Defective 110 maybe

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decableguy2000

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I have a new 110 LT. There is a hump where the spine of the blade meets the rocker. I emailed Buck, the reply back said it's the way it's made. They can not grind or it will melt. However my buck 426 is smooth and is plastic and was reblade d by Buck.
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Mine is the same as are all of the other 110LTs I have seen. Normal but I do think it is a bit odd. Just used to my old 110 I guess...
 
The traditional 110's are not that way. They started doing that on the Buck 486 BuckLite Max large, it's not as noticeable do to the handle shape.
 
It's on all of the Buck 110 LT's that I've seen and on my two. It's normal for that model. I can only assume that the step where they grind it off and buff after assembly is only for the brass/aluminum versions... probably because of the plastic handles (melt).
 
Scott321 said:
It's on all of the Buck 110 LT's that I've seen and on my two. It's normal for that model. I can only assume that the step where they grind it off and buff after assembly is only for the brass/aluminum versions... probably because of the plastic handles (melt).
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I think it's added and has more to do with giving the lock more bearing surface due to the plastic handles and the size of the knife. And not a step that is ground off the traditional 110 models.
 
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Scott321 said:
It's on all of the Buck 110 LT's that I've seen and on my two. It's normal for that model. I can only assume that the step where they grind it off and buff after assembly is only for the brass/aluminum versions... probably because of the plastic handles (melt).
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It is on the parts as they are fine blanked. it is removed on any brass or nickel models.. We decided not to remove it on the 110LT
 
Thanks for the info Jeff, how/why is it there? It is on my 486, but not the 482 or 484.
 
This must get buffed off on other models, but I would assume this to be an issue when buffing that scale material. It would likely not be pretty.
 
st8yd said:
Thanks for the info Jeff, how/why is it there? It is on my 486, but not the 482 or 484.
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The 486 uses the 110 Rocker and the die has that hump on it. For the 482 and 484, those dies were made without the hump.

I hope this helps.
 
The "hump" is there so when the brass and nickel knives are finish ground and polished the blade and the lock bar meet flush. Otherwise we could have lock bars and blades not meeting flush in the open position, or too much frame or blade would have to be ground to meet one another.
 
So why is it only on the 110's and not the others as Jeff mentioned?
 
The 110 came first and they use the lock bar from the 110. Since they're using parts from the 110 on the 486, it made sense for the blade to be blanked with the ramp like the 110s are so that they didn't have to finish that part, which is guarded on the 486 anyway.

The 482 and 484 don't use 110 parts. Since they're not grinding and polishing the spine on those models, and the guard hides where the blade and lock-bar come together; it wasn't necessary to blank the parts with that ramp.

It might not be "necessary" on the 110, but I imagine it makes finishing that much easier.

The previous Buck Lites (426) may have been before they were blanking with the ramps since they don't have them and those nylon frames haven't been ground and polished. Or perhaps they ground them down prior to assembling them.

The top knife is a 110 I took apart so there's no ramp. The lower knife is a 50th Anniversary "Federal" kit. It was blanked with the ramps on both the lock bar and the blade, the same as current 110s.

 
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