Don't Throw Those Old Buck Knives Away!

Great looking knife Mark. From garbage to eye candy and thanks for the step by step pictures.

He should be extremely happy with that and I am guessing the price was right.
 
300Bucks said:
Excellent job as always....but if both sides had looked like that one side you would have had 112 collectors willing to trade two for one, maybe even three....Someone called it a three pin frame, isn't is commonly actually called a four pin ? 300
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Glad you brought this out. These frames always had 4 holes in them (from the manufactorer) until about the 4 dot time frame. Buck saw this and utilized ALL the holes during their progression with pins. Eventually settling on the 3 brass handle pins and one stainless (rocker) pin. DM
 
gedlicks said:
Great looking knife Mark. From garbage to eye candy and thanks for the step by step pictures.

He should be extremely happy with that and I am guessing the price was right.
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The price was right for everyone involved.
The helper gets a quality knife he can use for years for free, my brother was able to do a little extra for his helper and I got to do something nice for a brother who is always helping others.
The dollar amount?....I'm the only one it cost and I have less than $10.00 in materials and a little more experience taking knives apart.
A great bargain for all three of us!! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
Wow!absolutely beautiful !nothing like taking an old buck and breathing new life into it ,great job stumps!
 
Ment to post the other day Mark when I saw that Beautiful work of yours,
Took a couple days to catch my train of thought as that be some stunning work
Thanks for sharing
 
Dang Stumps! You did it again. Excellent save. As others have said I probably would have left it alone after the initial clean up but you turned it into a work of art
 
Turned out great. To be honest I'm not sure why someone would of thrown it out to begin with. Looks like all it needed was a little elbow grease.
 
Thanks again for all the comments!
My brother stopped by yesterday to pick up the knife....he seemed pleased. :)
I went through my box of old sheaths and found the proper sheath to go along with that late 1970s Buck 112, so now it's a complete set. (a little black Fiebings and the sheath was in great shape too)
My brother's helper should receive the knife this morning, so instead of it heading to a landfill, that Buck 112 will hopefully see a lifetime of use.
 
Stumps said:
The price was right for everyone involved.
The helper gets a quality knife he can use for years for free, my brother was able to do a little extra for his helper and I got to do something nice for a brother who is always helping others.
The dollar amount?....I'm the only one it cost and I have less than $10.00 in materials and a little more experience taking knives apart.
A great bargain for all three of us!! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Stumps said:
My brother's helper should receive the knife this morning, so instead of it heading to a landfill, that Buck 112 will hopefully see a lifetime of use.
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What an insanely great resurrection project! :thumbup: Man, do I love stories of old things (tools, knives, baseball gloves, guitar amps, cars ...) getting fixed up and put back into use, rather than just replaced by some disposable, one-of-millions widget made by a kid on the other side of the planet making $2 a day. Seriously, Stumps, this really made my day. :)

If your bro's helper doesn't carry and appreciate the knife, he needs to have his head examined! What a great piece.

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