Having a 112 or a 110 Buck knife rebladed?

There was also this one.

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Dave, Those Alaskan Statehood models are hard to find. A good one. Perhaps after discussing it the club will bring out another variation of it. DM
 
Plumberdv, that green handle is beautiful. How did you happen, across such a beauty? I've never seen one like that.
Clay
 
claymoore said:
Plumberdv, that green handle is beautiful. How did you happen, across such a beauty? I've never seen one like that.
Clay
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That's one Buck idea that didn't make it for long. It's a liner lock based on the 110 that was made in '97 and '98. There weren't too many made. Here's a quote from 2004 by Joe Houser regarding them. Larry Oden said that they were very difficult to produce and ended up being nearly hand made. I have two of them and I believe that I bought both from forum members.

"I checked and we made just over 300 of them in 1997 and 1998. Larry is correct in that they were practically handmade. The original sales flyer shows a plastic thumbstud but we ended up using a knurled screw on type. They were all supposed to be engraved "Limited Production 1997" but most were shipped without the engraving.
A great find!"
 
I figured it was hard to find. You take very good care of it. I'm going to put that one on my "to find " list lol. thanks
Clay
 
claymoore said:
I figured it was hard to find. You take very good care of it. I'm going to put that one on my "to find " list lol. thanks
Clay
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Here's some data that I have on file. There seems to be a couple of small discrepancies when compared with Joe's statements, but overall I think it's pretty accurate. One thing wrong is the sheath description. Mine are both new in the box and have brown sheaths with Buck on the flap, not black with the triangle logo as he states here.

"110LL(liner lock)

-manufactured in 1997 only

-the brain child of WBC

-just under 350 produced

-nickel silver frame(only the prototypes had brass frames)

-NO finger grooves

-blue/green scales

-a limited production(not a limited edition) piece

-the first, and only true spear point 110 variant

-the first, and only 110 variant to come with a one finger thumb opener(O.A.B.)

-approximately, the first 100 had "Limited Production 1997" etched/engraved into the left side of the blade. these specimens also had the 110 with the upside down U(1997) tang stamp. 420HC blade steel for sure. these specimens HAVE the standard nail nick.

-they are NOT serialized! NO _______ of # produced

-approximately, the last 250 have NO etching/engraving on the blade whatsoever. these specimens, also sport the older old English "Buck" tang stamp with NO year code stamped into the tang. it is rumored these knives were produced with an old batch of 425M blades; hence the old English stamp and lack of year code. these specimens do NOT have a nail nick.

-the 110LL came in the long, black box. the box has a sticker on one end flap, and one on the box bottom(2 total) denoting it as a 110LL.

-knife came with the O.A.B. installed.

-a small allen wrench was included in the box in a zip lip bag. this is for removal and installation of the O.A.B.

-included sheath is the standard production 110 black sheath with the triangular mountain range logo with triple stamped snap(silver or gold).

-paperwork is the standard production 110 paperwork. one piece with the gold/brown bars above and below the Buck logo. NO special paperwork or C.O.A. was included."

A few photos to show the construction of them.

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That's a really nice looking blade profile. I would to see it in person.

I was somewhat disappointed in the actual shape of my 486, which has some similar lines. But the 486 has a false edge in the top and the effect is to make the blade very angular looking.

But I like the look of the blade on that liner lock.
 
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