Hello everyone. My first post and my first purchase

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GREEKGOD

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Hello everyone,

I'll like to introduce myself and say g'day from down under.

I got interested in knives last night at around 10 pm FOR THE FIRST TIME and guess what I had in possession this afternoon!?!?

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I am not sure what wood it is or what blade. Could you guys throw some light on this?

I think I'll be getting the s30v next.

I am trying to figure out how Paul Bos comes in the picture what what different versions of the 110 could I get.

Thanks for this great forum and hello again

Param.
 
WOW AND WHAT A WAY TO START!! MY PURSE!!!! LOL

I meant first PURCHASE but the stupid iPhone changed it. Any chance of changing the thread title Mods?

Cheers
 
LOL! Welcome to our forum, anyway.
That is a nice purchase. I can't see the blade tang well enough to read the date of manufacture. How is it marked? That will tell us a lot. The scales are either real Macassar Ebony or Macassar Ebony Dymondwood. I am thinking the latter. The blade is probably 420HC. If it is an older knife it could be 425M. In any case it is a nice purchase. My original mid-1960's 110 is still tight and strong, and so is my early 80's 110. They really do hold up well over time.
 
Wow that old and still running? That's unbelievable!!

Thanks for your reply Doc this is what the blade reads
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Greek,

Welcome to the forum. That is the date symbol for 2015.

Bert
 
Cheers Bret,

I thought it to be new .. I just got it from the store so assuming its this year or last years stock. I was wondering what steel grade it is
 
GREEKGOD said:
WOW AND WHAT A WAY TO START!! MY PURSE!!!! LOL
I meant first PURCHASE but the stupid iPhone changed it. Any chance of changing the thread title Mods?
Cheers
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You can edit the title just the same as you can edit your text.....
 
When you can, do some search time here on the 110. There is a whole 'outback' full of info that should answer just about every question you could ask. Also look over the 110 'sticky' thread in the yellow threads of our Buck BF home page.

300Bucks, Moderator
 
GREEKGOD, welcome to "The Buck Forum"! Be sure to check out the Sunday Picture Show so you know what to buy next.
 
That is the same knife that started it all for me about 3 years ago(of course mine is 2012). I've bought spydercos, benchmades, even a sebenza, but it seems to have come full circle for me. My last purchase was a new 110 and I've been carrying it every day since.
 
Welcome to the forum…and very nice looking Buck 110!

I like the grain streak running through the front inlay.

Your blade is 420HC and has Bos heat treat.

You have done a great job for your first post and first thread! :thumbup::thumbup:
 
Paul Bos is the man whose company did the heat treatment on your blade; he and Buck have been working together for decades, and they even have a special arrangement whereby his heat-treating business is located in the Buck factory. Heat treatment is the process of heating a blade to very specific temperatures for very specific lengths of time, then cooling/quenching it as very specific rates and using very specific methods. That process changes the physical and chemical properties of the blade, making it (if done right) harder and tougher. Heat treatment is as important as the type of steel used, and Paul Bos is considered one of the best in the business. The 420HC used in many Buck blades is not an expensive alloy, but Paul Bos gets more out of it than most anyone else in the business, making Buck's standard blades inexpensive but eminently functional. They won't match some of the super steels out there for edge retention, etc., but they're a solid choice for a standard blade.
 
Thanks very much for the info VTer. I understand it now. Just wondering if ALL blades from Buck are treated by Paul Bos or just the select few?
 
300Bucks said:
When you can, do some search time here on the 110. There is a whole 'outback' full of info that should answer just about every question you could ask. Also look over the 110 'sticky' thread in the yellow threads of our Buck BF home page.

300Bucks, Moderator
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Thanks very much 300. Cheers for that.
 
Thanks you very much Jonney, Stumps, edbeau and sadsappy for your warm welcome and direction. Appreciate it.
 
Welcome to the Buck addiction! The 110 is a great way to start out. Soon you'll have added a couple of the fixed blades, and a few of the classic slip joints, like the 301 stockman, and 389 canoe (I highly recommend them both :) )
 
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