Sharpened on one side only 110

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Cdnchoochoo

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This is my first post as I just joined 10 minutes ago. I have been google searching this 110 that I own. Every time my search results sent me here , so cut out the middle man and join eh? Now on to my question, I have a buck 110 that is only sharpened on the one side , the other side is flat. Can you please tell me more? I'm looking at what steel it is , why it was sharpened on the one side only , things like that. Thanks in advance.
 
Sure sounds like you've got a chisel grind alright.

Did you buy it new from a dealer or somebody else? That might explain a lot.
 
Sounds like one of the Buckcote 110's.

here is a 180 with Buckcote
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jb4570
 
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the sharpened side ,
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the flat side, here's the story about this knife, I got it new as a gift, had it for years and years. Lent it to my nephew for camping, it came back looking like it was dunked in gasoline, apparently he thought it wold be a good idea to heat it up til it about glowed.... His mum made him buy me a new one, but I am going to send this one back to buck for blade replacement. I think the handles on the one he ruined are rosewood?
 
Ok next question for you in the know. When buck replaces a blade , can I pick what type of steel I want the new blade to made of? And if so what would you pick?
 
Cdnchoochoo said:
Ok next question for you in the know. When buck replaces a blade , can I pick what type of steel I want the new blade to made of? And if so what would you pick?
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Buck will only replace the blade with one of 420HC steel. Your 110 is a 2001 model from the date stamp on it and the wood was listed as Rosewood for the ionfusion or buckcote version. Real Rosewood or a laminate? Don't know about that.
 
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They will replace your buckcote blade with a nother buckcote blade i believe,if they still have some saved away for warranty replacements,your knife wouldn't really be a warranty issue,as it was intentionally destroyed by heating it in a fire.Buck will take care of it though i'm sure of that.
 
I would not tell them about the blade being heated up until it glowed. if you do that I think you can kiss the warranty good by.
 
I would think the honest thing to do would be to tell them what happened. The warranty is for mfg. defects, not for stupidity mistakes. Who knows, they may repair it for free, or charge a small fee. Either way, it would be worth it to have it repaired. Then you could enjoy a great knife, and sleep at night too. YMMV

Blessings,

Omar
 
OHALLUM said:
I would think the honest thing to do would be to tell them what happened. The warranty is for mfg. defects, not for stupidity mistakes. Who knows, they may repair it for free, or charge a small fee. Either way, it would be worth it to have it repaired. Then you could enjoy a great knife, and sleep at night too. YMMV

Blessings,

Omar
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+1 :thumbup::thumbup: There's always the chance that they have one of the original blades around so you might get lucky (if that's the blade that you want), but they won't replace it with an S30V blade just at your request. There was a big deal made of that not too long ago on this forum by a guy who was so ticked off about that he got himself banned here.
 
hoochoo,

You have some excellent advice from the folks here. Buck takes care of their customers in some very special ways. Be honest about what your nephew did to the knife and it will get repaired. Buck just may have some of those blades around, not long ago they did a short run of build out 110's with those blades. Contact Joe Houser at Buck, good luck and post some photo's upon your knives return;).
jb4570
 
jb4570 said:
hoochoo,

You have some excellent advice from the folks here. Buck takes care of their customers in some very special ways. Be honest about what your nephew did to the knife and it will get repaired. Buck just may have some of those blades around, not long ago they did a short run of build out 110's with those blades. Contact Joe Houser at Buck, good luck and post some photo's upon your knives return;).
jb4570
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I also have a 111 buildout with the champagne blade, but it came from the factory sharpened on both sides like any normal blade, (0111BO2-B 0111 (BUILD OUT),CHAMPAGNE COATED BLADE,).
 
The 111 builout that I have with that blade was built in late 2008. Perhaps there are still some of the blades around but you need to ask yourself this question. Do you really want a blade with that one sided grind? They didn't seem to go over too well and were discontinued.
 
what does a new one cost please?? around $40.00?? what are you going to spend on shipping to get them to fix it and then if they are going to charge you to fix it what is that going to cost you?? if you add it all up before you ship it you might see buying a new one would be cheaper if they dont cover it. just asking. I hope they cover it for you.
 
It will definitely be cheaper to send it in for repair than to buy a new one.

I don't think they stopped doing the chisel edge because of poor performance.
 
Here's a quote from Joe Houser re BuckCote/Ionfuson knives.

"Joe Houser
Moderator

Join Date: Aug 1999Location: Post Falls, Idaho U.S.A.Posts: 3,122

I was involved with the field testing when we were first considering using this technology. I saw how well it worked time and time again. I would go on hunts and give a Ion Fusion knife to someone and everytime, they were impressed. We tested it at a hog ranch and the guy that did all the gutting and skinning consitantly got 3 to 4 times the life out of a knife with Ion Fusion. I saw all of this but personally i did not care for it. I am not sure why and there are other hunters hear at Buck that love it. I guess not enough folks warmed up to the idea because sales did not justify keeping it in the line anymore.
Anyway i hope that answer helps.

Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations Buck Knives Inc.
Buck Collectors club Liaison, Member #123"
 
I actually used a original buckcote 110 for all of my big game hunting at one time,That knife was great,but the single edge did have some drawbacks,one being it would sometimes make a drifting cut from onl having the edge on one side.I use mine for yars and eventually wore the blade out,it wasrplced back then wit a bg-42 blade.The 420 hc definately kept its working edge much longer wih the buckcote design.I recently got another buckcote model 110 off the bay,its a sweet blade that will stay in my collection.
 
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