife and you won't see that one again.

You might want to consider sitting it on a shelf in retirement and just getting a new one.
 
Olywa,,,

Many here have used sandpaper to clean up an old 110. After the guys talked about it so much, I tried it and while it is a lot of work, it works just fine.

Depending on how bad one is, determines what grit I start with. 320, 600, 800, 1,000

Work any scratches out and finish off with the 1000 with strokes running in the same direction. After the 1,000 grit, I polish it back with brasso.

I even sanded a lightly engraved logo out of a bolster once and you can't tell it was ever there.

I glue a small square/rectangle of the various grits to a 1x2 about 16 inches long and keep the bolsters flat against the board so as not to round or cup from rubbing in one spot too much....

Same when polishing with brasso, but then I just wrap the cloth around the stick and a drop or two. I did have a couple of junker 110's off ebay to pratice on and they now look as good as any. Any old one that is.
I wouldn't say that they looked as good as new, but some of the guys here can make them look like that.
 
if the blade is too thin short or has other issues you can buy one with frame issues off ebay and send them in together and they will use the blade from one to fix another...
again this is not well known but it is possable
email Joe first for an ok ,,,
 
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