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Help needed with BP110 scales...

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aza77

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Just wondering if anyone has an answer and some advice on this...

I just got a BP110 and washed it under hot water with soap to get all the residue out of it and make it open and close smoothly. Now, I'm not exactly sure, but I think that the scales look a lot less glossy now. On the regular 110, this never happened to me as I'm assuming it's because those scales are impregnated with resin.

Are the rosewood scales the same or do they absorb water? Does this cause the shine to wear off? And if so, is there a way to get them back to their original glossiness? Have any of you had this happen by washing?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help...
 
I can't help you much, but the scales on my 110 BP have been pretty durable.... washed dozens of times and still look great.
 
I have a BP CPM154 laying here in front of me that looks no different than it did when I bought it. It gutted and skinned a whitetail back before Thanksgiving and went through the hot water washing and brushing thing.

Like I said...looks no different.

I have washed my 110's in hot soapy water for years and years with no ill effect.

But, if that sorry old finish has dulled down on ya, I will be glad to send this shiny new Founders 110 your way and swap ya for that yucky dull one... :D:D

Always glad to help a Buck brother ... :thumbup::D
 
hummm,,, on a more serious note.... I wonder if yours had some oil residue/coating on it. Did it seem "oily" before you washed it?or a little slick??

I just put a drop of light oil on mine and it shined it up some. Rubbed most of it off, but it is headed to the sink for another washing now. Too slick to play with.
 
A little Johnson's furniture wax should restore the finish. As an alternative, light buffing with a buffing wheel should accomplish the same thing.
 
Richard...if I don't have access to a buffing wheel, is there another way I could buff it using household items?
 
I find a lot of the buck 110 scales do it,most of the custom shop wood does ,and my alaskan guide 110 did also.The standard run 110 with regular scales seems to be ok.I think it has to do with the wood the use myself,its not really rosewood,just a laminate,why do they call it rosewood?Same as my cocabola 119,its not coca,its also laminate?They should use the right name for the wood ,anyway,try some furniture oil on the scales,or mineral oil.

I have an old 2 dot that has seen many seasons in the woods,scales still look like new,its the really dark wood without much grain,maybe walnut or something.,
 
Razor...

So the rosewood is actually a rosewood laminate? Is it like the obeche with multiple layers of resin impregnated wood?

Thanks :)
 
aza77 said:
Razor...

So the rosewood is actually a rosewood laminate? Is it like the obeche with multiple layers of resin impregnated wood?

Thanks :)
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I am not even sure if its rosewood laminate,maybe colored wood laminate that looks like rosewood?I know for sure its not solid wood ,but some type of lamminate,same as their custom shop walnut,cherrywood etc,all laminates.
 
RAZORBLADES said:
I am not even sure if its rosewood laminate,maybe colored wood laminate that looks like rosewood?I know for sure its not solid wood ,but some type of lamminate,same as their custom shop walnut,cherrywood etc,all laminates.
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Razorblades

I'd be curious to hear from Joe or hangem on that... modern laminates are better in some ways than stock wood; less likely to warp or split. It may explain why they don't hold a finish as well. I thought there was a guide posted about the different scales used on the 110/112 through the various years

For example, just as you are asking -- are the rosewood or cocobola (I've seen both names used) handles for the fixed blades a solid, or laminate wood?
 
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