Help me identify an old 110

schiesz

schiesz

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So, I was at my grandfather's house today, and brought my sharpmaker to touch up his dull kitchen knives. I remembered from when I was a kid that he had a nice old fixed blade buck, and went to find it after I finished the kitchen knives. Before I found the fixed blade (its a 102, according to the sheath) I ran into two old folding hunters. The newer one had one dot on either side of the 110, so I knew it was 1974-1980 from the buck website. The other appears older, and all I know for sure is that it is not a 1st version, and that its from 1973 or before. I brought the old one home to snap some pictures to see if you guys could help me identify it. I left the other 110 and the 102 for more investigation later.











Thanks for whatever help you can give me. My grandfather was only mildly supprised that the newer 110 was about as old as I am. He is not sure how much longer he has had this one.

And one last thing, as you can see in one of the pics the blade does not close all the way. Is this something I can (or should) fix? Can Buck fix this without replacing any parts, and would I even want them to do so if they could?

schiesz
 
as far as the blade not closing, try washing it out under warm running water and cleaning inside with a toothbrush, and q-tip to rake out anything that could be preventing it from closing all the way
 
The closing problem is related to the spring tension of the lock. It WILL close, but pops back out to the closed position shown in the picture.

schiesz
 
...I'm thinkin' that with the brass spacer and the inverted Buck USA stamp and the 2 inlay rivets, it's from about 1970...the exposed stainless rocker rivet just about clinches the year. It looks like it's in pretty good shape and Muskratman is right about giving it a good cleaning. That just might be all it needs to close up nice and tight again but the spring may also be a bit weakened as well...Nice knife...:thumbup:
 
schiesz said:
And one last thing, as you can see in one of the pics the blade does not close all the way. Is this something I can (or should) fix? Can Buck fix this without replacing any parts, and would I even want them to do so if they could?

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Nice knife schiesz.

Buck would definately be able to fix it although I'm not sure if that would affect collector value. I don't think that a documented factory repair would hurt the value as long as it's not a major replacement like a new blade or something. Do any real collectors on here have an opinion?? :confused:
 
Thats a nice old 110! :) Yup, I would say its from about 1970 for all the points mentioned above.
Usually, when they don't close all the way, if it is not dirt, it is either that the rocker is bent or that the spring has lost its spring.
You really should send it in because it is not safe like that. If it is a bent rocker, we will have to replace the rocker. If it is a bad spring, we replace that.
Some of the older ones can not be repaired but if yours is from 1970, we should be able to take care of it for you.
 
Thanks for the post Joe. After taking a closer look at it, you are correct, it does have a bent rocker. I will be sending it in for repair.

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