Old Buck 112 Found...

[jkarp_53]

Well, thanks for the advice...I know a lot more about other knives, I was wondering if someone modded the 112...I'll try them again tomorrow.

 

[chickentrax]

Well, thanks for the advice...

DarrylS gets $.02 for every bit of advice given...

I was wondering if someone modded the 112...I'll try them again tomorrow.

Several members here mod the 112; it's really no different than the 110. The point I was trying to make was that Buck may not work on it, sharpening or warranty work, if you've modified it. Joe Houser has explained why in past posts.

Your lanyard hole goes through the base for the backbone spring. Hopefully, the person who drilled it did a little research and got the hole where the base was the strongest. If not, it may fail. You may not care if the base [spacer] breaks in use and you get cut when the blade/backspring goes "sproing", but Buck may...

Here we go...Check the pic and see if the guy did a good job of selecting where to drill...

Now, if the blood-sucking lawyers (vs the bean counters) are in charge at Buck, they *may* rule that sharpening a knife with such a mod construes tacit approval of that mod...which *could* leave them open to product liability litigation...

But you'd only be out ~$10 - $12...and they would send it back to you...

But, what do I know...I'm just a dummy...

 

[Flatlander1963]

Good pictures Trax.
First thing I thought of when I saw the lanyard hole and its diameter was that the backspring's slot must be more than 50% drilled out. To use Trax's words, this knife may be in danger of the blade/backspring goes "sproing"

 

[jkarp_53]

Thanks for the pics. From the looks of the hole tapped it's right in the middle of the radius and into the far right side of the back plate, but prolly close to the cutout in your provided pics. Again I'll try to give 'em another call to see what they will or won't do.

I still appreciate your time and efforts - but we knife people do that.

Joe

 

[chickentrax]

Thanks for the pics. From the looks of the hole tapped it's right in the middle of the radius and into the far right side of the back plate, but prolly close to the cutout in your provided pics.

You have one of the older slab-sided 112's...I haven't got one apart here, so I don't know if the spring base/spacer is slightly different or not...IIRC, there was a change in the length of the spring from slab-side to rounded, but I don't know for sure if your spacer would have more "meat" there or not...(or if the 112 was affected, like the 110 was)...

Can't be much there, though...

 

[jkarp_53]

Hi CT,

I got through this morning and talked to one of the reps who said it wouldn't be a problem to send the 112 up for sharpening and cleaning. So I have the thing wrapped up and it's on the way up to Idaho.

She said lanyard mods were common on the old slab slided 112's like this one but if done right shouldn't affect either quality of use or safety.

Once it's back I'll update this posting, and again thanks for the info and support.

Joe

BTW - the knife in my Avatar is a Benchmade 806-801, they are my main passion and wallet drain...!

 

[redsquid2]

I noticed that variation in 'shades' you are talking about, bet bucksway and Scott have also. Especially in ebony and segua. If your unlucky the different scales don't match.....300
Just some 112s

I know this is an old thread, but I have a question about my old 112. Of the knives in your picture, mine looks just like the third one from the bottom. Can you (or anybody) tell me what kind of steel it has?

 

[Tin Sue]

Assuming your knife is a 3 dot (which is what the third from the bottom of 300Bucks' photo shows), the steel is 440C.