Leroy Built First Two Salesman Samples Vern Taylor's

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I saw these go up for sale last night and now this morning see that they vended for $1500. Halvies. The first Salesman Samples had open 1/2. A 112 and a 110. They went quick.
 
The 110 liner is drilled out for the old four pin configuration.

I've taken a couple 3 pin two dots apart that still had the four pin holes in the liners.

These are nice Buck history! Thanks for posting the photo. :)
 
Yes, they all had those number of holes in the frame. It had to do with the mfg. process that the holes were needed and put in for holding the piece. So, later Buck thought--- we'll put pins in all of them. A convenient route toward holding on the handle material. (a Joe Houser paraphrase). DM
 
Just back from a gun show in Hillsboro = dry hole.

When I saw these samplers I fired off two questions (unanswered and too late now):
1. Chain of title: Factory, Vern Taylor and then ?
2. Certificate of authenticity: Is there one or can there be one?

I am curious as to how many owners these two went thru so far. I wonder if anyone knows the whole story. And in 50 years a cert. of Auth. would come in handy to answer the "how full of shite" question put to the current owner.

I am positive that I saw a halvie 112 at the 25th in the lunchroom scramble. It was spendy and I didn't recognize it as a salesman's sample then. My loss as it was available when it was my turn as I recall. Who took it home I wonder? It looked perfect.
 
Taken from the ad. Courtesy of Remer/Stone:

"This is a very rare vintage Buck 110 Folding Hunter and Buck 112 Ranger demonstrator or salesman sample. This is one of the first samples built at Buck. This set was built by Leroy Remer for Vern Taylor one of Buck Knives first sales reps. These knives pre date the knives with clear Plexiglas sides. These were carried by Buck sales reps to show customers the inner workings of the Buck 110. The problem with this design was that the reps were cutting themselves. So Buck started putting the clear Plexiglas on one side to solve the problem. This is one of the rarest sets that exist and is very historic since Vern Taylor the founder of the Buck Knife Collectors Club used these on his sales trips. The 110 and 112 come with their original box and sheath. The knife, sheath, and, box do show wear from being carried and demonstrated by a Buck sales rep."
 
I'm relatively new to knives, and obviously a Buck fan so these pictures are really amazing to me. I never really knew what the inside of the locking mechanism looked like.

Thanks !!
 
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