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Hi folks-
I'm a new member - got bitten by the knife collecting bug recently and have been picking up some Buck 110's and 102's. I recently ordered a Chairman 110 through Amazon and was disappointed in the disparity between the two scales. The back scale (signature side) is a nice pinkish piece of stabilized cherry. The front scale (Buck anvil side) looks like a chocolatey-brown piece of plastic. Although from an edge-on view I can see some wood grain, the face of the front only shows scratches from the manufacturing process. It is very brown. And very glossy.
I read through some mismatched-scale threads in the forum and some people have proposed that this is part of the interest of collecting, akin to finding a double-struck penny, but I have to disagree. The fit and finish on this knife are otherwise absolutely superb. So why mismatched scales? I do a fair amount of woodworking and I totally understand that that wood is a natural product and exhibits a range of values in many properties. But part of building to a high standard should be in the selection of the parts going into the piece.
I'll be returning it to Amazon and looking for one at a nearby shop that I can look at before buying. That would be my normal procedure but I had a gift card to use.... Ah well.
Any comments?
I'm going to try put images below, but if they don't appear or sized incorrectly, my apologies.
I'm a new member - got bitten by the knife collecting bug recently and have been picking up some Buck 110's and 102's. I recently ordered a Chairman 110 through Amazon and was disappointed in the disparity between the two scales. The back scale (signature side) is a nice pinkish piece of stabilized cherry. The front scale (Buck anvil side) looks like a chocolatey-brown piece of plastic. Although from an edge-on view I can see some wood grain, the face of the front only shows scratches from the manufacturing process. It is very brown. And very glossy.
I read through some mismatched-scale threads in the forum and some people have proposed that this is part of the interest of collecting, akin to finding a double-struck penny, but I have to disagree. The fit and finish on this knife are otherwise absolutely superb. So why mismatched scales? I do a fair amount of woodworking and I totally understand that that wood is a natural product and exhibits a range of values in many properties. But part of building to a high standard should be in the selection of the parts going into the piece.
I'll be returning it to Amazon and looking for one at a nearby shop that I can look at before buying. That would be my normal procedure but I had a gift card to use.... Ah well.
Any comments?
I'm going to try put images below, but if they don't appear or sized incorrectly, my apologies.
