What wood on an AG 110?

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Stainz

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I just got my Alaskan Guide 110 yesterday from Cabela's. It is well worth the $65 - seems even better made than my other 110's. The wood is a bit different, too. It isn't the usual Honduran rosewood looking brown/black striped - it's more pink/red/brown in color - and more consistent. It looks like Andaman padauk. Does anyone know what they used?

The 110 on the blade is followed by a 'T' rotated 90 degrees CW - what is the significance of that? Also, the other side has what may be a bird outline with 'BOS' to it's right, and 'S30V' below. I know what the S30v refers to, what about the outline and the 'BOS'? Thanks for your help - this is a great knife - even the holster appears to be finer than usual. I also wonder how many of these things they've made for Cabela's.

Blame this on the similar steel AG Vanguard I bought - a super buy, especially with that NRA discount coupon ($60!). My regular Vanguard will be the 'user' here - that AG Vanguard is a 'looker'!

Thanks again for any info.

Stainz
 
COngrats on your new 110! The 'T' laying over to the right means it's a 2006 production. More info on Buck's date codes here: http://www.buckknives.com/collectors_vintage.php

I believe the scales are rosewood on the AG 110's while laminated obeche is currently used on the regular production 110's.

And the 'bird outline' next to BOS is is a flame (as in heat ;) )

What's this about an NRA discount coupon??
 
It came with the usual renewal stuff from the NRA - a printed advert/discount for just the Vanguard Alaskan Guide - code # 2K-51-6493 $59.99. I have had it for a year or two... meant to use it for Christmas last year. I mentioned it a month or so back and got my AG Vanguard for $59.99... less than the $65 I just paid for the AG 110! Both are keeper, but the AG Vanguard is almost too pretty to use.

I don't want to seem difficult, but the regular 110's sure look like a CA or SA rosewood - maybe Brazilian - where the AG 110 sure looks like padauk. I have turned a bunch of dense hardwoods over the years into bowls, small vases, and lterally thousands of pens, an avocation I went after with some zest when I retired from teaching - only to be halted by CTS and a recurring asthma. 'Rosewoods' are so-termed for their 'smell' rather than their color. Most tropical variants are highly striped brown-black, with Indian sub-continent variants being more brown. Then there is Brazilian 'pao ferro', Portuguese for iron wood, and kingswood. Of course, Brazilian is a good bet, as half of the world's species of wood are found there. Still, they use neat wood!

Stainz
 
Thanks for the hardwood information, Stainz. I wasn't aware of the 'rosewood' name origin. As I recall, the use of laminated obeche wood for the production 110, was confirmed by Buck in another post.
 
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