All About Pocket Knives

Hi Larry, welcome to the forum, here is some information on your knife, from Levine's
Nice knife.

To FRJ and gino....Thanks to both of you for the replies, appreciate it.
lkbenson

The Buck 110 is probably one of the knives that I have had the most of.....I bet that I have had 25-30 in my lifetime.
Out of all of those....I have 3...

Johnie;Very nice Bucks..Question ,Have you heard about a Solar collector power generation farm being build in AZ?

Those are 3 sweet ones JR. I dig that nickel silevr bolster one. I have a few of the NB 110's and they are my favs.

garddogg56 wrote:Johnie;Very nice Bucks..Question ,Have you heard about a Solar collector power generation farm being build in AZ?

No answer thanks anyway..

No answer thanks anyway..

Sorry garddogg56......to answer your question....no I haven't heard anything. But that doesn't mean much cause I'm not very good at keeping up with current events....As you can tell!!

Thank you and to you also , Gino!!

Welcome Larry,
What you have is a second version made between 1968-1970. This is according to Levine's guide to knives.
wazu013

This is my second 110. Lost the first somewhere in the piney woods of beautiful Fort Bragg, NC:



This was purchased new at the Fort Bragg PX in the early 1980s and was a constant companion during a 23 year Army career, seeing service in Germany, Korea, Panama, the Persian Gulf region and all over the US. It rode on my pistol belt in the old Brigade Quartermaster nylon sheath you see in the picture. I had to use it as a hammer a time or two - note the dings and gouges on the bolsters.

It shines up nice with a little elbow grease and is still sharp, tight and read to go!

Brian

Great knife, Brian. Thanks for your military service.

FRJ wrote:Great knife, Brian. Thanks for your military service.

Thanks. But as I say to all who give me kudos for my service, I would not have stayed for 23 years if I didn't love what I was doing!

Now, this old 110 has the grace and elegance of an old Ford F-150 - all squared off and as light as a brick, but sturdy and ready for work. I recently bought a new 110 and I have to say that I think Buck does a better job with them today. With the rounded bolsters and handle scales it is a much more comfortable knife in the hand and has a much more elegant look about it.

The old 110 has been retired from honorable service. It now spends its days kicked back and discussing world events with the other knives in my collection while the younger generation 110 gets put to work in the grand tradition of its predecessor.

Brian

garddogg56 wrote:

garddogg56 wrote:Johnie;Very nice Bucks..Question ,Have you heard about a Solar collector power generation farm being build in AZ?

No answer thanks anyway..

Mr.rotten;This is the job I'm going to in January 2012

my 112 and the 110 that caleb kindly gifted me, i love it,

Hello All,
I have not posted on the buck forum prior to this, thought you might like to see an early 110 before she gets her buck spa treatment the knive is a 2nd Version, 1st Variation, note the fiber spring holder on the rear bolster of knife hope you enjoy

This is a 2 Dot mint with original sheath, box and paperwork.
wazu013

Very nice 110's everyone these are becoming one of my favorite and I quess alot of other people, read somewhere they have sold over 10 million+, shows a true veteran as people would not buy if not a good product. Here are a couple more before they go for the spa treatment, These are a couple of mint in box 2 liner's 1 with no pins extremly rare, 1 with 2 pins both from late 60's, Thanks for sharing hope you enjoy

I have to say I have only seen a single pin 110 in books.
Very nice nuto
wazu013

It twas a sad day yesterday I broke the 110\ on my buddies buck while splitting the pelvic bone that kind of fool goes hunting with just a small Canal st jack ::teary_eyes::the back spring won't reset

Sent the 110 into Buck, they will fix it.

You bet Dale I heard there service dept is the best this is the first Buck I ever broke.On my two dot 112 I had to replace the sheath three times and once on the 110 sheath.

I started out two times over the years to buy a Buck 110, but got side tracked both times. The first time out was in the fall of 1976, went with a buddy to the PX at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to buy a 110; he bought a 110, I ended up with a 105 (still have it). The second time was in the early 1980's, went to a local gunshop to buy a Buck 110; the shop had recently become a Gerber dealer and I bought a Gerber Sportsman II. Last month I stopped at a pawn & gun in Benson NC, saw a Buck 110 that I liked and didn't look at another thing in the store until I paid for my new 110 (finally!)
Ps Gone is the stout leather case of yesteryear, in its place they furnish a flimsy nylon, Chinese made case.

Old Hunter wrote:I started out two times over the years to buy a Buck 110, but got side tracked both times. The first time out was in the fall of 1976, went with a buddy to the PX at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to buy a 110; he bought a 110, I ended up with a 105 (still have it). The second time was in the early 1980's, went to a local gunshop to buy a Buck 110; the shop had recently become a Gerber dealer and I bought a Gerber Sportsman II. Last month I stopped at a pawn & gun in Benson NC, saw a Buck 110 that I liked and didn't look at another thing in the store until I paid for my new 110 (finally!)
Ps Gone is the stout leather case of yesteryear, in its place they furnish a flimsy nylon, Chinese made case.

Thats cool they still do the leather cases i think most made in mexico .

Here's a 110 I bought when I was in the Marines. I think it was the last year I was in, 1970. Thanks to Dale's post "Updated 110 Data Sheet" I think it is a 3rd Version, Variation 8. I'm amazed at the thoroughness of the research available on this knife! Thanks to all of you who contributed to gathering and publishing the information.

mtds;I truely get lost in all the versions ,looks to be early 70's I'm sure someone with great Buck knowledge will let ya know All I know they are great work knives I've had a 112 for 37yrs TOUGH knife.I have only broken one Buck and it was deerseason this year and was a 110\ she'll be going back to mother Buck for repair.

Since we're sharing...

I got mine somewhere around 1978 as a kid. Ordered it from Herter's catalog, which was for many years my going to bed reading.

I have a complicated relationship with this knife. It is easily the prettiest and most moving knife I own. But in practical terms, it's too heavy for backpacking, I find the dramatic clip point blade doesn't work for me for many uses and it's really to big for EDC use in my very suburban life. I think Santa is bringing me a 500 this year!!

Still, I love this knife. This past year, I decided I was probably going to keep it - conclusion that only took 30-some years. So, since it sat unused most days, I took the files to the bolsters and softened them. I know pocket carry the fool thing a couple of days a month, just for the heck of it. Rarely goes to the office though. Still too much blade to introduce when somebody needs to cut open a USB drive from its plastic wrap!