Longer chamfer on 110's

chickentrax

chickentrax

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Does anyone else think a "retro" blade for the 110 would be *very* cool??? A return to the old style...

I toyed around with a spare Idaho blade to see what could be done with a post-production blade...



It's not as pretty as the old long-chamfered blades...but I think it would look better than the present profile...not as strong, but does anyone really pull nails out of their tires with a buck 110??? :confused:

The nail nick gets in the way of any serious grinding...otherwise, maybe we could get a real sabre blade... :)

(Edit: The bottom blade is un-modified)
 
One of the reasons I like the finger groove versions of the current 110 is because it's profile more closely resembles the older versions. I would love to see Buck bring back the old blade as well as the old body style. Perhaps they could offer it as a limited edition.

As far as your modification...I think you're on the right trak...chicken trak that is. :D :D
 
Was thinking that I really like the looks of the 112 blade from the early days...and it looks like that nail nick is almost gone...what about removing it altogether??? when you put the false edge on the clip, would it eliminate the nick? Just a thought...and I don't have many of them that I can put in here:rolleyes:. Preston
 
...I like it too Trax...One thing I've always noticed with myself is that I NEVER stick my nail in the nick to open a 110...I grab it with my forefinger and thumb and it's open. I wouldn't let that nick prevent ya from grindin' away...:D
 
pjsjr said:
Was thinking that I really like the looks of the 112 blade from the early days...
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I have an early 112 and the profile is the same as the later 112's...or do you mean the absence of the nail nick???

and it looks like that nail nick is almost gone...what about removing it altogether??? when you put the false edge on the clip...
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Alas, I have no way of putting a flase edge on it...I probably could remove it altogether, sort of a sabre blade, but the radius might look funny...I'll have to experiment on a broken blade and see what it looks like...

...But the good folks at Buck could certainly offer the long nosed style as a custom option...
 
Trax...I mean the absence of the nail nick, sorry:o .

How did you take the steel down as far as you have?

I "re-did" a 103 that I picked up at a gun show and used a hand file...coarse at first, then fine and finally with sandpaper...it did take time and effort but I'm satisfied with the results.

The good folks at Buck could offer alot of options...but don't know if I could afford them:eek:. Preston
 
Great start and I agree with others that it would be even more radical if you took it back even more and got rid of the nik all together. Make it more like what a slipjoint collector would call a Turkish clip. You could then add a thumb stud, ambi for all us southpaws please, and you would have a whole new knife, like no other. The blade will be really light so put it in a 560 handle and you have a whole new take on the Bucklite.
 
pjsjr said:
How did you take the steel down as far as you have?
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Very cheaply... ;)

I bought a 12" dia. cutting blade for an electric grinder [$6.47]; mounted it on a 5/8" x 8" bolt with two nuts & washers, plus two plastic washers [not really necessary; just paranoid], and chucked it in my Chinese lathe/mill. Clamped the blade in a mill vise, ran it up the the disk, eyeballed it & adjusted the angle, and started it up. Took off ~.005" - .010" per cut. Took about an hour to grind, plus time setting everything up.

Rube Goldberg lives!!! :D

BTW: There is still about 1/16" between the grind and the nail nick.

This will be going in a nice 2-pin frame that a member was gracious enough to sell me. :)
 
WilltheBarb said:
...it would be even more radical if you took it back even more and got rid of the nik all together...
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I'm going to try that on a junk blade [big edge chip]. Edit: No, I'm not. I just set it up, and by taking the nail nick out, there is not much blade left ahead of the nick, and it would be way too thin and fragile (way more than the one in the pic).
 
howdy 'trax
do you have a belt sander?
with it you can false edge it ealsy!
takes a good 'eye ball' and cordation but is worthe the time...
or hay do like the liner lock!it is not falsed edged ...
 
334dave said:
do you have a belt sander?...
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I'm guessing youre talking about what I used to call a "ribbon sander"...2"x72" belt with a little shelf to hold the blades...No, I don't...and can't afford one for a while... :(
 
nope not ribbon...
i do wood work and have a 4" by 21" craftsman belt sander
has a 2.5" front roller and back drive
i lock the triger and it is on its side in a frame and the front roller is vertical
you can get grits from 80 to 400
works great for some things
has some limations but lots fo power...
BE carefull this is not a aprived use nor did i say you should use it like this :
only that - i do.
i got the idear when i was sanding rough wood and come on a ole iron edge in a pieace of wood and it sanded it fine...
i have used this to shape and round off ends of some steel but not always and not a lot as it is rough on the belts as they are not designed for metal... so you can not hog it like wood have used it to freshen up ax and mower blades tho and works great at that!!! also to flaten plaining irons and such..
 
I'd bet that Dave was not talking about 2 x 72 grinder...he was talking about a hand held sander that uses a belt 3 x 18, or there abouts. You could use the rounded part on the sander to put that false edge, but...

Trax, the more I look at that top blade the more I like it. Anxious to see it in that frame...get to work:D. I'll wait for the BCCI 110 in March and see how I'd like a 110 without a nail nick. Nuff musing for me. Great work Trax and thanks again for taking the time to post and inform here. Preston
 
334dave said:
i do wood work and have a 4" by 21" craftsman belt sander...
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Oh, yeah - I do have one of those. But I don't have the skill or patience to try to put a bevel on a curved surface, and make it look straight... :rolleyes:
 
pjsjr said:
I'll wait for the BCCI 110 in March and see how I'd like a 110 without a nail nick...
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But that's a drop-point... :confused:

I also got a 1 3/8" dovetail cutter (with the cutting disk order); I'll be adding nail nicks to my 112's with the 442 blades this weekend... ;)
 
chickentrax said:
But that's a drop-point... :confused:
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I know...but if Buck won't do it and you won't do it...I'll just wait...so there.:p Preston
 
pjsjr said:
Trax, the more I look at that top blade the more I like it. Anxious to see it in that frame...get to work:D. I'll wait for the BCCI 110 in March and see how I'd like a 110 without a nail nick... Preston
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here is a conventunel 110 blade sans nail nick
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here is a drop point like club knife with nail nick
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nice?
 
Dave,
You have some really nice looking knives. ;) :thumbup: That's the perfect blade for the 560. That bottom one is a 501 with stag scales? Mike
 
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