Does anyone else have a problem using their nice 110's?

we all admire knives.
some more so than others.
whilst others may use them
i suspect a good portion never do ;-)
but who can blame anyone for having
caught the spell of "precious" fever?
when beauty is in the eye of the beholder
one is automatically blinded and
distracted from all logic and aim.
onced bewitched, it spreads rapidly
- the beginings of material attachment.
funny thing is, some things which
are held dear doesn't always turn out
to be things with exceptionally
high intrinsic value.
perhaps all that truly matters for a collector is the thriving idea that ownership has all
"the high" to leave one filled with the sense of pride and joy to the point
of being in a near constant state of intoxication in pursuit of happiness :-)
timing is everything when it comes
to making a decision.
and some things change in time.
so turning a safe queen into a user
should never be decided in haste.
"regret" can be a very sobering experience :')
 
I bought my 110 beat and used on purpose. To me the 110 is cool if not best with "character". Get yourself a 3 dot or older already worn. Mine has a gouge in both side's cover & bolster with one bolster used to pound nails. Still has good lockup and a good edge. I don't care if it's dropped :)
 
This is the 78-79 that I didn't want to use because of it's age. It hasn't been polished yet, doesn't look like it's been sharpened, and will shave. Again, I'm sorry but my phone does not take high quality pictures and I don't currently own a camera. And, I'm no photographer.
 

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Mr. Fisher1573: your 2 dot seems to be in nice shape with a full blade. I would just save that one for sure and search the bay and buy a different cheap two dot for use. My father was a wedding photog. and showed me how to set a 35mm camera. Now I have an old 5 mp that takes great 8x10 pictures and no cropping to size as with these giant megapixels that are put out now that common folk don't understand that the pics can be blown up gigantic and don't pixelize. I also have a GoPro Silver that takes movies, fires like a machine gun, and pics one at a time, very versatile and can upload to your computer. I used it at Christmas several years ago with household lighting and got movies of my sister who has passed loaded on my Mac. It is very forgiving, outdoors it is fantastic.
 
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Mr. Fisher1573: your 2 dot seems to be in nice shape with a full blade. I would just save that one for sure and search the bay and buy a different cheap two dot for use. My father was a wedding photog. and showed me how to set a 35mm camera. Now I have an old 5 mp that takes great 8x10 pictures and no cropping to size as with these giant megapixels that are put out now that common folk don't understand that the pics can be blown up gigantic and don't pixelize. I also have a GoPro Silver that takes movies, fires like a machine gun, and pics one at a time, very versatile and can upload to your computer. I used it at Christmas several years ago with household lighting and got movies of my sister who has passed loaded on my Mac. It is very forgiving, outdoors it is fantastic.
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I'll check out the GoPros. Thank you for the advice!
 
I do not buy a knife if I don’t intend to use it. My 50th anniversary edition has a few scratches in the brass from use and dropping on cement. That being said I have been given a few older non-buck knives that have been given to me to pass down to my kids. Those get fondled and maintained, but I will let my kids decide how to use them in the future.

My 110fg is my one and only 110, and in my opinion the best looking knife in my accumulation. It is on my belt every camping trip and has done everything from food prep to making a feather stick to get a fire going on very cold and rainy night. I have never been hunting so I have not processed animals yet. That may change soon.
 
I feel like if I don't enjoy them now, one day when I am gone someone else will. But to enjoy something you don't always have to beat it up and use it. I own over twenty 110's. Most are carried in the sheaths they came with and used. And three of them are custom which I display and admire.
 
I really enjoy handling the older one. I think I'll buy a few more customs along and along, and use those, and leave this old one for the kids. 40 years is a very long time to me.
 
Yes sir 40 years is a very long time and very seldom do you come across a knife that is in the very good condition yours is in. I say having a full blade is nice to see, once you start sharpening you can never put back the material that has been taken away. I just used a 2 dot like yours to open Christmas Cards from friends, I think the full blade won't suffer doing that. I don't try to guess what year it was made, the thing that tells me is the amount of scale pins if it is an early or newer 2 dot.
 
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Yes sir 40 years is a very long time and very seldom do you come across a knife that is in the very good condition yours is in. I say having a full blade is nice to see, once you start sharpening you can never put back the material that has been taken away. I just used a 2 dot like yours to open Christmas Cards from friends, I think the full blade won't suffer doing that. I don't try to guess what year it was made, the thing that tells me is the amount of scale pins if it is an early or newer 2 dot.
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I linked another thread in an earlier post here that goes into some simple detail on dating old two dots. It's really worth a look if you have time Joe.
 
Yes I read it. I like the knives for what they are and have enough that I know when I see an earlier knife, earlier than a 2 dot of which I have many inverted bucks along with 3 and four dots. I have earlier into the third version, variations 6,7,8,9. I sold the rest. I never had version 2's because of the fiber spacer I think many fractured, though I have seen them for sale for a mighty sum. There are 6 different 2 dots and a friend has them all. I have what I have and hovering over them is not for me. I like to change. I have many 50th anniversary and there are 3 different types of those. So I change. I was going after 2 dots until I found there were 6 instead of 4. Sent my friend a small font 2 dot to finish HIS collection and I did not feel unhappy and I made him a closer friend. I got into auto conversions and have some beauties and I don't care if the warranty is not available I am not constantly flicking open and closed, I do also have Bucks auto and to me it is not better or worse than the conversions. These are my opinions only and others believe differently. They have the right to have them. I have many fixed blades also, love the Buckmaster 184 have from very early to the later ones with BUCKMASTER on the blade. To me it took a turn and I don't believe Rambo because STALLONE went to Switzerland to avoid Vietnam and taught as a girls athletic director. I change the channel when I see him. He's not the great RAMBO that everyone thinks. These are 2,3 and 4 dot knives. Notice the one in the middle with the two tone ebony. All square bolsters. Look at the 5th knife from the top it is a 5pin 2 dot and very hard to find in good condition. Some have sharpened blades, no dents, no scratchs, no kiss marks.
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Knives r tools,use em.
I get the collector thing for the purty knives & that's works too.
My 1979 110 2 dot I believe has field dressed & helped clean more deer than I can count...JMO.
 
I have many that are in the box of switchers that I rotate. These 2,3, and 4 are mint and stay away from my side. Amazing that in the cases they don't get tarnished. I've sold more than I care to think about, makes me sad a little, also makes me smile.
 
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All the talk about dropping knives in this thread makes me not want to use my elk handled, nickel bolstered 110 that i haven't even received yet from the custom shop! I've dropped less then a handful of knives in the 21 years I've owned them (I'm 31) and none were damaged thank God. Though the 110 is 20x heavier than most I carry so it has mass on its sid . Should have seen my face the first time I dropped a firearm... but it was holstered.
 
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All the talk about dropping knives in this thread makes me not want to use my elk handled, nickel bolstered 110 that i haven't even received yet from the custom shop! I've dropped less then a handful of knives in the 21 years I've owned them (I'm 31) and none were damaged thank God. Though the 110 is 20x heavier than most I carry so it has mass on its sid . Should have seen my face the first time I dropped a firearm... but it was holstered.
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I am positively sure that it can take being dropped and more. I have a 1989 110 Damascus Stag with NS bolsters that I’ve dropped countless times and exposed to all kinds of outdoor activity Including processing dozens of deer and all kinds of game and it cleans up nice and I did send it into Buck for a repair and spa treatment it came back looking new. Even if something does happen or gets broken it is covered with the Buck forever warranty. Not only that but after a few scratches or dings it will have some character and look like a knife that is useful and not just a show piece. Use it and enjoy it!
 
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