Rediscovered Buck 112FG

longbeachguy

longbeachguy

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Hey Guys,

I don't post in this forum much, but I lurk occasionally. I mostly carry Benchmades, Spyderco's etc due to the pocket clip and light weight. Plus in California for some reason you can carry a folding knife concealed, but open carry, like in a belt pouch is proscribed. Go figure. Notwithstanding that I have various 110's and 112's although they don't get carried or used much.

I just felt like expressing my renewed appreciation for my Buck 112FG to a receptive audience. I was doing a little woodworking today and was shifting around for a comfortable knife to work with. I started with an Opinel, went to a Case Sodbuster, and then the Buck 112FG. That's the knife I should have started with, and will from now on. It's just so comfortable and such a pleasure to use. The blade shape, grind, handle shape, materials, weight, all just seem to come together into a perfectly integrated package. Plus it's such a handsome beast.

Well like I said, not many people could relate to such rhapsodizing but I knew this crowd probably could.

Thanks

Jim
 
There might be a few people around here that will argue with you about your appreciation of the 112 but it won't be me:D I agree completely.
 
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I carried the 112 for work for many years and it was a great knife to have. It held up well and is still being used (at home at a reduced pace) after 35 years. :thumbup:
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Mike,

Version one ? I could stand that photo on a plainer background for use in photo project for BCC model descriptions on close-up photo of all the older 112 versions, several guys have helped out so far. A emailed file would be great, will give you owner/photo credit. (PS yes I am doing the same on the 300s but there are so dad gum many it will take a while, 112s are less in #.)

300$s
 
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:cool:...Longbeachguy I agree with Sue, Mike and 'stag on the 112...This one may be "tweaked" a bit to my liking but it finds it's way into my pocket quite a bit...:thumbup::thumbup:
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300Bucks said:
Mike,

Version one ? I could stand that photo on a plainer background for use in photo project for BCC model descriptions on close-up photo of all the older 112 versions, several guys have helped out so far. A emailed file would be great, will give you owner/photo credit. (PS yes I am doing the same on the 300s but there are so dad gum many it will take a while, 112s are less in #.)

300$s
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Does this work any better? If not I'll take a new photo when I get home this weekend.
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For every single day carry the 112 is ,I think, the best Buck ever made....I like a drop point blade style more than a clip..DAVE IT IS NOT A GIRLS KNIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Very nice old 112 Mike. i'd love to find an old one like that with the micarta scales.
 
Welcome back Jim, we knew you wouldn't be gone long ;) :D

Enjoy your 112!
 
dang 112... shoulda been called a camp fire girls knife !!
small handle ... dont fit my hand at all..
 
funny, years ago when people said ( REAL MEN DON'T EAT QUICHE ) dad said ( REAL MEN EAT ANY DAMN THING THEY WANT ). so i carry my girly 112.
 
pholder said:
funny, years ago when people said ( REAL MEN DON'T EAT QUICHE ) dad said ( REAL MEN EAT ANY DAMN THING THEY WANT ). so i carry my girly 112.
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hee hee hee i once did carry 112's ...
i had some NICE ones... ivory, custom damascus nickel silver, drop point 2002 ect.. i still have some ...
most i let buck sway get from me...
its not that i dont like them ...they are small for me so a 110 fits better
an i like the 560 fg best..
my wife used a 112 once as did my daughter and both liked it better then the 110's i EDC'ed ... i said some thing to bucksway about my girls liked it better and was better for girls then the 110
well this girly knife started from that and as teasing bucksway.. he tells me it is not a girlly knife so i say it is.. simple.. you are in on the privet joke now..
now my com-pod-dray wh4f seems to be the target of my teaseing!
i apologize for insulting his knife ... but yes
any ware some thing about a 112 is posted that my brother will read it.. i will post it is a girlly knife..
and girls do perfure a 112 over the 110 .. at least all i know that would carry/use a lock back knife!
yep dang girls 112 knife .. no dang better then a dang girls powder puff blue corvette.. :p
 
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well this girly knife started from that and as teasing bucksway.. he tells me it is not a girlly knife so i say it is.. simple.. you are in on the privet joke now..
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Dave, sorry But I dont have any 112's... Its just that if it is a "privet" joke it should be as so... Longbeach guy doesnt know about your "privet" joke. Neither does pholder or any others that don't frequent here... You post girly knife everywhere... its not "privet" on a public knife forum... :yawn:... its old news...
 
yup i agree ... old news... and i was a responding to bucksway saying it was not a girly nife... .pholder might not have worryed on it .. dont know...you responded first.. he responded ... i responded back... tant insulting any ones nife .. jest a teasing any that will respond to it ... mostly bucksway... and you...
i always thought of a corvette as a girls car or an old mans car... tell i drove one...and owned two..
but dey is still girly cars and girly nifes... period.. :p










:) :D
cides if privet why the sig line bout goose?
privet joke also ... right... yep needs me new sig line...
 
On the 112 history and the forums running lil brother to 110 kiddin around comments ....before tech knives became the rage, heck before tech were invented, Buck 112 'RANGERS' were the status symbol on the belt of any good Park Ranger or Wildlife Officer. Timber cruisers carryed'em along with fire fighters. They were prefered for their compact size, they rode the belt well, the stiff blade and smaller handle let everyone except the biggest hoss or littlest nature girl have good control. Once you got that old 440C sharp, it stayed sharp. Nothing wrong with the 110s , they just weren't the Buck "RANGER". Tech knives and super cop movies changed everyone to pocket clip G-10 stuff. All except a few ole farts, yours truly being one, held on to the last pay stub. You had to have a nice custom sheath also, mine was holster leather, split calf lined, dark brown. Quality lasts and I still wear it. Pull out a 112 or a 110 now and the new generation will call you historic.
That is why I have only 2 110s but 7 112s. PS ususally had 112 on belt, and a 300 in pocket for detail work. 300bucks
 
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