Way of knowing who did the conversion??

[Martin.H]

Hi everyone out there!!

This is my first post here at bladeforums.com, and I thought it would be quite a classy start to post a Buck 110 question!

I have 4 Buck 110: One is a vintage, late 70´s (I have been told..)
2 are standard/contemporary,at this moment i don´t remeber the marking/ year of making.
I bought two identical, one for use - one for collecting!
I also have an auto-conversion of the "standard scaled" 110, it´s my favourite auto of all categorys!!!!
It is strictly a collectable, because of the price and all the work behind getting it all the way here , I live in Sweden.

But my first reason of posting is that I wonder if there´s a way of knowing who,what,where the conversion was made??? It has a leafspring, and the button is the oval version. Does Buck knives make any conversions themselves???

Even if this is hard to know without having any more background info it´s worth a shot!

Ok, now that I´m not a virgin anymore I hope to be a regular at this forum!! I have so many questions in my head, about all sorts of knives.

Hopefully someone has some ideas on the Buck Auto question to share.

See you!

Martin.H

 

[Maverick4546]

Hey Martin...

I would not know personally but I am sure there are people that do. Could you post a pic?


Welcome to the forums mate

Mav

 

[chickentrax]

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I hope you understand that companies here do not advertise their involvement in converting knives to spring-assist. Buck does not do conversions, and any conversion voids any warranty.

 

[DarrylS]

Hi everyone out there!!



I wonder if there´s a way of knowing who,what,where the conversion was made??? It has a leafspring, and the button is the oval version. Does Buck knives make any conversions themselves???

See you!

Martin.H

...Hello Martin and like Mav said earlier...Welcome to the forum...There were and probably are, a few companies who have done the "conversions" of Buck knives into automatics. The most commonly mentioned are Paragon and Cumberland knife Works. Neither of them are doing the work now to my knowledge. The oval button was used by both of them at some point and by other "converters" I'm sure. Buck does not and has never made automatics nor have they done any of the "conversions" seen around the community. Our "official" greeter ( Chickentrax ) will hopefully be along shortly with the proper greeting and welcome to the forum...Stick around and have some fun...Lotsa Buck knowledge floating around this place...:thumbup:
...see how fast that Chicken is???...View attachment 68972...please "click" me...

 

[Martin.H]

Hi guys!

Thanks for your welcoming, and your inputs on the "convertion question"!

You confirmed the "rumors" I´ve heard about Buck never having converted any knives to auto.
The other companys might be the answer!
I had some knowledge of the "tangstamp-code list" but totally forgot about it..Thanks for reminding me!!!!
Really useful stuff!

I have a digital camera, and I will surely TRY to figure out how to post pictures.. I will take no shame in using "...for dummies" ( Nice stunt with the scanner by the way!)

Thanks for all the cool links, a lot of nice stuff to checkout.:thumbup:

I am sure I have a lot of fun coming my way on this forum,and equally much new knowledge!

Thanks again guys, see you again soon!!!

Martin.H