A couple years ago, when I first started to get into nice knives, I added a 110 to my collection (mainly Spydies), long story short, after making some simple fuzz sticks and whittling a stick, the knife developed noticeable blade play (this was less than a day after I got it, the whittling/fuzz stick use was the first use I put it through
Needless to say, I was dissapointed, and the knife was returned, pity, as otherwise I liked it (this was before I knew of the Forever Warranty)
Thing is, I've always liked the looks of the 110, a classic piece of American cutlery that has withstood the tests of time and the fickle whims of consumer taste
So, I decided to give the 110 another chance, went to my local Wally-World a couple days ago, and picked up a 110, this one is missing the date stamp on the blade, which IIRC, means it's marginally more "collectible", giving me an excuse to relegate it to "backup" purposes and a reason to purchase another 110, which I did yesterday
both knives lock up like a bank vault, no blade play in any direction, the heft is reassuring, I like a knife with weight and presence, which the 110 has in spades, I also EDC a Spyderco Manix Foliage Green, so the weight of the 110 is a non-issue to me
I've been quite impressed at how sharp the 110 is out of the box, right up there with my sharpest Spydies, and my carbon-steel Opinels and Twistmaster, it was Scary Sharp right out of the box, and easily popped hair
Of course, I couldn't resist touching it up on my Sharpmaker's white rods on the 30 degree setting, it's now even *sharper* than factory, almost mono-molecularly sharp
I've been using it almost exclusively for the last few days, and have been more than satisfied with it's performance, solidity, and sharpness, I haven't done anything that would majorly tax or test the knife, I have no reason to doubt it could hold up to whatever I throw at it
It's clear that I may have gotten a bad 110 a couple years ago, and unfairly judged the 110 as lacking, it's clearly a well made, solid knife, and I look forward to many years of pleasure using this one
I've decided I'm going to put this knife to the test, even though I will still EDC my Manix and Delica 4 Wave ( they're too nice to not carry and use), I will use the 110 for all my cutting chores for the next month, I'm sure it'll pass with flying colors
Needless to say, I was dissapointed, and the knife was returned, pity, as otherwise I liked it (this was before I knew of the Forever Warranty)
Thing is, I've always liked the looks of the 110, a classic piece of American cutlery that has withstood the tests of time and the fickle whims of consumer taste
So, I decided to give the 110 another chance, went to my local Wally-World a couple days ago, and picked up a 110, this one is missing the date stamp on the blade, which IIRC, means it's marginally more "collectible", giving me an excuse to relegate it to "backup" purposes and a reason to purchase another 110, which I did yesterday
both knives lock up like a bank vault, no blade play in any direction, the heft is reassuring, I like a knife with weight and presence, which the 110 has in spades, I also EDC a Spyderco Manix Foliage Green, so the weight of the 110 is a non-issue to me
I've been quite impressed at how sharp the 110 is out of the box, right up there with my sharpest Spydies, and my carbon-steel Opinels and Twistmaster, it was Scary Sharp right out of the box, and easily popped hair
Of course, I couldn't resist touching it up on my Sharpmaker's white rods on the 30 degree setting, it's now even *sharper* than factory, almost mono-molecularly sharp
I've been using it almost exclusively for the last few days, and have been more than satisfied with it's performance, solidity, and sharpness, I haven't done anything that would majorly tax or test the knife, I have no reason to doubt it could hold up to whatever I throw at it
It's clear that I may have gotten a bad 110 a couple years ago, and unfairly judged the 110 as lacking, it's clearly a well made, solid knife, and I look forward to many years of pleasure using this one
I've decided I'm going to put this knife to the test, even though I will still EDC my Manix and Delica 4 Wave ( they're too nice to not carry and use), I will use the 110 for all my cutting chores for the next month, I'm sure it'll pass with flying colors
