What to do With Buck 110

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I just bought a used 110. I was planning on replacing the scales on this knife. I know very little about collectability, so I figured I'd ask here if there would be any problem doing it to this knife. There are several dents in the brass and wood, but everything else is in good condition. There is no sheath. It has two dots on each side of the "110" stamp.
 
That sounds like a great 110 candidate for replacing the scales. There are lots of those 1974 through 1979 110's, so if you have one you would like to customize, I would say do it. There are a few here who do excellent scale replacement on some of their own knives.

Take before and after pictures to share with us here. We like pictures of Buck knives!! :)

Welcome to the forum tubamonster!!
 
Tub, You can replace the wooden scales on your 4 dot 110 if you like. I would NOT. Because on those early ones the wood is solid Macassar ebony which was dropped in 94 for a wood laminate. I would purchase a model with the laminate scales and do that one if you wanted a project. Welcome. DM
 
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You said it has two dots on each side. That would be a 4 dot, right? Does it look like .110. or ..110..? I guess it doesn't really matter. I like the idea of replacing scales. It's a fun project to work on. :) but I do agree with David. The ebony on these oldy Goldie's is beautiful as it unless its damaged I would just clean it up and go with it
 
Way to go Bighaze!! Your reading comprehension is much better than mine. :)

He does indeed say two dot's on each side which would change the time frame of the knife more in the 1981 through 1985 time frame. Still a good candidate for replacing the scales if that's what he has a mind to do.

I know I'm looking to change out a few of mine in the future. I like the Macassar ebony, but I like some of what I've seen others do also.

Bighaze51 said:
You said it has two dots on each side. That would be a 4 dot, right? Does it look like .110. or ..110..? I guess it doesn't really matter. I like the idea of replacing scales. It's a fun project to work on. :) but I do agree with David. The ebony on these oldy Goldie's is beautiful as it unless its damaged I would just clean it up and go with it
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I've had just enough caffeine this morning. I did a newer model with cedar scales a couple days ago that turned out nice
 
Yeah, that's a 4dot. Shes a little banged up but not too bad. If you want to replace the scales, file the heads off the rivets and the scales should pop right off. The stainless pin that holds the lockbar in, just file one side off and pinch the pin through so you can reuse it later. Pop the scales off and put the lockbar pin back in. Cut it and peen the edges until its tight and file it flat. Epoxy new scales in. Sand and polish. Done-zo!
 
I'm with David Martin on this one. I wouldn't replace those scales, they look pretty good. You should see a few of the old workhorses I have! I would send that knife in to Buck for a spa job. I bet it will come back with those dings almost gone.
 
I've send a few 110's into the Buck spa that looked like your knife. All of them came back looking great. Here's an old 2 dot that they did for me. It looked a little worse than your knife when I sent it in.

 
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