Older 110 at gunshow...

[DarrylS]

...I miss having rhubarb around in the summer. Iin Wisconsin I had many plants behind the house that turned into great sauces and pies and cakes all year. In Florida we have............snakes......That knife sounds comfortable John. Is it a squared radius frame or a radius'd frame? The FG 110 started out as a 4 dot which could have squared or radius'd frames, so someone had a 2 dot blade layin' around and rebladed it I'd guess. Both steels are still 440C which is one of my favorite Buck steels. Today I butterflied some pork chops, for stuffing, with a 2 dash 110. Did the job great...

This is how I love Rhubarb Pie made up...mmmm

 

[chickentrax]

...I miss having rhubarb around in the summer...

I got lots of it growing by my back shed...along with several patches of mint...

My next door neighbor comes over occasionally and picks some rhubarb (by my invitation)...I used to take some of the mint in to work for the Kentucky Derby party guys...but there's not many of them left now...

 

[BigJohn aka Mod12]

...I miss having rhubarb around in the summer. Iin Wisconsin I had many plants behind the house that turned into great sauces and pies and cakes all year. In Florida we have............snakes......That knife sounds comfortable John. Is it a squared radius frame or a radius'd frame? The FG 110 started out as a 4 dot which could have squared or radius'd frames, so someone had a 2 dot blade layin' around and rebladed it I'd guess. Both steels are still 440C which is one of my favorite Buck steels. Today I butterflied some pork chops, for stuffing, with a 2 dash 110. Did the job great...

This is how I love Rhubarb Pie made up...mmmm

I learn something new every day. My EDC 110 is a four dot - two on each side of the 110 and has the squared radius. I thought that was a two dot. My other 110 that used to be my EDC is the rounded radius. It is the one I broke the tip off opening oysters at a cocktail party; it has been re-bladed and have not used it since it came back, like new. I have two more finger grooves, one which needs to be refurbished and another new one, plus I just got a stag finger groove. I love em. All the standard 110's I had I gave to my boys, save one that is in rat condition and needs to be refurbished as well.

I grew up in NE Iowa and my father had a huge rhubarb patch that was beside the dog kennel. We would throw all the dog droppings on the patch all winter and in the spring, that stuff would grow like you wouldn't believe. We never gave it a second thought about the type of fertilizer it was. When my wife and I lived with our inlaws for a winter/summer in Marion, Iowa, I did the same to her flower garden and she had the best flowers they ever had.

My mother and wife said that rhubarb pie I made was the best ever. I dunno. I followed Betty Crocker's directions. I think the orange zest did the trick. Do you put strawberries in your pie? I like that, too, but this one was without. I've wondered how many men cook and bake around here. I've been ding it since I was a boy scout - I was a stay at home dad for a long time and cooked for my boys. that inspired my middle son to be a chef and he is now cooking on Martha's Vineyard at the Atria. I guess I've rambled on enough.

 

[DarrylS]

...There isn't a better thing to see than one of your kids using a 110 that you gave them to cut up rhubarb for pies. I think rhubarb pie is just about my favorite pie. The wife and kids like it with strawberry but I can go either way. My preference is just plain rhubarb pie...I love the tartness it imparts. Sure do miss it. I don't think the rhubarb cares if it's cow, horse or dog crap as long as it gets it...LOL. The area behind our house is where our pooch "dumped"...

...... all winter as well and I'm sure the rhubarb loved it every year. Each spring and summer those plants looked like monsters.
In the mid to late seventies thru the early 80's, Buck used the dots for identification. A single combination of dots could represent a number of years though. Since the late 80's, with a few exceptions, each year's production gets it's own identification mark. I'm sure that could change eventually as Buck seems to like to confuse those guys who like to collect 'em...LOL...Enjoy your Bucks and enjoy those pies...:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[A.P.F.]

Rhubarb pie is wonderful with raspberries in it as well (Rhura Pie). Another favorite of mine is stewed rhubarb on ice cream.

 

[DarrylS]

...Stainz, these guys are killin' me. When I lived in Wisconsin I also had a smaller house and a summer cottage up in the northern part of the state...( I was "rich" then... )... I was on Cranberry Lake near Eagle River. I have done rhubarb/cranberry pie and it was also great. The house and cottage were completely surrounded by red and black raspberries that were a perfect fit with the rhubarb in pies and sauces. Cranberry Lake also holds, in it's deepest part, an almost new Buck 110 Linerlock that my M.I.L had given me...Stainz...That's another "rare" one you have to look out for...Lesson learned to not carry a knife in your shirt pocket...LOL...