My First Buck One liner

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I'm excited, I found a one liner, dot, 103, with hard fiber spacers, my first! Also, a 1991, 110 with white bone scales.

Neither had the correct sheath, well, I'm pretty sure the 110's sheath is not, it has a snap cover with Buck stamped three times. The 103's was repaired, poorly, and is not marked 103...and is longer than I would expect a 103 sheath to be. Maybe it is correct vintage, someone tell me more about this 103.

The 103 has not seen good sharpening care, the handle is OK. I will send it off to Leroy and see what magic he can work on it. Preston
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The Buck asterik stamp is 1967. A very good find. Knives with that stamp can be found in sheaths that had NO model number on them. I have in my collection 3 Buck asterik stamps and none of them have the model number on the back of the sheath. How was your sheath repaired? DM
 
Excellent!

I stumbled into my first one liner this past fall, a 118. It'll be heading to Post Falls for some factory lovin' soon as I can get her packed up.



 
pjsjr said:
I'm excited, I found a one liner, dot, 103, with hard fiber spacers, my first! Also, a 1991, 110 with white bone scales.

Neither had the correct sheath, well, I'm pretty sure the 110's sheath is not, it has a snap cover with Buck stamped three times. The 103's was repaired, poorly, and is not marked 103...and is longer than I would expect a 103 sheath to be. Maybe it is correct vintage, someone tell me more about this 103.

The 103 has not seen good sharpening care, the handle is OK. I will send it off to Leroy and see what magic he can work on it. Preston
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Nice find both very good looking knives. I'm a little partial to that 110 I like the white scales.
 
Thanks all for your replys. DM, the sheath's belt loop is gone and replaced by a piece of brown leather w/rivets, you can see a bit of it in the middle photo. I'll get a pic up later.

I did some research on the 110 and believe it to be a special project for Bass Pro Shops. What year did the snap with three Buck in a circle come? Thanks, Preston

Edit to add...Mt_Poke, that's a great 118, my favorite, first Buck knife I bought in 69-70. PS
 
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Preston, the snap with Buck 3 times I noted appeared in 1993. (a \ stamp). Even a - stamp should be considered close enough to have a Buck 3 times snap sheath. DM
 
David, thanks for the information. The 110 is date coded 1991(+), so the sheath may or may not be original.

Here are the photos of the 'repair' on the 103's sheath. Think I'll look for a donor sheath and take the loop off and attach it properly to this one. Preston
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Somebody didn't like it the way is was and changed it. Other than the belt loop it looks unused. DM
 
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