who designed which knife....anyone ever build a list

y'all are good. great feedback and insight. really appreciate all the knowledge here.
 
I designed the 302 Cap Lifter, but I think it will be a while before we see it.

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So...who designed the 102, 103, and 120? The basic designs go way back, I know. Wasn't what is now the 103 originally the 102 or something?
 
I thought the 103 was originally the 110. I know the model 110 wasn't the folding Folding Hunter originally.

Perhaps some BCCI newsletter reading is in my future! Deer blind fodder, I expect...
 
MT_Pokt said:
I thought the 103 was originally the 110. I know the model 110 wasn't the folding Folding Hunter originally.

Perhaps some BCCI newsletter reading is in my future! Deer blind fodder, I expect...
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Yes, the number 110 was originally used for the knife that became the 103. The number 110 was applied to the folding hunter when it came out......but I don't know the story of why the switch happened and I've seen Joe Houser say he doesn't know either. Maybe just a smart marketing move. 110 has a bit more pop than 103 and they knew that the new folder would be a big success.
Forever a mystery, though.......like many things Buck, I guess.
As to who designed the 102, 105, 120 and other early knives......they most likely just morphed from the earliest Hoyt and Al blade shapes.
 
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Here is a late 50's group 10 model 110 Skinner shown with a factory barrel nut model 103. The handle is ebony and the spacers leather. Looks like there has been some blade loss and the pommel has been trimmed. When you find these early ones you take them any way you can. I would date the 110 to about '56-'61 and the 103 '62-'63 so they are not far apart chronologically.

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Who designed the 119? I saw a historic set being sold somewhere online for $1300 or something like that? Anyway, the first blue one would be Hoyt I'd assume. If you look at the first 119, it's blue, no fullers, different grind/shape. Was that one entirely hoyt? How about the modern 119s? Who decided on Phenolic handles, Micarta spacers? Is it still technically Hoyts design with minor improvements from future generations?
 
DeSotoSky said:
Here is a late 50's group 10 model 110 Skinner shown with a factory barrel nut model 103. The handle is ebony and the spacers leather. Looks like there has been some blade loss
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Doesn't that looks like carbon steel blade on the earlier one? Preston
 
As far as I know, the use of 440C instead of old high carbon files would have started about 1961.
 
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