Winner...And Still Heavyweight Champion...The Venerable Buck 110

Buck_110 said:
That is one fine example! I'm quite anal myself about having all the correct paperwork and tissue paper in A1 condition. As I'm sure you know, that sheath is more rare than the knife.
334dave:
You should cut and paste a picture of this sheath somewhere. The natural leather variation is not in the info I sent you.
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with hkingdom's permission i will !
 
A new Buck 110 has come home to live with me. I finally caved to the peer pressure and acquired a BassPro Buck 110 with CPM 154CM. The venerable Buck 110 with the BG-42 blade has been retired (at least for now). Well, it may be retired permanently. I compared its blade to the new knife and I've worn away about 1/16 in., maybe more, of the blade width on the BG-42 from the use/sharpen/use/sharpen cycle over a few years.

I'm hoping the CPM 154CM will give similar service, but ultimately it's a Buck 110, so by definition it's cool. :thumbup:
 
I've enjoyed seeing the 110s in this thread. Here are a few more...

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I have been looking at some of the knives on eBay, and ran across a seller that does some modifications to 110's, mainly bolsters and handles. He had some really nice looking pieces, combining mother of pearl, bone, maybe some imitation turqouise, and they looked awesome.

I wisj I had the stones to take a perfectly good knife like the 110, and risk destroying it in efforts of really making it a show piece. I know I screw it up.....I wonder how one of these knives would look with a mirror blade, nickle bolsters, and geode stone handles?
 
If I could pick only one locking folder to own for the rest of my days it would be the Buck 110,truly an American classic!!!
 
BG42EDGE said:
You should talk to Redrummd who posts here.
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Does he do these types of knife mods? Saw some of Jay Fishers's kitchen knives with granite handles....I think they were granite....blues and some gray on a satin finished 8" chef blade. Something like that could tell Gordon Ramsay what to do with himself, I think! :D
 
Salvo, in many ways yours is the best picture of all. The Buck 110 was made to be used and used hard. It is obvious that your knife has had a usefull life with many years of servicve yet to come. It is the best testimony for teh 110 that could be made! :thumbup:
 
Sorry it's a link but I can never seem to figure out how to post a pic. This is my Dad's 110, he figures he got it around 71-72. He had worked on oil tankers for Sun Oil Co. and it's been up and down the coasts of North and South America many times. Talk about hard use knives; he told me he's done just about everything from prying and hammering (as evidenced by the many impact marks on the brass bolsters) to screw driving, to oyster opening and of course cutting. The edge is convexed from repeated free-hand sharpening. He only recently gave this to me along with a similar vintage Browning folder that I have to clean up a bit.

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If I were told to choose one knife and one only to carry it would be my 110 for sure.I have a modest collection for sure compared to some of the guys here and other brands besides Buck but they are without a doubt my favorite.My oldest 110 is from 1974 and has been in my family since it was new.I believe it is just as sharp also!
 
Hi folks! I'm "new" (but as you can see it's been a while since I reg.) to this forum and while I'm waiting for my first 110 and my first Buck, I've been reading this thread with great interest. I got some smaller benchmade knives and hoping the 110 will make me as happy as they have. Just wanted to say hello from Sweden!
 
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