Picked up a nice 2 dot 110

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Picked up a pretty nice .110. over the weekend at a flea market. It was in the exact same booth where I found a .112. Ranger a few months back.
Blade looks 100% and doesn't appear to have ever been sharpened. No box or sheath.
The knife doesn't look like it was ever used for anything other than a hammer, the bolsters are a little dinged up.
Pretty new at photoshop, hopefullly there will be a pic.


http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s509/jeclowers/buck1102dot.jpg
 
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jec88 said:
Picked up a pretty nice .110. over the weekend at a flea market. It was in the exact same booth where I found a .112. Ranger a few months back.
Blade looks 100% and doesn't appear to have ever been sharpened. No box or sheath.
The knife doesn't look like it was ever used for anything other than a hammer, the bolsters are a little dinged up.
Pretty new at photoshop, hopefullly there will be a pic.


http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s509/jeclowers/buck1102dot.jpg
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It looks pretty nice to me. Good find.

A tip for using photobucket. If you will paste the "img code" into your thread instead of the "Email or IM" or "Direct Link", your picture will show in the post.

I took the liberty of doing it for you, hope you don't mind.

buck1102dot.jpg
 
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Does the picture in my post show up for everyone?? It doesn't for me and I don't know why.
 
Nice find!!

Since we're sharing!

Here is my 2 dotter. Bought it from Herters in the late 70s. It took until this year for me to fully bond with the knife. Two things helped.

First, I've learned more about sharpening. I still stink at at, but I'm better. Both Bucks I own of this vintage are/were much thicker just above the edge. My understanding was this to make the edge stronger. It also made it hard to sharpen. I finally went after it very hard with my Lansky set at 17 degrees and thinned out the edge prior to putting the final edge on it. Related, a super helpful poster from the maintenance forum turned me onto rounding out the shoulder of the edge using wet/dry paper. Prior to these sharpening changes, the knife always frustrated me when working with wood particularly. Now, it cuts wood wonderfully.

Second, several years ago I got into Opinels and modifying the blades. I never took the sharp crown on my 110. Finally, I put file to the crown and rounded it off. For some odd reason, this small mod changed the feel of the knife for me dramatically. I still prefer drop points, but now my 110 isn't as angular looking. Here it is next to my 2 dot 112.

Declipped 110 by Pinnah, on Flickr

It's really nice to see your new find!
 
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