Humor me , please .

The 110 and I go back together to the mid-1960's. At that point it was simply in a class by itself for strength and workmanship. At that time the blade was 440C and once you got it sharp held its edge forever compared to other commercial blades on the market. As long as I had that knife it never developed any blade looseness like other folders. It was like comparing a tank to bicycles. I still get misty when I feel the solid snap of a 110 lock engaging.

As I have been exposed to many advanced knives over the years I still marvel at some of the efficiency of the 110 as a using knife. As a hunting knife it is a great size for deer and yet the clip point is fine enough to split the pelvis of a rabbit. I have never had a 110 let me down. The semi-custom versions that Buck provides through Petes custom shop are even better. Getting a stag handle with finger grooves and a BG-42 blade is most fine. I just wish they made a titanium handle model for lighter weight (and made the knife about 3/16-inch thinner).
 
The Buck 110's became very popular within the LE community in the late 60's on up to within the last ten years or so when new designs and steels came onto the scene, at least here in the NE area of the country.

It was favored for it's stengths and overall great design when not much else out there fit the same bill.

I've seen them almost totally destroyed, loose as all hell, and the tips mostly broken off pyring with the knife during duties where thats what they had at the time and so thats what they used for close to 20 yrs.

They can take a lot of hard use and survive. Destined to become a classic if not already accomplished.

There are tougher knives out there for a lot more money but the 110 remains worthy of carry.

Brownie
 
When you're kneeling in a blinding rain storm next to a stone-cold Harley that won't start feverishly stripping wires, a good heavy knife is very re-assuring.
 
Didn't I read somewhere you mentioning you need the 110 on your right hip or the bike doesn't turn/lean the same from muscle memory?

Brownie
 
Once I was walking around somewhere in Mexico city with my girlfriend (now my wife for 25 years) when the strap of her purse came off, there was a rivet on it that wasn´t properly set. I took out my Buck 112 and hammered it in place with the rear bolster, easy, came out fine, the knife didn´t suffer at all (OK, it got a couple of small dents).
 
I still own a Buck 110 that I bought in 1965, not long after it first became available. This knife has been used to do just about everything and knife it's size can do and has come through everything with flying colours. It has been a solid, dependable knife and I recommend it highly. People seem to think very poorly of the steel used for the 110's blade, but it has always worked just fine for me.

Sometime soon I am going to get a damascus/stag version from the Buck Custom Knife Shoppe.
 
My first "real job" was as a fork lift operator in a warehouse. After management hired me, I was turned over to the foreman who directed me to report to work the following week with steel toed boots and a buck 110, and if I needed an advance to purchase them, fine, but don't report without them. I came to love that knife.
 
I bought a 110 in 1996 from the PX at my first duty station in Germany. It came in handy in the field countless times and it looked a lot classier than some of the "tactical folders" that a lot of soldiers were carrying at the time.
 
Yes, Brownie, I said it, curse your memory!

My wife and I went to the Harley 'Emporium' last week. It's one of those new style Harley shops, 'glittering chrome, luke warm cappuccino.'

It looks like the Dyna Glide is back in the mix, with a couple of chrome enhancements and drag bars. (ahem) Perhaps a new exhaust system, street legal of course.

And I already have the Buck 110 sharpened, polished and waiting. As I change into an even crappier pair of blue jeans to go get the new bike, I will undoubtedly slip out the SnG, and slide on the 110 sheath. For this application, I don't think even Mick Strider will mind.
 
Never had a 110 as a youngster growing up but now in my 50's I've collected about 25 of those handsome devils with their variety of available handle materials, blade steels and other special treatments along with a fair share of 112's, 560's, 532's and even a 535. One of my EDC's is the 110 and I just love it's weight, solidness and blade shape...just feels good sitting on your hip! I used to have a pair of glasses that one of those little screws came loose on. The 110 was used to tighten it until I finally replaced that frame. Most use my 110 receives though, is cutting up all those cardboard boxes that all my other knives arrive in!
 
The 110 to me is a "tweener". Between a folder and fixed blade. It's much beefier than you average folder. A tool you can use on real tough, fixed blade type jobs and know it will handle it.
When you wear it in your belt sheath it doesn't alarm the sheeple like a fixed does, because they don't see a blade print. And you rarely feel it on your belt, whereas with a fixed you sometimes do (especially when sitting).
IMO, with a 110 you rarely need a fixed blade knife.
 
The 110 was an original fighting folder / road tool for the Hell's Angels back when it first came out. Remember seeing 110s carried by many Angels while growing up in San Jose and roving around the Bay Area.

Cops, likewise, gained an appreciation for the 110 as a duty knife and it held its place on many duty belts for many years.

In SF we used to give 110s to operators when they were leaving the team, or Group, for whatever reason. These were normally engraved with their ranks, names, ODA number, or a particular mission or specialty. I still have mine from ODA 13, 3/7 (Panama). Also as graduation gifts from service schools and such. They were and are highly valued and part of SF traditional history.

I don't see the 110 in Army PXs much. Mostly the synthetic handle models. However, the Coast Guard BX carries 110s as common item and that's pretty cool.

There are leather speed sheathes available for the 110 (have one). They work great.

When properly manufactured by Buck these are workhorse folders with great history behind them. Perhaps not as fancy or high speed as many of today's tactical folders, but certainly a well cared for 110 will do a wide variety of tasks, to include self defense, and become a favored carry knife and one to hand down to the next generation.

GW
 
The only 110 I ever had went to a friend who needed a good knife for his duty belt. I carried it myself for several of my younger years when bigger meant better.:rolleyes: Now I have a 560 to take it's place as my "big" folder.

Paul
 
Despite the plethora of LM Waves and Supertools around nowadays. A buck 110 is still the most common knife I see on belts on offshore oil rigs. I've seen plenty that have been sharpened down to a sliver.
 
I carried a 110 in my late teens, early twenties. Always liked them. I still have 2 or 3. The one that means the most is the one that my father gave me. He bought it back in '67, and it has a few stories to tell, I'm sure...
 
I liked the 110 in my younger days because it was very well made working knife. Strong and durable, decent blade-steel, and reliable locking mechanism--everything you need in a folder.

But as I learned more about knives and used various different knives more, I discovered that the Buck 110 does have plenty of faults:

It's extremely heavy, weighing as much as many multi-tools. It's natural to equate weight with strength, but with carbon fiber, titanium, Micarta, hardened aluminum, and G-10, you can have strength without that much weight.

The blade-steel on the basic model is nothing to rave about.

The blade is just a little too thick IMHO for easy slicing.

It has no thumb-hole or thumb-stud.

The Buck 110 is a classic but it is somewhat outdated.

With knives like Spyderco's Military and Police models, I really can't recommend the Buck 110.

Allen.
 
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