strange handle on older 110 - have not seen it anywhere

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Hello all,

I am new here, but I have been reading through BUCK posts and learning more about the history of the mighty 110. I have my dad's late 60's 110 and it has a handle I have not seen on here. He called it knuckled handle or a fighting handle, but searching for those terms doesn't return anything (he liked to say things with authority that could be totally made up). Any collectors have any info or thoughts on this handle?
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Thanks in advance.
 
This was done post factory by the owner or some one for him, so you will not find info on it...Nice touch. How does it feel in the hand??
 
Your first post, welcome to the Buck forum. Just as tom19167 said, it looks like your dad "personalized" the handle for himself. It's just wood, a small drum sander would whip that up real quick. It's nice to have a knife that you know was owned/used by your father, that makes it a keeper. I think the knife dates to about 1970-72. The sheath is newer, late 1980's into the 90's.

..... I'm impressed you figured out the photo posting right off the bat.... good job!
 
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I agree, someone got creative.

The groves are slightly different on each handle and there are grooves on the top and bottom of the handle. It appears great care was taken to form this to the hand and in multiple positions. The name fighting handle appears to be appropriate. I am curious how it feels too.
 
Thanks for the replies. My dad was not exactly handy, so I am certain he didn't modify it, he also seemed to think it was original. He was left handed and the grip works well in that hand. It does not sit well inverted in either hand so the fighting grip thing is a bit of an exaggeration. He was working constructon in 1970 and could have picked it up then. We had a family friend than ran a knife shop in the late 80'summer, he probalby picked up the sheath then.

I have his 110 that I am keeping, a Delica1 (I will give to my son), and his fixed blade Old Timer he kept in his sock drawer by the bedroom door (kept in about the same place).
 
Strange, I had never seen a handle shaped like this before and now there is one very similar on eBay.


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I am holding on to mine, but that is very similar... my dad was working constructon on the San Diego zoo in 1970ish, and he talked like he had bought the knife new. Any possibility of some factory experimentation?
 
Well, acid was king about that time so experimentation is a possibility. :p

Seriously, perhaps they were made that way for a vendor? Or, perhaps someone was churning out custom 110's kind of like Copper Clad and others?
 
A lot of people customized 110s for a variety of reasons, often self defense related.
 
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