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pinnah said:
What is the typical cost of a "spa treatment"?
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$6.95 and they'll buff bolsters, wood and blade. Resharpen blade to factory edge and even includes return shipping. I ask you....can you find a better deal?

Well maybe, $10 for a reblade-they buff and return ship as well.

What a company:D
 
Balislinger said:
A question for the Buck collectors: Wouldn't a "spa" treatment that polishes up the brass bolsters reduce the value and collectability of a vintage knife? I mean, for most collectible knives, the patina on the brass should be consistent with the age of the piece. Collectors generally want in as original condition as possible. Now straightening the blade and all that, I get. But why try to make a vintage collectible look like new? Unless it's just not worth much and you plan to use it anyways. Just curious
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Patina is almost entirely irrelevant on 110s and 112s.

It's assumed that most owners touch their knife up with some Brasso fairly regularly.......which totally clouds the issue of patina.

Now.....if a collector happens to like patina, he'd probably have to look hard for knives that have never been touched.....not many of those around and I never hear any complaints about it.

Check the selling prices on e-Bay and you find the gleaming knives usually get higher prices.

:)
 
Yeah... The world of Buck 110/112 collecting is strange... people don't seem to care about patina.
 
Balislinger said:
A question for the Buck collectors: Wouldn't a "spa" treatment that polishes up the brass bolsters reduce the value and collectability of a vintage knife? I mean, for most collectible knives, the patina on the brass should be consistent with the age of the piece. Collectors generally want in as original condition as possible. Now straightening the blade and all that, I get. But why try to make a vintage collectible look like new? Unless it's just not worth much and you plan to use it anyways. Just curious
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Legitimate question for sure and like BG42 and pukkaman elude to, it seems different with 110's and 112's, maybe just because of the sheer number of them out there. You wouldnt do that to a Hoyt Buck lucite handled fixed blade or barel nut 100 series I wouldnt suppose(though one might). A rare, rare 110 like a 1st or 2nd version may be kept as found. Another reason is that patina returns quite quickly on the brass frames, so if patina one wants, patina one may have. The last reason, in my mind, is that the nature of the frame/handle construction and the nature of the spa process itself, makes it entirely possible for the knife with small imperfections to have them eliminated with no evidence of reworking. Since the process of spa and the original finish process are pretty much the same, I feel it can be considered mint condition(many may disagree).
 
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