Pretenders to the throne!

Hot DAMM! One knife company posted a pict of a 110 as theirs Tell Dey got one like it made yep lots of things going on in de 60’s
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I was given this Western over 30 years ago. It's a solid knife and the blade must be extremely hard because it's always been a tough one to get an edge on. Buts it's done what I've needed it to.

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I remember sorta wanting to buy that Case Hammerhead when it first came out in the late 70's ? As I recall it was pretty dang exspensive and me living pretty much hand to mouth raising a family I passed, not something I really needed being as I was carrying my trusty Buck 110.
 
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I was given this Western over 30 years ago. It's a solid knife and the blade must be extremely hard because it's always been a tough one to get an edge on. Buts it's done what I've needed it to.

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That's a beauty! I have Western 541s, but only in the rosewood like this. Beautiful in its own right.

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These were some of the best of the 110 spawned folding knives. Probably made by Camillus. I like that little bit of a hook to the front bolster like the 112.
 
The Western 530 Series (with various animals on the blade) was another variant. It too, was a great knife maybe made by Camillus, although I've heard that Western and Camillus made knives for each other. There were apparently more collaborations and cooperations among the knife companies than we ever suspected.
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I am also a USA Schrade collector in addition to Buck and have LB7s and 7ot's. The 7ots, I especially like as they are carbon steel which the 110's never had until copper and clad had them made in 5160. I love my Bucks but Schrade (the original)made some great products too.
 
In spite of fierce competition King Buck is still on his throne; and of course the Buck family includes a Crown Prince - the Buck 112 Ranger. Do you own any Ranger wannabe's? I can only offer one from my collection, a Gerber Sportsman I bought back in 1982 - nice knife, but not nearly as stout a knife. OH

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I also have an early Gerber Sportsman and consider it more along the lines of a Duke 500 size of knife. Both of which are fine knives in their own right.
The 110 is still the king but, I find it fun to collect copies of it when they can be found at the right price.
 
I agree RD; I might buy a Case Mako one day - it is sort of between a Buck 112 and a Buck 500. It wouldn't surprise me to see more royalty (like Buck Duke's, Squires, and Knights show up in this thread in comparison to their pretenders). OH

Ps I like the quote in your signature line, and have used it before.
 
Pick out the posers! I didn't see anyone post a Kershaw Wildcat Ridge. Sorry about the poor quality picture. I tilted the camera to get rid of the glare and it made the right to left size look wrong.

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I did some checking and several references for the G-96 say ATS-34 was used. At the time, that was considered a pretty good steel.

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I think the G96 is a Japanese knife and did use ATS-34, a Japanese steel. Some others had decent steel, such as Puma (Solingen 440A) and Camillus. Still, most of Buck 110 knock offs did not use good steel and often were run soft. Gerber used 420J, if I remember rightly, Kershaw, and a number of others, did as well. Sometimes 440A was used (not Solingen).
 
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According to the available documentation on the package, the Wildcat Ridge pictured is 8Cr13MoV. Nothing to write home about for sure, but seems to hold an edge OK. I understand from the little research I have done that some earlier models may have used AUS6 and made in Japan, which is again not worthy of a letter back home to the folks, but I don't know for certain at all.

Regards,
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bertl said:
I did some checking and several references for the G-96 say ATS-34 was used. At the time, that was considered a pretty good steel.

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Gosh, I think it's better than just pretty good, isn't it?

At least a pretty darn good steel, even today.

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