All About Pocket Knives

I did not know they put Brass on the 118's Beautiful.. nice job on the 110 blade show her when yer done

Thanks Dogg. The brass pommel and guard on the 118 (and most of the rest of the 100 series) is a new, special run by Buck for Copper & Clad. I don't know how many they have made up, but the knives also have 5160 steel (carbon steel) instead of stainless steel. The edges are perfect on the one I bought. OH
Ps When I get some 800 grit I will get the 110 finished and I'll post some more pictures.

I'll tell ya OH I use 1200 to finish off my blades.

Thanks for the tip Dogg; right now I jump from 400 to 1500 grit. I was going to stop at Northern Tool or Harbor Freight in Fayetteville this past week to try and get some 800 and 1200, but I ran out of time. Maybe Sears & Roebuck here in town will have some. I'll get back to it soon. OH

PS This old, two line, Buck 118 came this weeks mail from Cal here at AAPK, It is whole so I think this one will go to the Buck spa for restoration - it's my first two line of any type.

Old Hunter wrote:Thanks for the tip Dogg; right now I jump from 400 to 1500 grit. I was going to stop at Northern Tool or Harbor Freight in Fayetteville this past week to try and get some 800 and 1200, but I ran out of time. Maybe Sears & Roebuck here in town will have some.

You always get a better result when you go in small steps. More work but the results are worth it. Try an auto-supply place. People use that fine stuff when working on car bodies.

Great idea Jerry, thanks! There is an O'Reily's and an Advance within blocks of my neighborhood - I hadn't thought of them for sandpaper. OH

I bought this one last night off the classifieds at Blade Forums from another collector - it will be here end of the week - sellers picture. Looks to be in very good used condition with sheath but no box - I like them that way nowadays so I can carry and use without being concerned about scratching a pristine, NIB, "collectors item". OH

It is this variation:
Variation 8 (1968-1970)13
Stamp: BUCK, u.s.a., Inverted, Left hand, 440C steel.
Butt rivets: 2 visible on both sides of bolsters.
Blade rivet: Visible on both sides of front bolsters.
Inlay rivets: 2 (tiny)
Rocker rivet: Brass, maybe headed.
Sheath: Leather, black. B or C.
Packaging: 2 piece yellow box about 2” high. **

Old Hunter wrote:Dave, that is a nice Buck 110 auto conversion - let us hear more about it as you use it some.

I went to a local gunshow today, not much in the way of knives (that I wanted to buy) but I did find an older Buck 112 sheath from one of the custom runs in new but scuffed condition - a knife has never been in it as far as I could tell (got one in it now!) I think it's an early to mid 1980's. I can use it for anyone of several Buck's I have in that size (112 - 422 - 412). OH

OH,
Just an observation, here...
You've posted so many good pics, I have a hard time picking just one thing to comment on!

I will say that sheath is a beauty!

Thank you Bill!

My '68-70 Buck 110 came in this week, not had chance to do too much with it - but it doesn't need much done. Better pictures in a few days (I hope). Here is a quickie taken outside the city rec. dept. before a baseball board meeting the other night. OH

Old Hunter wrote:Thank you Bill!

My '68-70 Buck 110 came in this week, not had chance to do too much with it - but it doesn't need much done. Better pictures in a few days (I hope). Here is a quickie taken outside the city rec. dept. before a baseball board meeting the other night. OH

Beautiful 110, OH!

My latest two Buck Knives from the past week, both circa late 2000's and both 112 variations, the Ecolite and the Ranger Finger Groove. That 112 FG is a biter - got the gunshop clerk as he packaged the knife and got me while I was posing it for the picture - some knives just have an attitude! OH

Old Hunter wrote:My latest two Buck Knives from the past week, both circa late 2000's and both 112 variations, the Ecolite and the Ranger Finger Groove. That 112 FG is a biter - got the gunshop clerk as he packaged the knife and got me while I was posing it for the picture - some knives just have an attitude! OH

I need to get interested in the 112's. Those are both lookers, especially the Ranger Finger Groove. It even looks like it bites!

that means she'll be a good one OH tell me OH does the eco-lite feel weird to you??

Dogg, Somewhat weird in that it is balanced very differently from the Buck 112 Ranger - once open the blade is the heaviest part of the knife, not the frame as in the standard models. I also find it feels too small (probably from my being so used to the Buck 110 size Folding Hunter). OH

gutchya same here gave mine to a young hunter and she's all he uses for the last two seasons

Picked up these two recently. The small Selkirk folder is 4.25" ,I think, and is built like a tank.
Not small to me. edit= Pic with 501 for comparison
The 102 replaces one I lost decades ago. I love them both!

Pro that Selfirk is a new one on me I likkey

My newest addition:
A 110 automatic!
(Early '70s 110 w/ a 2013 blade)

Producer, I think the Buck 102 is a great old school "bird & trout" knife. Nice auto conversion Bill - the early 70's had a nicely constructed frame - fits the hand well. OH

Open Season Small Game. Bought it well... just because... err... it's what I do. S30V steel, cute little knife. Dressed some smallmouth bass an hour ago. Did fine.

Dressed some smallmouth bass an hour ago.

Lake DeSmet?

How do like the handle size on the knife?

Bert

bertl wrote:

Dressed some smallmouth bass an hour ago.

Lake DeSmet? How do like the handle size on the knife? Bert

private ranch pond, foothills of the Bighorns. I like the handle. The edges are finished a little less rounded off than I would like. The sheath is weird, but it works.

The only Buck knives I have are... (drum roll please) a Model 110 round-buttoned single action auto and a 2015 Model 898 Impact! (Buck's first in-house venture into the automatic field)! People don't understand what a "leap of faith" this was for Buck Knives. (Trust me, it's one of my prized possessions).

Go Buck!

Captain O wrote:The only Buck knives I have are... (drum roll please) a Model 110 round-buttoned single action auto and a 2015 Model 898 Impact! (Buck's first in-house venture into the automatic field)! People don't understand what a "leap of faith" this was for Buck Knives. (Trust me, it's one of my prized possessions).

Go Buck!

Welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard. I'm beginning to get the idea that you're hooked on automatics.

jerryd6818 wrote:

Captain O wrote:The only Buck knives I have are... (drum roll please) a Model 110 round-buttoned single action auto and a 2015 Model 898 Impact! (Buck's first in-house venture into the automatic field)! People don't understand what a "leap of faith" this was for Buck Knives. (Trust me, it's one of my prized possessions).

Go Buck!

Welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard. I'm beginning to get the idea that you're hooked on automatics.

Daddy owned a unique 10 3/4" Latama Fishtail Picklock that saved his left arm by cutting a line that he had passed around it at the Bremerton Navy Ship yards. Yes, I'm hooked on automatics, but it's an old Navy tradition, without any connection to the "street gang" or "West Side Story" connection. Daddy was a UDT "Frogman" as well as Navy Rifle Team. A Pearl Harbor survivor with 7 1/2 ships sank from beneath him (including the 1/2 ship at Pearl Harbor that fateful morning).

I am addicted to "working" automatics.