Custom Buck Resource???

TattooBlade

TattooBlade

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So, the bug has bitten and I've aquired too many customs, too fast! Dang OCD. So, while looking at them it got me thinking...what skills does it take to turn a standard 110 into a custom 110. Does anyone have any good resources to articles on how it's done? Thanks!
 
TattooBlade said:
So, the bug has bitten and I've aquired too many customs, too fast! Dang OCD. So, while looking at them it got me thinking...what skills does it take to turn a standard 110 into a custom 110. Does anyone have any good resources to articles on how it's done? Thanks!
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Too many customs... Where is the problem? :D

A talented member here, redrummd (Michael Hoover, Art in Stone), has this terrific piece of tutorial on stone work for knives: http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/tutorials/art_in_stone/index.php

For example: Michael Hoover customized this Buck 110 with Lapis Lazuli for me:
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I hope this helps.
 
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I could help you with that. I do custom 110 work with all types of materials what do you need to know? I was thinking of posting a YouTube video soon on it, but I'd hate to give away all the tricks of the trade :)
 
jarheadz28 said:
I could help you with that. I do custom 110 work with all types of materials what do you need to know? I was thinking of posting a YouTube video soon on it, but I'd hate to give away all the tricks of the trade :)
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That's just it. I've been known to be kind of artsy, when I'm not out killin and maimin :) and thought, wow, maybe I could do this. But it's a realm I've never done anything with (making knives), and I think it might be neat to learn.

I picked up two from Don Seals and one from Arkknives (I believe) so far. Really nice stuff. Still haven't ordered anything straight from Buck, which I plan to. My thing is though, that I don't believe in just leaving something in the safe or on the shelf for display. So no matter how nice they are, they'll still get carried. :)
 
If I were going to customize a 110, I would send it to Leroy Remer. He spent years working in the Buck Custom Shop and decided to stay in San Diego when the Company moved to Idaho. He has done a lot of custom work for me. A rare and reasonable talent.
 
Great info, and after reading over that informative guide, I think I'll leave it to the pros! :) I bought two so far from Don Seals and one from Erik at Arksknives. Great stuff. I think one from Remer will be next on the list. Once I sell my Fallkniven NL4, I'll be looking for the next one. Anyone want a trade?
 
Thank you kindly A.P.F.

Those are solid slabs of Lapis, with slight swells in the middle to fill the hand and aid in grip, just the way I like them and exactly what I asked Michael Hoover for: With plenty of Iron Pyrite (fool's gold), deep deep blue and hold the quartz. I couldn't be happier with the result.

What a job the stone worker has. Every time you remove some material, grind or polish, you see something different. What to leave in, what to leave out and where to stop kind of decisions must give you the fidgits.

An old friend of mine lived on a horse ranch, in a houseboat on a lake, in Afghanistan back in the 1970's (kinder times). He ate off of Lapis plates. He had a bag of raw Lapis stones then. I was always kind of envious. This knife has been a long long time coming.
 
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