Not Sure

[MICHAEL5135]

Hello Everyone,
Merry Christmas!!
Can anyone tell me more about this knife? It has a three piece rear bolster and only the pivot rivet. Is it a version 2. I don't think it is because it is thicker than 1/2 inch. I believe my father used to call it bloodwood but that was years ago. Thank you for the help.

 

[David Martin]

It's a 3rd Version, 4th variation, 1968-1970. There is only one with no inlay pins and a brass rocker rivet. A great one to have in your collection. DM

 

[MICHAEL5135]

Hello David,
I went to look at the data sheet and it says ver.3 var. 4 has rear bolster pins showing on the left side only. My knife has rear pins showing on both sides plus It is is .610 thick instead of a .500 like early knives. I do appreciate your opinion, seem like I throw curveball questions that nobody can hit. TYVM!! My father who has been gone for years , I believe he called it 's wood Bloodwood. MICHAEL

 

[DeSotoSky]

It's a 3rd Version, 4th variation, 1968-1970. There is only one with no inlay pins and a brass rocker rivet. A great one to have in your collection. DM

David, my first impression was the same as yours but what we overlooked is that he said it had a 3 piece rear bolster. A brass spacer would make it a Version 4 and a stainless spacer would make it a version 5. Can't tell from the pictures the material of the rocker pin and rear spacer. Those construction details would be more important in trying to find a pidgeon hole to put this nice knife in. We need to keep in mind that these knives were pretty much hand assembled and individualism happens. Classification systems are artificial and evolving as more information is found. They are a convenience to sort our knives in a meaningful relational sequence but not absolute. Can't say about the wood from a picture but looks like standard macassar ebony to me. My advice is to find the closest Version/Variation that matches the construcion and consider yourself lucky to have a unique oddball exception without the handle pins. Hopefully a 110 expert will join in to verify but I think at one time the scales were both glued and pined so omitting the pins would not have been that big of a deal when it was constructed but made for a special knife 45 years later. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[bertl]

I fooled around with the photo a little and it looks to me as though both the spacer and rocker pin are brass, which, other than the lack of handle pins, would make it a 4th Version, Variation 1. Who knows? Nevertheless, it's a good looking knife and of course the lack of pins makes it interesting.

Bert

 

[MICHAEL5135]

Hello Gentlemen,
The rear spacer is brass and the pivot pin is brass. I've been told the knife was made in 1972 and the scales were modified to give a nice clean appearance. It is in excellent condition and sharp as a Ginsu. This was my fathers and taking my time organizing the 110's. This is one that threw me for a loop. Having his collection I have no worries that most are taken from the Buck box into the cases for display and they are pristine. I personally have kept up the collection but I lean towards stone scales knowing that the knife is one of a kind.

Thank you kind sirs for your knowledge and time to confirm the knife is a Version 4 Variation 1


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