How did the traditional American use the Buck 112?

Ironbut said:
My Mom told me a long time ago, "When an old person dies, it's like a library burned down. All that information is lost." She told me that way before there were computers or the internet. Back when people actually had to know stuff. Today, everybody walks around with all the information in the world available to them on the smart phone, that they're never without, yet I've never seen so many stupid people in my life.
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You're reminding me of when I was a little kid asking my grandmother what the "thing" was in the corner of the kitchen. It was their first icebox fridge. At the time as a kid I had no idea people used to get a chunk of ice to put in a rack to keep food chilled. I've read more about it now but at the time I couldn't fathom not having electricity. She went on to tell me about having to change out leather washers in the pump handle to get water and spreading straw around in the winter to keep warm. We may not have a perfect society but we've massively shifted the bar on how we define poverty these days. I doubt anyone here has recently been sweeping the dirt floor to keep the dirt floor clean...
 
I bought my 112 new back in 83 I think. I carried it all the time every where. When I was in the Merchant Marines it was my only knife and got well used. I still have and carry it when I working in the garage. Its been reground a time or three. I used to cut valve packing with it by hitting the spine with a small sledge hammer to make a clean cut. Here's what it looks like now. I would kinda like to get it re-bladed but once the team at Buck sees it they may choose to put it out of its misery, I'm the only one who is going to do that.

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donnord said:
I bought my 112 new back in 83 I think. I carried it all the time every where. When I was in the Merchant Marines it was my only knife and got well used. I still have and carry it when I working in the garage. Its been reground a time or three. I used to cut valve packing with it by hitting the spine with a small sledge hammer to make a clean cut. Here's what it looks like now. I would kinda like to get it re-bladed but once the team at Buck sees it they may choose to put it out of its misery, I'm the only one who is going to do that.

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If you choose to do the Spa/reblade it will come back looking like it did when you took it out of the box in 83!!
Just saying. 🍻
John 😁
 
I dunno one scale is cracked and the hinge pin looks like it may have moved. There a little bit of blade wobble too, she's a tough old bird.
 
donnord said:
I bought my 112 new back in 83 I think. I carried it all the time every where. When I was in the Merchant Marines it was my only knife and got well used. I still have and carry it when I working in the garage. Its been reground a time or three. I used to cut valve packing with it by hitting the spine with a small sledge hammer to make a clean cut. Here's what it looks like now. I would kinda like to get it re-bladed but once the team at Buck sees it they may choose to put it out of its misery, I'm the only one who is going to do that.

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I can’t speak for the team at Buck but based on what I’ve seen and read about knives sent to the Spa, they would probably replace the cracked scale but they would also leave it as is if you requested that.

A new blade wouldn’t be a problem at all for them and I have never heard of the Spa team putting a knife out its misery. Not saying it never happens. Just that I’ve never heard of it. Especially if it’s against the customer’s wishes.
 
Thanks for that repl Railsplitter. My statement was based on many companies will just send you a new knife if it is too much hassle to repair the old one. Good to know that Buck will leave the character marks in place. The "put it out of its misery" was a lame attempt at comedy. I will likely send to them in the next few months.
 
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