Buck 110 Feels very loose

Hoyt Buck produced the first Buck Knife in 1902. Hoyt and his son Al moved to San Diego and set up shop as H.H. Buck & Son in 1947. Al Buck revolutionized the knife industry in 1964 with the infamous Model 110 Folding Hunter. The company's innovative history and attention to quality have made for many great collectible knives.
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Radium07
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Buck 110 Feels very loose

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I have a Buck 110 in a Type A Sheath that is around 50 years old and is used but not abused. The blade feels loose when I go to lock it up but locks up fine, I am thinking years of use, opening and closing a thousand times wore something out.
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The old Buck 110, before the various two dot, three dot, four dot models were like that once used. It is normal and okay if the blade is locking up tight (as you mention). In fact the knives were popular as "flippers" and Buck made the original two dot change to eliminate what you describe. Good old collectible and using knife! OH
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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Re: Buck 110 Feels very loose

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Thanks
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