Has anyone seen a blade like this before on a Buck 110?

Capk3

Capk3

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I am a newbie to the forum, but I was wondering... does the tip/front part of this blade looks different from most Buck 110's ? Looks like an older two-dot model.
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CAP,

It looks like it was ground down. What is the blade length?

Bert
 
bertl said:
CAP,

It looks like it was ground down. What is the blade length?

Bert
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Agree, definitely ground down quite a bit. My guess is that it was broken tip that was re-shaped. The experts will let you know soon.
 
I have one that's a different tip because I broke the tip off and reground it. It looks like it's the same era as your Buck with the two dots on either side of the blade mark. Same thing probably happened to yours.
 
The owner was definitely repairing a broken tip. At least, that's what it looks like to me.
 
I see 110's with broke tips and the subsequent redo jobs around at shows and pawn shops. I've owned a 110 for over 20 years and I've never done that. So, I can't understand how or why someone does that to their 110. DM
 
Poor little fella. At least they ground from the spine side. I see a lot of them where people will bring the edge up instead of taking it down from the spine. If you go from the edge up, you'll end up with the point sticking out of a closed knife.

The only hing with getting a reblade is you'll loose the 440c steel. I think that could be smoothed out on a belt sander and still look quite "knice" :)
 
I wouldn't rework one to look like this ^. It's just too ugly for my taste. I have done them and I'll try to save the belly. By curving the bottom up toward the top, ever so slightly to not thicken the edge. It will thicken up any way and this may thinned back with some hollow grinding. Then if the point protrudes above the blade well, I'll mod that in, starting well back on the clip. Giving it a gentler slope to the point. It looks soo much better. DM
 
I have a 110 about the same vintage from a garage sale. It was abused (atoned, tip broken off). I reshaped the blade to a drop point and put new wood in the handles. I ground down the spine a bit more than yours to get rid of the swedge.

One of my favorites now.

Ric
 
I have a mid-1980's 110 that looks similar too. I think I paid $9 for it at a flea market mostly because the wood scales are pretty nice.
If you look at it like I did, as a user, it still has quite a bit of useable life left in it.
 
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