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busstonedfx

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I was doing some shopping on a popular site..... buck 110's are going for around 36 bucks, 112's for 40, and I see a buck 55 going for 75+. What is going on??
 
I guess you'd have to ask them? I can find the 110 and 112 for slightly more than what you posted. The price of the 55 is almost triple what I can find it for elsewhere. The 55 price must be a mistake.
 
3 months ago L.L.BEAN sold me a 110 for 42.00 but I got rid after recieiving it on E-BAY after putting a KWIK THIMB STUD to make it more appealing and to raise the worth of the knife, and opted out for an older 440c 60's & 70's *110* instead, That I grew up with....Going Retro!
 
David the 112 is a less knife in materials so why is it more then the 110? Do the KEEBLER ELVES make it? LOL meaning its smaller & harder to make? more production time?
 
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USMule said:
David the 112 is a less knife in materials so why more then the 110? Do the KEEBLER ELVES make it? LOL meaning smaller is harder to make?
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IIRC this was discussed in another thread recently but don't recall how that discussion went. I know the 112 has a different frame profile, it's not just a smaller 110. Might be more expensive due to volume. Bet they make more 110's than 112's.
 
Badhammer, You mean the 110 [volume] that made a gazillion of 110's, so that brings down the production cost per unit? VS the 112 sales numbers because they are not getting the materials cheaper at lower volumes of knive being made, its a simple SUPPLY & DEMAND issue, That makes total sense....
 
I would tend to think that the 110 is being made and sold at a much higher rate then the 112 or any of the other lock back slip joints allowing Buck to hold down the manufacturing labor costs and so hold down the final sale price. regardless of MSRP. In the used market the 110, at least where I shop, is definitely the most abundant Buck knife. I find the newer used ones selling for from 20 to 40 in like new condition. very seldom do I find a 112 and almost never a 55 or the 500 series.
I would like just for fun to see the manufacturing numbers or at least the ratio say starting with 110 at X number the comparative ratio of 112's, 500's 501's. Most private companies like to keep these kind of numbers some what private. I for one am sure I would be surprised by the volume and the comparative ratios. I collect Buck and only Buck for the value received and for the companies core values.
 
busstonedfx said:
I was doing some shopping on a popular site..... buck 110's are going for around 36 bucks, 112's for 40, and I see a buck 55 going for 75+. What is going on??
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I suspect that BUCK advised them that all independent dealers were told that the MAP (Minimum advertised price) of 110's is $39.50; so they moved prices closer to that for the 110; I am glad I bought a bunch earlier for #27.66 and always got free freight with other things I needed!!
 
375Dave, totally off the subject but whats that model No? of that knife on your avatar?
 
USMule, that is my 2 line 116 (caper?), I am trying to get a set of the 2 liners, just picked up what I hope is a 121 today.
 
Thank you very much Dave, its very interesting. I don't remember seeing any of these growing up, I saw one online 1968-69 and thought yours might be the same thing & it is.....thanks! Good luck with with your aquisition of these knives.
 
thank you for answering my question.....I just read the story about Bowman, from DM's post & how he created it that knife....LOL well there go! American ingenuity at work.

DM, The man's name is Les Bowman, a famous guide. He liked the 118 and after snapping one or sharpening one down he ground out the remainder into a caper. Liked it and sent it in to Buck. This proto later became the 116 Caper.
 
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