Refurbishing a 1991 Buck 112

Slice-and-dice

Slice-and-dice

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Hi folks, new to the forum. Looking for some advice: just bought a ‘91 112. The wood scales have some graffiti/ initials which I’d like to remove. I believe this year 112 has 425M steel and real wood scales?? Anyone know whether these are wood or dymondwood/dymalux/resin infused? Any advice on cleaning up the scales? Simple sanding or dremeling? Any info on this knife is much appreciated! Many thanks

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Welcome to the Buck Forum. You have a nice knife as is; I usually leave old markings and dings on a knife, part of its heritage and it doesn’t effect its use. However, you could lightly sand the handles, if the letters aren’t too deep it won’t leave too deep a divot in the wood. 425MOD is a good steel, work on the edge and just use it, the handle marks will smooth up if it rides in your pocket over time. Glad to have you participating here. OH
 
110s made before 1994 had solid Macassar ebony wood handles. Buck used resin infused laminated Dymondwood for around 25 years and In 2019 they changed to Crelicam ebony.
 
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Thanks Gents! I have numerous newer bucks, but wanted something from the years that meant something to me. never owned 425M steel. Thus my search for late 80s/ early 90s models. I think I'll clean it up a little and otherwise let it build some more 'character'
 
I'd probably leave it as is, or maybe even send it back to Buck for a spa treatment (but it may come back with a different type of wood scales..IDK).

But....I do some repair work on my guitars, and one trick luthiers use, is to "drop fill" chips and dents in fretboards. You drop a little sanding dust, from the same type wood, into the chip/dent, and then hit it with a drop or two of superglue. It will get hard as a rock, and then you can sand/scrape it off smooth. It's virtually undetectable. Luthiers do this everyday when replacing frets.

Here is a quick video on how they do it. I actually fill in the finger dents, too, using this method.



Oh, and welcome to the forum!
 
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Slice-and-dice said:
Hi folks, new to the forum. Looking for some advice: just bought a ‘91 112. The wood scales have some graffiti/ initials which I’d like to remove. I believe this year 112 has 425M steel and real wood scales?? Anyone know whether these are wood or dymondwood/dymalux/resin infused? Any advice on cleaning up the scales? Simple sanding or dremeling? Any info on this knife is much appreciated! Many thanks

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You're going to enjoy using that knife. In my experience, the Buck 110s and 112s of that vintage (425M) will take an exceptionally sharp edge. You have to do a little reprofiling compared to the current edge grind, but once you get it thin and establish a good apex . . . eet weel cut. I accomplished some interesting cutting feats with my old 422 (same blade as your 112) "back in the day."
 
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Bought a new sheath, did some heavy cleaning and oiling, and just a tiny bit of hand sanding to obscure any initials carved into handle, what do you think? Good enough, or needs to be further sanded and polished? Dont really need this working knife to be perfect. Oh, its sharp!

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It's your knife. If you're happy with it, then it's perfect. Go wear your story onto it.

O.B.
 
Slice-and-dice said:
Bought a new sheath, did some heavy cleaning and oiling, and just a tiny bit of hand sanding to obscure any initials carved into handle, what do you think? Good enough, or needs to be further sanded and polished? Dont really need this working knife to be perfect. Oh, its sharp!

https://flic.kr/p/2oKS58Z
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I'm having trouble with viewing images hoster on flickr today for some reason, so I can't see your work!
 
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