pro's/con's 110 titanium

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dullblades

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man, ive not visited this buck section too often, but after looking it over, i am really wanting 1 or 5 (lol) of the 110's in titanium, can any of you guys shed some light on them?

are they good user knives?

i really like the black, but all of them look great, thanks guys.
 
From the early and rare 186 to the more numerous 560 I have found nothing not to like: full-sized, fingergrooves, 110 style, lite weight, tough and still has the reliable back lock. The titanium 110s are amoung the hidden gems of the Buck historic product line. Everyone should have one of these.

The back story, the American version of "Q" Mickey Finn helped hammer out the 186: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=769482&goto=newpost

some key words to do the google with: phrobis, porterkids, quarterbore (where is quarterbore's page?)

or, ask richhdguy (sp) on this forum, who is authoring a book... and seems to know wayyyyy too much...
 
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thanks guys. its really weird, and after i say this, you will think im really weird. i could not fall asleep last night from thinking about these, probably from looking at everyone i could find on ebay, youtube and on this kool website, and , hell, im 46 years old. felt like i was 10 years old back in '74 again on Christmas eve...lol.
 
i have quite a number
they are one of my fav modles and
i have some rare ones
picts to enjoy guy
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now that is a five sixty!
less then a dozen known


above and below one of 3 drop point proto's made by Leroy for Micky Fin



the buck hunnting yorky's latest prize's winners

close up
 
110 dave, thank you for the pics, those are awesome. i really would like to learn more about them. i cant remember where, maybe here somewhere, but i saw an all black powdercoated version, and the description said it was factory. that would be cool too.

is there a website that gives info just on the 110's and its brothers?
i want to know more about the different stampings/handles bladeshapes etc for all the 110's. thanks guys.

EDITED....ok, i just read the sticky, so im good on bladestamped codes. thx.
 
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sorry guy
at this time there is no one place to go to learn all about 110's
if you join the BCCI you can find out a lot from the diff issues of the club rag
but no web site
i had plans on doing a "more then you knew you wanted to know" abuout
the 110 but life has gotten in the way of doing that
jest pop any question you have on the forum here
there are a lot of newbies (sorry guys but many of you are still new even aft 2 years)
that will answer your questions best they can
beware:
there is information that is still new
the hard data is great
but the speculative data is based on what each has learned
me ... i keep no detail data in my head
some of the great guys here do
so ask away
you will get an answer!
 
dullblades said:
i cant remember where, maybe here somewhere, but i saw an all black powdercoated version, and the description said it was factory. that would be cool too.
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The all black powder-coated version is an awesome-looking knife. I think that was the 560 XLTi model. You can still find them occasionally but it doesn't seem to be easy to find a nice one. I wonder if the XLTi had lower production numbers...anyone know?
 
The Model 186 was my personal folder in the 80's...

I liked a Thumb stud with it.

On this later model 560 only ONE beef....
NO clip.... If I could have the clip on the REVERSE side of the Factory model 186 I would Carry Just this 560 knife...
I aways wondered if it could be made. NOT a titanium just a steel clip....


This 186 knife was designed By Robert MacDonald and Harry Camphuysen.. After a hunting trip Mickey Finn's Lawyer requested a folder knife and Mickey idea was to make a folder and asked his R and D Team after the success of the BuckMaster project to make one. The goal was a hunting knife that could be cleaned in the field.. In the process Harry contacted Mr Chuck Buck and Chuck gave Harry 30 or less Four Dot ..110.. blades to expierment with..Also the smaller blade (squire I think)... The company was formed which was PHROBIS II for this model 186 project.. The Dad to the 560 the model 186 became folder of the year 1997..

I love all these knives...
 
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If any of you visited the quarterbore website in the last half hour I apologize for the number of spam messages that had built up there. I just went through and caught up on my housekeeping and deleted a ton of spam and unwanted garbage.
 
porterkids said:
You can find the quarterbore forums at http://www.quarterbore.net. The specific forum for the 186 is at http://www.quarterbore.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25
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Thank you kindly porterkids. You clever fellow. Just like having a genie in a bottle. :D

The 186, and other phrobis products, have such a terrific backstory that it lit a fire under me. Before the MF story I had just scratched the surface of the outstanding Buck history. Since learning of the MF legend I have moved into deeper water with Buck and couldn't be happier. Thank you for the fun and delight you have helped introduce me to with Buck history. You are all right.
 
The early 186 model was put together with screws. The later 560 models (1/2" and 7/16" thick) were riveted together. I like the 186 because it accepts all of the selector blades and the premium clip point blades if you can find them. The is one of the first modular knives. Many of the newer knives are assembled with screws, but they don't have the blade selection that is available in the 110 format.
 
It's not much of a deal to put a steel pocket clip on a model 560. Just drill and tap three 2X56 holes in the Ti handle and fasten the clip on.
 
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