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

Finally got my Custom Shop 110. Pic isn't the greatest, I only have my crappy old phone as a camera:

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Have classic off the shelf models myself. Well broken in, well maintained and well used. They are a bit of a monster to cart around but make excellent letter openers when someone is visiting you do not care for...
 
Here is my 110...nothing fancy, just my edc for the first half of the day while doing my chores.
Mainly I use it for harvesting vegetables in the 4 gardens ;)
But there always seems to be something else that needs to be cut. Like twine on hay bales or shaving the hair off my big toe...lol

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Hi everyone,
The 110 I have is a simple standard model made in 2010.I took it with me when I was posted to TK in Afganistan.I found it dependable,well made,strong,sharp(and easy to sharpen),and with a little practice I could open one-handed if need be.The weight was a concern,but it was a good trade-off for knowing I had a good little knife.

In my life after the Army,I use it every day on the station in outback Queensland and feel naked without it.Its used for everything from spreading Vegemite on my toast for breakfast to cutting twine,knocking the slabs of a Barra,cutting up baits for Croc traps,and removing splinters and the end on the day.

Only the other day,while fixing a broken shear-pin on a tractor,I used the little 110 as a field hammer when nothing else was available.It has a few marks on the brass under the lock release,but she's good to go.The weight in this case was welcome.Long live the 110!-Jay
 
Hi guys. Im not sure if this is the proper forum to post this; if not, pls, let me know and I will move it to the one you recommend.

Anyway, In the last couple of months I bought 3 Buck 110 as gifts.
Is a classic, american made... we know all about Buck 110.

BUT. And yes, this is a big BUT.
I noticed the 3 knives are not Buck top quality.
I own a 1971 Buck 110 and over the years I handled many 110, so, about these 3 last ones I bought:

2 of them has this "bad" union between the spine of the blade and the lockback (see image)
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Its not smooth, you can see a "big" gap between the spine and the lockback. Its not very nice.

The other one has this play when its folded.. I mean the blade feels loose; you can move it with your finger -without applying too much pressure- until the blade touches the brass side and then move it to touch the other side with no effort whatsoever.

And the 3 of them came straight from the factory with this rough edge on the clip false edge... And Im talking rough. You can see the marks of the machine, and when you swipe your finger over it you feel that is not smooth at all.
http://www.ikonzept.com.ar/images/clip.jpg

Is this only my experience on my last Buck purchases? What do you think?
And please dont get me wrong. I LOVE Buck knives. They are always my first choice for me and for my beloved ones (that is why I purchased these last 3 ones) but I really want to know what is going on.
 
Send them back to Buck or at least call the factory / customer service - I have NO doubt that they will take care of the issue and you.
 
Here is my 2 dot 110. With it's original sheath. Take it with me hiking and fishing. It will be my back up once I get something bigger for the tougher jobs. Definitely will pamper it with a spa treatment at Buck.

 
Good afternoon,

I've recently joined this forum, and am new to knives. Just an hour or so ago a pair of Buck 110s arrived. After looking at the reviews where people asked about finger grips or no finger grips - and of course the answer was "get both" - well, I took that advice and I did.

These are far larger than I had expected. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with them, as I'm not a hunter. But they are beauties. A bit snowy outside to photo them al fresco, so here's an indoor photo of the pair.

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hello!! this is my first post!! here is mine before filework, this knife is my EDC:



 
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Andya27 said:
Good afternoon,

I've recently joined this forum, and am new to knives. Just an hour or so ago a pair of Buck 110s arrived. After looking at the reviews where people asked about finger grips or no finger grips - and of course the answer was "get both" - well, I took that advice and I did.

These are far larger than I had expected. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with them, as I'm not a hunter. But they are beauties. A bit snowy outside to photo them al fresco, so here's an indoor photo of the pair.

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Great lookin 110's. I love the 50 anvil blade stamp.

Use 'em to cut rope, open boxes, cut twine on hay bales, cut radiator hoses, harvest pumpkins and squashes etc, shave off toe hairs...hahaha
sharpen pencils, cut steak at dinner, dig out a splinter, etc etc etc ;)
I use a buck knife at least 10 times a day, including all of the above :)
 
no question that is a very nice knife...I have recently gotten back into the collecting buck knives and have already accumulated 7-10 new limited edition numbered buck 110 series individually numbered with #1 on all I have purchased recentl...I will try to get som pics up for you to all see in the near future
 
Im a newbie on this forum just revisiting knives and etc. Use em at work. On day many moons ago I waited outside Herman's World of Sports in dangerous 1970s Times Square to buy a Buck 110 for sumer camp. Had to go twice as they were out the first visit - which was scary for an 11 year old boy in NYC in 1974. Anyhow, it was an odd one as the scales didn't match and that bothered me so I sold it at a yard sale after college. Just saw a 50th anniversary model 110 on eBay...... $36.... Had to pull the trigger.....
 
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