Nickel Silver?

CaseyChaos

CaseyChaos

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These are the only pics I have of this knife. Do you think the bolsters are nickel silver on this 112? They sure look like it to me.

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I wouldn't bet much on it.

You never can tell about these computer pics.

:)
 
Looks like my brass 112 after a really good polishing, in just the right lighting conditions.
 
Casey, The nickle silver frame 112 is rare. You'll have to go by the guys word. DM
 
In the first and second pics the bolsters look, to me, more nickle then brass. In the third photo the front looks brass and the rear looks nickle but in all of the photos the pins/rivets look like nickle. If it's a brass frame shouldn't some or all the rivets be brass or am I not looking at the right parts?
 
There's really no way to tell.

You have to ask the seller and hope he knows the difference.

:D
 
Badhammer, yes the first ones have nickle silver bolsters, the other have brass. The rocker pins are made of stainless steel. The other pins have the same material as the bolsters.
Haebbie
 
i have one i bought from wallmart years ago that was n/s,wasn't marked as special edition or anything.so it could be.
 
Could be either, judging from the pics and knowing what we know about the unreliability of camera-to-computer-screen image/color/quality preservation...
I hope for your sake it's a NS 112, I really like the looks of the silvery frames.
(Even though Nickel Silver is just another word for "a silver-colored brass alloy")
 
I asked the seller but got antsy before he could answer and pulled the trigger on his buy-it-now. He replied after I had purchased that it was brass. I came home from hunting today and it had arrived yesterday. I was pretty excited to find this in the box:
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A handsome 112 with Nickel Silver bolsters! I had always thought the original pic looked more nickel than brass. Maybe I got lucky, but regardless, I got a great knife!
 
Yowza! Nice haul! Glad it turned out to be what you wanted. I'm envious of that 112, that's for sure!
 
I think the only nickel/silver bolsters are on custom 112's. At least those are the only ones i've ever seen.

Peter
 
BG42EDGE said:
And by customs you mean?
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A limited edition or run of knives for an outside customer, as opposed to those you can by at places that carry Buck knives.

I have a couple that were through the BCCI and they came in the "limited Edition" black boxes.

Peter
 
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Ok, thanks......I was thinking pretty much the same thing, although I suppose there will be a few exceptions, as usual.

I have a 25th Annie 112 in nickel and I don't doubt that a few leftover nickel frames from various projects went out in regular production from time to time.
 
Nice score Casey:thumbup:
I kept looking at the pics and couldn't guess.
That one looks in great shape...
 
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