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Esq1997

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Hi-

I am looking for my first Buck and have decided to purchase an older Buck 110. It appears that many really prefer the older two and three dot models. I understand that it has something to do with the steel used in the blade? Anyway, I have seen a couple of older 110's that are "commemorative" or "sponsored" models. One was an oil company and another was a hunting club. Is there any reason to avoid one of those models over one with an unmarked blade? Just looking for a little advise.

John
 
They are all the same. Personally, I would buy one that is unadorned.

Bert
 
Esq1997 said:
Hi-

I am looking for my first Buck and have decided to purchase an older Buck 110. It appears that many really prefer the older two and three dot models. I understand that it has something to do with the steel used in the blade? Anyway, I have seen a couple of older 110's that are "commemorative" or "sponsored" models. One was an oil company and another was a hunting club. Is there any reason to avoid one of those models over one with an unmarked blade? Just looking for a little advise.

John
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Blade etching or burnished scales will not effect the performance of the knife. Buy any 110 and use it you will be happy. The only ones I wouldn't recommend for hard use are the more collector series, David yellow horse, etc. not that they won't stand up to the abuse but you will definitely compromise the collector value.
 
The older 110's were made with 440-C steel which is better than the current 420 HC. The 420 was adopted because it could be fine blanked. The 440-C didn't lend itself to high speed blanking. Sometimes older is better.
 
I too have been getting a few older 110's, got a couple 3 liners of which one was hardly used, still had factory gring on edge. Just got a 3 dot in the mail today that is almost new, blade may have been sharpened once or twice, brass, wood, and blade are beautiful. Theres still some great old 110's out there.
 
Tiguy7 and Bertl have it right. I would prefer the plain. On the other hand, if you like the advertisements on the knife then go ahead. For example, I bought a truck bank one time because it had TEXECO on it. Buck really got the most out of 440C and those older knives perform admirably.

Also, now this is simply an opinion, it seems that the older 110's were a bit less prone to blade wobble. There was a change in the way they were made some time ago.
 
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