how/why did you get your first 110?

I was talking about Schrade knives on the Schrade forums, and some one said the Buck 110 looked like a Schrade LB7. :):):)
I had never seen a Buck 110, and asked what dose a 110 looked like?
About 4 weeks later a small box arrived in my mail box, with a note saying:
"This NIB knife. is a Buck 110."
I love collecting knives and the people that collect them.
 
koldgold said:
I was talking about Schrade knives on the Schrade forums, and some one said the Buck 110 looked like a Schrade LB7. :):):)
I had never seen a Buck 110, and asked what dose a 110 looked like?
About 4 weeks later a small box arrived in my mail box, with a note saying:
"This NIB knife. is a Buck 110."
I love collecting knives and the people that collect them.
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LB7 looks like a 110. The 110 came first. :)
(I have both, and a 7OT)
 
David38Super said:
My first Buck 110. I think I have an interesting story. November 1977, I was 17 years old, working at a gas station, it was about 9pm. A man rode into the station on a Harly-Davidson. He was dressed in leather from head to toe, long hair and beard. He was probably only 20 years old or so, but I remember he was intimidating. He climbed off the motorcycle and walked towards me. I was sweeping the parking lot at the time. As he came near me he reached to his right hip, and pulled a knife. I froze, at first I thought he was going to rob me, right when I was about to run, he handed me the knife. It was a Buck 110. I had wanted one for as long as I could remember. The Biker told me that he didn't have any cash, and how much gas could he get for the knife. My mind was spinning, I knew a new Buck 110 cost $24.95. On my salary I couldn't afford to give him that much gas. Any amount of gas I gave him, I would have to put the cash in the till. The Biker solved my dilemma for me. He said he would take $5.00 worth of gas for the knife. I said OK. He filled his tank with $5.00 worth of gas, and climbed back on his bike. He started his Harley and put her in gear. All of a sudden he turned the motorcycle off, and walked back over to me. I was still holding the Buck Knife in both hands like a precious heirloom. I thought here it comes, he's going to take the knife back. I knew it was to good to be true. He reached back to his right hip, and pulled off the leather sheath for the knife. He handed me the sheath and said "I almost forgot this." The Biker rode off into the night, and I think I stood in that one spot for a full minute. I finally went into the office to examine my prize. It was a brand new Buck 110 and Sheath. I became an auto mechanic, and I carried that Buck 110 for 10 years. I have always kept the blade sharpened to a razor edge. I used to clean the handle with crocus cloth, so now it is nicely rounded. I've broken the tip of the blade 3 times, prying things with it, I had to reshape it. The brass has dings in it from me using it to tap in stubborn bolts. It was always a tool to me. I never babied it. It never let me down. 39 years have passed. Now I own over 100 knives. Including other Buck 110's. And that smooth old worn Buck 110 is still my favorite.
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This was a old thread but this has got to be the most ....
I don't know what but wow what a story!
The book on the 110 got side lined but if it ever happens this story will be in it!!!!
 
When I was in my early 20s I had my first real job and started taking an interest in guns and set myself up to save up for my first handgun. My parents always taught me to work hard for the things I wanted and to take care of the things we worked hard for. I decided to layaway a Smith & Wesson Centennial 38 special revolver and was paying it off slowly every week. A few months passed and the day I went into that gun shop to make the last payment my eye caught a few knives on the bottom glass shelf that were marked down and on sale. Sitting there was a Buck 110 with it's yellow box and leather sheath. I don't remember what it was priced at but I asked if I could see it and an employee took it out and explained to me that it was marked down because the box had been damaged but that the knife and sheath were in perfect condition.

As I looked it over I instantly fell in love with the shape and heft. I decided to take it home along with my the 38 Spl. revolver. So at 22 I bought my first handgun and my first real knife. I'm 37 now and that knife is still with me. I've used it to gut fish, clean/pelt rabbits, carve wood. I can't remember all it's been used for but one of the odd jobs I do remember was using it to cut and replace drywall to repair a damaged wall. I've also used my 110 for removing old caulking while remodeling a bath room. When I was in my 20s I didn't know much about different steels or anything about 420hc but this 110 has always held an excellent edge. It's going on 15 years and I have only had to touch up and resharpen it a few times. I own two of them now (had to get a 50th anniversary one). ... and I'm hoping to get a custom 110 in the next year.

 
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I always carried an Uncle Henry folding hunter. My father in law looked at it one day like I was carrying a shrunken head. He told me I needed a 110 but needed one from the 70s. I got one in a pawn shop one day. It was the hardest thing to sharpen I had ever seen. I almost have up. That deer season he killed a buck I killed a doe a buddy killed a buck, all were cleaned and quartered with my 110. Still sharp I cleaned and quartered a hog with it. That time I beat the 110 through the hogs breast bone with the uncle Henry. It left gouges in the Uncle Henry. Finally it needed sharpened. I gave it to someone needing a good knife and have never owned a knife better at holding an edge . Including another 110. Any knife you can clean and quarter 3 deer with before a sharpening is worth 10 times the price of a 110 yet for some reason 110s are 1/4 the price of other knives...that's why I love em
 
Gift from my from my wife,finger groove,4 dot... Still use it for hunting,small game,deer ect.. Blade is wore down a good bit,broke the tip off in a big bucks pelvic bone 15+ years ago but reshaped it slowly keeping it cool and was good to go...
 
Well, I got my first Buck 110 sometime in the beginning of last year after I started to see it on Tv and a few YouTube Videos made by people like, Cutlerylover and others, It was a little pricy compared to what i'm used to, but I saved up for about, 6 months in 2014 and I bought my Buck knife, so far it's built 2 tree forts and sharpened to many pencils to count, I've used it to dig holes and even used it as a chisel a few times, even after all the abuse it has only the left to right blade play that it came with and i've sharpened it only 3-4 times on a stone and once on a kitchen knife sharpener when I couldn't find said stone, i've been very happy with it, but, I have been wanting to carry it a little more and want to put on a pocket clip from one of my (many) other knives, but would that void the Buck Forever Warranty? I know that the abuse wont help with the warranty but if something DOSE happen I don't want them to decline fixing it because of something as silly as a Pocket Clip, if any of you know the answer to this it would be much appreciated
, Thank You
 
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