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I recently found a Buck 112 Ranger in an antique mall and, after quickly determining that it was in reasonable used condition, I gladly paid the $12 purchase price. Only after I had completed the deal did I begin to evaluate what I had. I knew from the squared edges that it was an older model, but when I looked closer at the handle rivets, I did a double-take. I have several three-rivet Buck 110s and 112s, and I also have some of the later models with four rivets. This, however, is the only five rivet example of either model that I have ever seen anywhere. It has one brass handle rivet near the hinge pin and three brass brass rivets at the blade lock end of the handle.
Might this be a transition knife that had made it part way through the Buck factory when the orders came down to switch to the four rivet variety after these handle parts had already been assembled using the old three rivet technique? Have you ever seen another like it? The condition of this particular knife is not the greatest, as it has apparently been used as a hammer on occasion rather than for its intended purpose. I am quite happy to have stumbled upon it, however, as I suspect it is even rarer than my early Micarta-handled 112.
Has anyone else seen a five rivet handle on a model 110 or 112?
Might this be a transition knife that had made it part way through the Buck factory when the orders came down to switch to the four rivet variety after these handle parts had already been assembled using the old three rivet technique? Have you ever seen another like it? The condition of this particular knife is not the greatest, as it has apparently been used as a hammer on occasion rather than for its intended purpose. I am quite happy to have stumbled upon it, however, as I suspect it is even rarer than my early Micarta-handled 112.
Has anyone else seen a five rivet handle on a model 110 or 112?
