Stainless steel bolsters Buck 110

[Ruger 44 Redhawk]

So I missed out on that DLT Trading Buck 110 offering with stainless steel bolsters and drop point S35VN. DLT said they don't plan on getting more in. Are the stainless steel bolsters going to be stronger than aluminum, brass and nickel? I have an aluminum bolster Buck 110 and figure the thickness of the aluminum would be a lot stronger than the brass. Am I wrong? Collecting these 110's is addictive!

 

[sportingspecialist]

I've never seen or even heard of a SS frame 110.

I have a 110 from DLT with an S35VN drop point blade but it has a nickel silver frame.

Maybe you could provide a link.

 

[jbmonkey]

yeah^

ya sure op it wasnt nickel silver? dlt once labeled a 501 wrongly as stainless in their description. member here who loves stainless bought and found out it wasn't.

I would have added one of i knew about it. Id like a stainless bolsters and frame 110 too.

 

[ferider]

Both Nickel Silver (60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc ?) and Brass (67% copper and 33% zinc ?) have more than 50% copper in them. I'm just guessing that hardness and weight is very similar. Aluminum is definitely softer, SS is (much) harder. Also have the DLT 110 S30V in Nickel Silver (and Rosewood) and the KC one with G10. Would be great to have SS bolsters !

 

[David Martin]

If there is such a model, the ss bolster / frame would be some stronger and heavier. DM

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

Stainless and carbon steel is basically 3 times heavier than aluminum.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[afishhunter]

Stainless and carbon steel is basically 3 times heavier than aluminum.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

Be that as it may, I'd still love a 110 (and matching 301) with color case hardened steel bolsters and liners... with 5160 or 1095 blades, all dressed up in fat gnarly stag or elk ...

 

[Ruger 44 Redhawk]

No, it was definitely brushed stainless steel. If you zoomed in you could the grain and tell just by the color that it wasn't nickel. It had green micarta scales and an S35VN drop point blade. If you go to CensorTube, er, I mean YouTube, and type in Buck 110 S35VN you will see the video from DLT Trading showing it and another video from Preparedmind101 (the second video from July 12, 2018) where he showcases it.

 

[Ruger 44 Redhawk]

I don't have a link, but it was brushed stainless steel bolsters with green micarta scales and a drop point S35VN blade. You could tell it was stainless steel just by zooming in and seeing the grain lines and the color of the steel. If you go to CensorTube, er, I mean YouTube, and type in Buck 110 S35VN you will see the video from DLT Trading showing it and another video from Preparedmind101 (the second video from July 12, 2018) where he showcases it.

 

[Lesknife]

I’ve seen that 110 before and on the 501 with green micarta and S35vn blade. They were actually brushed nickel silver and dlt had to correct the description. There was talk about it about a year or two ago. Bucks bolster frames are cintered and I don’t think stainless was ever used. It was a info mistake.

 

[plb]

Stainless bolsters were used on all 500 series knives, but were phased out in favor of nickel silver. The exact years has been debated - sometime between 1994-2003. But the Duke 500 has always had SS bolsters.

Here's a discussion from a couple years ago.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/503-with-stainless-bolsters.1632945/

 

[TAH]

YouTube, and type in Buck 110 S35VN you will see the video from DLT Trading showing it and another video from Preparedmind101 (the second video from July 12, 2018) where he showcases it.

DLT says it's stainless.

 

[jbmonkey]

DLT says it's stainless.

pretty sure I have that knife, have to look tonight,, didnt think it was stainless...

let's see what dlt has to say on this...

J Jordan@DLT

 

[Jordan@DLT]

I looked into this, we requested stainless, but found out after they went into the sales channel that nickel silver was substituted.

 

[jbmonkey]

I looked into this, we requested stainless, but found out after they went into the sales channel that nickel silver was substituted.

thanks Jordan. appreciate your insight on this.

 

[JAGcustomknives]

Ooops missed a comment..

 

[David Martin]

A mystery solved.
I think the Duke's frame remained longer as stainless. As the BCCI offered a Heritage series in 2003. You could purchase 1 or all 5 knives of the series.
They had green canvas micarta handles & s30v blades. I purchased the Duke from this set. A magnet will not adhere to the frame but it will to the blade and lock bar.
DM

 

[bertl]

A magnetic will not adhere to the frame but it will to the blade and lock bar.

I'm not sure what that solves. There are quite a few varieties of stainless, many of which have no magnetic attraction. My understanding is that the 500 Duke still has stainless bolsters.

 

[TAH]

There are quite a few varieties of stainless, many of which have no magnetic attraction.

True. 300 series stainless is non-magnetic. 400 series stainless is magnetic.

 

[David Martin]

My point being, Buck was still using a stainless frame for the Duke at that time. DM