My Old 110....or is it?

Rocinante

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I was just looking at my old buck folding hunter. I guess it must be a 110, although it doesn't say 110. The blade was once four inches, but, I guess from sharpening, it's about an eighth of an inch shy of that.

I carried it deer hunting through the seventies, then once in a while in the eighties. Gutted 15 or so deer and always did a fine job.

I bought it in the Navy Exchange on the Island of Guam in 1968. It cost me $24 and I'm surprised to see that they haven't gone up much in price. Everything else is ten times what it cost back then. That $24 was half my E-3 two week paycheck at that time.

Anybody know what kind of steel it would have? When did they start stamping the 110 on them and is it a 110?

Thanks.
 
...Hi Rocinante...Pictures help immeasurably in finding out specifics concerning Buck knives. Buck started putting the "110" on their knives around 1972 and that would make the steel used in that blade 440C...Prior to 1972 they were stamped Buck USA in a couple of variations...Let us see some pics of your Buck...:thumbup:
 
It's 440C, Buck started stamping them 110 in 71.

Is yours the upside down Buck u.s.a. with 3 pins and is 1/2" thick?

James
 
Here's the knife--I'm kind of embarrassed I didn't take better care of it. It looks beat up and oversharpened, but I was young and foolish and I could have done better.

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And, I guess this would be considered an upside down stamp.

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So is it called a 110? Or what? It is a half an inch thick at the ends and wider in the middle. Hope this is enough info.

Thanks.
 
...Hmmm...verticle stamp on the right side...probably has an integral rear bolster...I'm guessing 1969 and it is a 110...Sure not many of those stamped on the right side around...Looks not too bad for the "ol' codger" it is though...You can't imagine how bad some of 'em look today...:thumbup: :D
 
Rocinante said:
Here's the knife--I'm kind of embarrassed I didn't take better care of it. It looks beat up and oversharpened, but I was young and foolish and I could have done better.
And, I guess this would be considered an upside down stamp.
So is it called a 110? Or what? It is a half an inch thick at the ends and wider in the middle. Hope this is enough info.
Thanks.
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Your knife could easily be worth 5 to 10 times what you paid for it. Right now!
 
Yes, it's a nice early 110 thiner blade made in 1967 i believe from the bigger povit pin, not beat up at all IMO compared to most, seen a lot worse.

Seen ones like it sell on Ebay these days for around a $100 i would say, maybe a little more or less any given week, Ebay has a earlier Buck 110 in box with sheath that's up to $1,500.00 right now, ends today, believe it or not and it no were near mint.

James
 
Well, this all sounds pretty good, especially since I just blew all my extra money on one of the new 120s with the cocobola handle.

Should arrive late this coming week.

I probably should hang onto the old 110, though. I have a feeling they will keep going up in value at a pretty darn good rate (although I never had a clue it was worth more than $25 or so).

Thanks to all.
 
chickentrax said:
Where the bloody 'ell are you people getting these electron microscopes??? :eek:

Horatio Kane doesn't have one this good... :grumpy:
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...If ya find out where they're gettin' 'em Trax give me a shout...I'd like to be able to see my bank account again...:eek: :eek: :p :cool:
 
chickentrax said:
Where the bloody 'ell are you people getting these electron microscopes??? :eek:

Horatio Kane doesn't have one this good... :grumpy:
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It's just an ordinary three-year-old Olympus camera set on close focus.....I didn't even use the tripod, just rested the camera on a binocular I had handy and fired away.

I have a couple more questions. The sheath I have is stamped 110 just above the belt loop. That's got to be impossible. I bet I switched it with a sheath for one I bought for my ex-wife in 1972. Everybody concur? I'll have to see if she still has it and switch. Better yet, I should buy it from her.

Another thing, is a knife with the right-side stamp more valuable than one with the left-side stamp of the same age?

Last, this knife is 1/2 inch thick on the ends, but 10/16ths in the middle. Is that normal for this vintage? I've checked out the amazing earlier $1500 one on e-Bay and that looks like it's a straight half inch all the way.

I think mine must be a thin blade because the newer ones look WAY, WAY thicker.

Oh yeah, Buck 110 said the amazing $1500 one on e-Bay is a "First/First." So mine would be? "Second/?" or what?

Anybody?
 
Rocinante said:
Another thing, is a knife with the right-side stamp more valuable than one with the left-side stamp of the same age?

Last, this knife is 1/2 inch thick on the ends, but 10/16ths in the middle. Is that normal for this vintage? I've checked out the amazing earlier $1500 one on e-Bay and that looks like it's a straight half inch all the way.
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I'll give a shot at a couple of your questions....

Yes, it will be more valuable with right hand stamped blade.

And yes, those measurments are correct for that vintage knife. The 1/2 to 5/8 to 1/2 is what some of mine measure.

And some of the first sheaths do not have 110 stamped on them. Least my sheath like the one described in the auctin doesn't.

The others will be along soon with better info soon as their morning coffee soaks in :D
 
Roc,
I just did a quick scan through my copy of Blade Guide and with what info you have posted I date yours between 1967 and 1972. Others can narrow it down a bit more with more info, like the type spacer between the rear bolsters and bolster pins and such.

Blade guide puts a value of $200 for a minty 1966-1970 and $150 for 1970-1971. But consider that just a guideline. Values go up and down. Yours may fall in there somewhere with that back side inverted (tip down) tang stamp. Maybe a bit less with the use it has had.

Yes, round up the correct sheath if you can.... and I suppose there is no chance you still have the box.
 
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