handle material for 112's & 110's

If memory serves, the scales are normally pressure stabilized, laminated and stained Obeeche wood.
 
A.P.F. said:
If memory serves, the scales are normally pressure stabilized, laminated and stained wood.
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that is correct !! [of course you knew that .. ;)]
now if it is not normal or the knife is an old issue...
older knives used ebony a lot.. thgey also used solid obeeche
some times segua wood was used for a short time and is rare..
some newer knives have used oak, walnut and cherry..
custom shop knives can have other woods depending on what is in stock like iron wood ..
some times employees of buck brought in differing woods and had it put on their knives these are real odd but some times do pop up...
leather has been inlayed of late on a 110...
and the there are all sorts of non wood inlays that have been used!

of note :
i noted that the people at buck use the term inlay mostly ... but some times use scales...
so reacently i asked another knife maker about the correct use of terms.. inlay and scales..

on any knife that has a lower set point on the frame as in were the materal would be flush with part of the frame then inlay is correct.. tho scales could also apply if it is a bare headed knife {the rear bolster shaved }
scales are on top of a frame and that term applys even if a seperat part is riveted to the frame to be even with the scale as on most slip joints...
of course that is jest what was said to me...

i think we could hope Bernard Levine drops in and offers his thoughts on that subject... heck i will ask him...
 
And there ya are! Right from one of the foremost 110 collectors around. Thanks, Dave, especially about the definitions of 'scales'. :thumbup:
 
A.P.F. said:
And there ya are! Right from one of the foremost 110 collectors around. Thanks, Dave, especially about the definitions of 'scales'. :thumbup:
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wow thanks for the alacades but i am realy jest a baby collector...
there are many that have more extensive and better put together collections then i ...
i only got lucky none were there when i won novice award..

oh yes and i dont know if i am correct or not yet!!! Mr. Levine has not answered yet..
the way that guy in fla explained it to me seemed logical but logic is not always correct and as Cougar said :
Cougar Allen said:
Some knives really do have inlays. Saying a knife has inlays when it doesn't would strike me as deceptive advertising.
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so i am wateing on Mr. Levine's thoughts ... he has been at this so long that i would not so much think of disagreeing with him then that i can still run a 7 min mile:eek:
 
Slight change of subject on handle materials, but I wish Buck offered the 110 with OD G-10 handles again. Only this time with BG-42, etc instead of 425M like it had in the past. Hint, hint to the Custom Shop. Maybe if enough of us request one, we can talk them into a run of these. Sound off if this sounds good.
 
ssss said:
Slight change of subject on handle materials, but I wish Buck offered the 110 with OD G-10 handles again. Only this time with BG-42, etc instead of 425M like it had in the past. Hint, hint to the Custom Shop. Maybe if enough of us request one, we can talk them into a run of these. Sound off if this sounds good.
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:cool::thumbup:yea babby ya got my vote!! :D;):D;)
 
A.P.F. said:
And there ya are! Right from one of the foremost 110 collectors around. Thanks, Dave, especially about the definitions of 'scales'. :thumbup:
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well we are all right!!!
bernard_levine said:
The closest thing to a 'correct' name is covers, or handle covers. Scale was originally synonymous with liner. (bold and under line added)
The purpose of language is to communicate clearly, so as long as a term conveys the same meaning to the receiver as was intended by the sender, it works.
BRL...
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so as long as the other knows what we mean!!!
pays to ask! tell you know you dont know..
 
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