Photos Vintage Buck 110 no-dot

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Recently acquired this venerable oldie (1972-1974) which had a rounded point, no edge, and a handle filled with crud.
Cleaned everything with toothpicks, an old toothbrush with diluted detergent, and lastly an ultrasonic cleaner, polished the brass, then reground the blade by hand on wet & dry paper with WD40 as a lubricant.
The new convex edge measures ~25 degrees inclusive and there is a new point too.

















 
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wack, those no dots are hard to find now days. You did good careful work on it, edge looks good. Different coloration with the ebony slabs was more common with those. I think that gives it eye appeal. :thumbsup: DM
 
Great find, and an excellent job of bringing her back. :)

She be a lot prettier than my (circa 1971) 2 dot.

A former owner tortured her with an engraving tool "it" (or if you prefer "that "thing"") did not know how to use. :(

I suspect "it" was also stupit and thought she was a philips screwdriver … right up to the moment that moronic, mean, careless, stupid, sadistic, gods cursed, out of sanity, … "it" or "thing" snapped her tip off. :mad:

(IMHO, that former owner, was/is way very much too stupid to be an "Human" or an "People", so "it" or "thing" is a fitting description or designation. I do not desire to insult nor offend "Humans" and/or "People" by counting that (probably) brainless "thing" among their number.)​
 
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The blade pivot pin has moved.

Do you plan on addressing this issue?
 
S sportingspecialist : you have a keen eye :)

When i got the knife that pivot pin was a bit recessed into the bolster, and the blade had some play.
After cleaning i used a vise and two pieces of soft wood to press the bolsters together a bit, which in itself worked very well as all the blade play vanished, while the blade still opens & closes smoothly.
The pin head however now sticks out just a tiny bit on one side, although the pics make it seem worse than it really is.
A bit of sanding with fine wet & dry paper on glass and some additional buffing will most likely solve things, and i intend to do this later on.
 
If it is a little proud wouldnt you be better to peen it a little first.
My experience of squeezing with a vice is it is just temporary. As it is used it will move back if not peened.
 
kwackster said:
I think you're right, and i will peen it a little before i do anything else.
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I would do this. A little on the edges of the pin, while resting on a hard surface. Then sand it mostly out... Your not going to use it. DM
 
kwackster said:
Recently acquired this venerable oldie (1972-1974) which had a rounded point, no edge, and a handle filled with crud.
Cleaned everything with tootpicks, an old tootbrush with diluted detergent, and lastly an ultrasonic cleaner, polished the brass, then reground the blade by hand on wet & dry paper with WD40 as a lubricant.
The new convex edge measures ~25 degrees inclusive and there is a new point too.

















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I found one at a yard sale for $6. It's in amazing condition. One of my favorite knives that I own. I remember growing up my dad and uncle each had one so it's sentimental
 
A old 110 for $6.00?? Priceless! Remember it's still covered by Bucks lifetime warranty and you can send it in for Bucks famous Spa treatment for less than $10.00..
 
Relics_and_rags_co said:
I was told by other's to avoid bucks spa treatment. Plus the patina on mine is amazing and I'd hate to see the years of use cleaned away. Do they offer just a sharpening service?
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Great find and a great knife! Congrats :thumbsup: I would save that patina too.
IDK why they told you to avoid Bucks SPA treatment. They have always done excatly what I have ask for and done it well. Yes, they do offer only sharpening.
On their site there is a form to fill out to get what you want done. https://www.buckknives.com/about/knife-sharpening-services/
 
Funny, I would have asked for just the opposite. Make the frame look like new and leave the old convex edge alone.
New edges don't look as good or correct on those oldies.
 
I prefer the look of the patina over a shiny new frame. I don't see why they couldn't keep the same blade profile
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Funny, I would have asked for just the opposite. Make the frame look like new and leave the old convex edge alone.
New edges don't look as good or correct on those oldies.
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