What would you do with this poor Buck?

If you send it in directly to my attention, I can have the blade sharpened only and not cleaned up to take the scratches out. Or we can do a spa treatment which we will sharpen and re-satin finish the blade and buff out the knife but not remove dings and dents. If you want the blade changed out, we will have to sand and polish out the front bolsters as part of that but also doable.

If that was mine, I would sharpen only and leave all the scratches and dings etc on the blade and knife as those were earned by your grandpa using and loving that knife.

PM me or e-mail me and we can figure out what is best for you..

Jeff
 
Lingwindel, welcome to the Buck Forum. I think you got some wrong information. The 2 dots came out in 1975- 80 (Bill Keys). Other collectors state in early 1976. I've read another writing giving 1974-80. But it's the brass handle pins that date your Grandfathers 110. These pins progressed from 2, 4, 3 small pins quickly. Then settling on 3 large pins. Your 110 has 4 small brass pins. This would put it at
1975 or 76, going with Bill Keys. He had over 30 years employment at Buck Knives. DM
 
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Lots of good thoughts and recommendations in this thread. Most everyone would be envious if they had been left a old 110 in as good of shape as it is. Thinking about it a minute I know what I would do first. If you have any handyman skills at all, give it a good cleaning, dawn dish soap and hot water followed by WD-40 and then dry it with hair dryer hot to the touch. Then handle it some, maybe a dab of wax for the wood and think if anything else needs to be done to it. Sharpen maybe, then decide if you want to do it yourself to keep its spirit in the family, would do as mentioned above, borrow or buy a ceramic rod sharpener and just touch the blade up, be conservative. Then a dab of oil and good rag wipe. Then some more in hand and on shelf looking at it time. Your in no hurry, Mr Hubbard will remember you. Then eventually you will know what is to be done next, if anything. You haven't hurt it and you only touched up blade, plenty will be left if you want it done fancy by Buck. If not then you have a family heirloom to show granddads scratches and tell about him. Good Luck. 300
 
That is a tough decision. The knife you have is a transitional knife model that collectors seek after. I just bought one that is very comparable in condition. I sent it to the spa. If you are patient I could send you before and after pictures. I expect to get it back by the end of the month.
 
Welcome Lingwendil. That's a great looking Buck you have with lots of life showing in its appearance. I have a few knives that belonged to my father and I cherish them all and have left them as is. IMO you should leave as is and just give it a good cleaning and sharpening by someone here on the BF or as some suggested send it to Buck after contacting them and relaying your wishes, I myself wouldn't want it looking brand new. A Buck 110 is still the best made knife for the money and can be purchased at anytime but good old memories are hard to come by. Your lucky because you have options so take a little time and think about it ;):thumbsup:.
 
J Hubbard said:
If you send it in directly to my attention, I can have the blade sharpened only and not cleaned up to take the scratches out. Or we can do a spa treatment which we will sharpen and re-satin finish the blade and buff out the knife but not remove dings and dents. If you want the blade changed out, we will have to sand and polish out the front bolsters as part of that but also doable.

If that was mine, I would sharpen only and leave all the scratches and dings etc on the blade and knife as those were earned by your grandpa using and loving that knife.

PM me or e-mail me and we can figure out what is best for you..

Jeff
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cant ask for better than that. impressive Sir. says a lot about you and Buck.
 
Theres plenty of life in the blade. Send it to buck for a spa treatment unless you are capable of doing it, that would have more gratification.

My grandpa told me i could have a couple of his old guns if i would clean them up. I refinished the barrel, recheckered and refinished the stock had it looking as good or better than new, and he was very proud of what i did.

If anything of mine ever got passed down to someone i would be glad for them to take enough pride in it to make it new again.
 
J Hubbard said:
If you send it in directly to my attention, I can have the blade sharpened only and not cleaned up to take the scratches out. Or we can do a spa treatment which we will sharpen and re-satin finish the blade and buff out the knife but not remove dings and dents. If you want the blade changed out, we will have to sand and polish out the front bolsters as part of that but also doable.

If that was mine, I would sharpen only and leave all the scratches and dings etc on the blade and knife as those were earned by your grandpa using and loving that knife.

PM me or e-mail me and we can figure out what is best for you..

Jeff
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Wow! Sharpened and cleaned is exactly what I want- and preserving the overall condition with the ability to actually use it is wonderful. The tip of the knife also has a chip but I'll see what you think. for some reason I can't PM, can you email me directly? It's my username at Gmail dot com.
 
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Battle scars my butt. Ya i got some scratches and dings in my knives and guns and aint proud of a dang one of them. However they aint bad enough to justify re finishing.

I will gaurantee you if someone walked up to your grandpa and said hey i will sharpen an polish that knife up for you like new for a few bucks he would do it in a heartbeat.
 
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Chilebrown said:
That is a tough decision. The knife you have is a transitional knife model that collectors seek after. I just bought one that is very comparable in condition. I sent it to the spa. If you are patient I could send you before and after pictures. I expect to get it back by the end of the month.
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I'd love to see some pics if you have some to share!
 
Lingwendil said:
I'd love to see some pics if you have some to share!
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I will but it will have to wait until I receive knife back from Buck Spa. I sent it in a month ago and I expect to get it back at the end of this month. It takes a while but is worth the wait. Here is the knife the way I sent it to the Spa

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Chilebrown said:
I will but it will have to wait until I receive knife back from Buck Spa. I sent it in a month ago and I expect to get it back at the end of this month. It takes a while but is worth the wait. Here is the knife the way I sent it to the Spa

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Send it to Jeff have them do the blade and wipe the handle down and it'll look great and the memories are still there....
 
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The handle is the part your grandfather touched. It’s the soul of the knife.
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Well if the soul is the handle, the heart is then the blade. You replace either and it's no longer the same knife.

I think Buck devalues their brand and the knife when they do unneeded blade replacements. Just 'cause someone wants a new blade, doesn't mean the knife should get one. A 420HC blade in a frame designed for 440C is certainly a bastard :)

If it were mine, I'd clean and sharpen it myself, 'cause I'm my grandfather's descendant :) even if I am a bastard.
 
If that was my knife. I would use some wet dry sandpaper, lubricated with mineral oil, and take off the worst of the scratches on the blade. I would start with 220 sandpaper, and work up through the grits, until I was happy with how it looked. Then I would put it on my sharpening jig, and make it razor sharp. Then I would use it.

O.B.
 
I can understand your dilemma, many years ago the micarta scales on my Buck 500 had worked loose. Now this knife was given to me new and I literally carried it around the world as an Air Force Crew Chief back in the 80’s. It saw its fair amount of use and abuse; it seemed that half the time I used it to puncture the metal jet engine oil cans. The tip was well rounded plus thre typical scratches and dents the bolsters seem to get. At that time Joe Houser told me to send it to Buck, Attenttion to him and he would have the scales fixed without changing anything else. I believed they didn’t sharpen it because the blade showed my use as a can opener.

I really appreciated that and the knife is largely retired because of sentimental value.

Just have Buck sharpen your Grandfather’s knife and enjoy it.

I should take some photos of my 500 and post them somewhere here.
 
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