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Quick question for Buck 110 experts...

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aza77

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I recently got a 110 and although the wood used is nice, was thinking it could be nicer with a slightly lighter or redder color and maybe finer grain. This brought me to the question (from a new buck owner) does the color or type of wood used in the handles change from year to year or has it always been the same type of wood for the basic model?

If it doesn't change every year, does it change over a period of a few years? Again, I am only talking about the basic buck knife that is sold and not a special model.

Thanks a lot for reading,
 
the basic you have is not much diff then years ago
in fact if you put some from many years ago you can not tell
some times there are diffrent woods used
maple burl, cherry and some exoties like koa
but these are on knives that are not normanly consitered
every day care
btw wellcome to the buck hang out!
the offical greater will likely give you some rundown
i am dave aka decaf dave
yea i get wound up some times
look at the photo bucket pages of mine
and you will see some of the difftrent woods and other stuff

later
 
Hi Aza77...
Some of the oldies here will be more specific. I don't know what I don't know.

But, I do know that the current Buck 110 standard handles are a wood laminate. The handle material has changed over time.

Frank, Joe, or some other expert will most likely chime in...
 
Thanks for the speedy responses! So the wood is actually a laminate, not a solid piece of wood?
 
Is there any difference in quality? Or any particular reason they did that? Cheaper to produce or more durability?
 
I'm not Frank...but, lets be frank...LOL
Just a guess...one Goose's opinion: "cheaper".

Go to the post linked below. Near the top of that browser screen you will see a hightlighted subject "110's Are these dyed birchwood?". Click on that for the entire thread. Joe Houser (Buck Employee of The Month) types a bit about it as well as others.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4302059&postcount=6

Here is another post and you get the entire thread by going to the top of the post and clicking the highlighted thread title next to the word "Thread:".

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4089428&postcount=9


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The obeche inlays are dyed/stained, resin impregnated and laminated. Natural obeche is a little lighter than natural birch until stained. Because the wood is stained you can get just about any color brown you want if you look at enough knives. This is due to the uneven grain in the wood which absorbs the stain at different rates. Also, if you look at the 110s and 112s from the 1992 era quite a few were sold with a fairly uniform light color tan ebony.
 
Richard Matheny said:
The obeche inlays are dyed/stained, resin impregnated and laminated. Natural obeche is a little lighter than natural birch until stained. Because the wood is stained you can get just about any color brown you want if you look at enough knives. This is due to the uneven grain in the wood which absorbs the stain at different rates. Also, if you look at the 110s and 112s from the 1992 era quite a few were sold with a fairly uniform light color tan ebony.
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This is exactly the observation I've made. It seems that the very first Obeechee 110's did not have the grain variation that current ones do. I have no opinion or preference of one over the other, just an observation.
 
In 2003, wife and I roamed into one of the sporting goods stores and they had a sale on the remaning 2002 100 year anniv clam packaged 110's. Am sad I only bought 5 or 6, instead of all of them.

With the clampack knives, you can look at the grain variations and select ones you want. I did something similar when the 2005 model came out with the Idaho blade stamp.

Another clampack I ran aross has a brown curved bottom leather sheath, that is very collectable.

And yet another clampack had a black curved bottom leather sheath.

If you have a Gander Mt. brouse through the knives there. The one here had a whole bin full of 2003 clampacks up in mid year 2006. They were all pretty dusty like they had been stored somewhere.

Just have to seek them out.

Oh yeah,,,,the wife did a good job picking out the prettiest grain. She grabbed the "prettiest" one for her back pack, but then traded it back when she discovered my stash of "short" 110's :D
 
Below are pics to give you a visual between the 64-91 Ebony (top pic) and 92-present laminated Obeechee (bottom pic). I like both types.



 
IMHO for a edc WORK user = wood or buck lite
edc for non construction farm/hunting use such
as cutting that apple or pj&j = stag or horn
carry to profesional meetings and church ect
go for a 531 or 532 or gent
 
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