Buck 110, A Lifetime Purchase

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My all time favorite is the Buck 110. I learned something about Buck this past year I did not know. They have a Custom Shop and will make a 110 folding hunter to your specs - handle, blade steel, bolsters... Also they have one of the best warranties going. I bought a vintage Buck 110 off of Ebay because of the custom Elk antler handles, one beautiful knife. Got it at a bargain. When it arrived I was a little disappointed because the blade had been aggressively buffed. I called Buck and they put a new blade in it for me. Total cost of the new blade plus postage was $10.00. Turn around was about a week and a half. The customer service rep told me, "when you buy a Buck, you buy it for life." Now thats service!!!:)



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Wow, great link! I've thought a 110 with an engraved bolster would be a great gift.

And the handle options they offer are pretty extensive.
 
Great All-American...

Yep, Buck Knives is one of the companies that has a Great All-American Warranty. It's small enough that when I sent a letter of complaint some years ago, Mr. Chuck Buck answered it personally, and, I thought, quite fairly. (Complaint was NOT about quality of product, BTW.)

Was given a Buck 110 when I retired from teaching school, by the faculty. It was a very thoughtful gift I felt, not least because my school district had prohibited the carrying of knives by staff because a student had gotten in trouble concerning a pocket knife. (Sensible, right!)

Have never been much for folders, except for pocket knives. But the 110 kind of changed my mind--I've carried it ever since receiving it.

It came with a "good" edge; working on it off & on for a couple weeks got it a really decent edge, which has been no trouble to maintain.
 
Neighbors

I live pretty much right down the road from their factory.

Everyone I've dealt with there is good people.

I've managed to get a number of my knives signed by the current and past company president, and this has unfortunately led to my now having lost count of the number of Buck knives I have.

I even picked up a Chef's Knife from their on-site retail store for 70% off (production overrun).

I took in an old two-spring Stockman that was made back in their California days. Sharpened and polished: $5.00 cash.

I took in an old Buck 112 Ranger. Belonged to Jim, the General Contractor we used for our remodel. Generally beat up and looking its age. They simply replaced it with a new knife. No Cost. And I got it signed for him. Jim's a happy camper.

I watched an older fellow who brought in an old beater that he'd had for years, ask if they could repair it. They asked if there was any sentimental reason for not replacing it outright. He said "no," and said it was just a knife he used a lot. They swapped it out for a new one. He went over to the on-site retail store and bought another couple of knives for himself and gifts, spent some $200-$300 there. He allowed that a company that treats customers like that gets his business.

They have a little mini-museum there that has pretty much all their classics. Tours of the factory three days a week.

If you search my posts in this sub-forum you will find pictures of their display and lobby (not to mention several of their knives).

Here's a couple shots taken outside their factory:

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Yes, like the 1911, it is an old design, but a goodie. Treat it right and it will become a family heirloom. My 70s era 110 is one of my prized possessions.
 
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Received a 112 "Ranger" as a Christmas gift from mom & dad when I was 13 or 14.(75 or 76?)Dad had a "Folding Hunter" 110.I bought another 110 a little later, and you're right.Those are lifetime knives.I'll admit that I hardly use them anymore,think I've been afraid of "hurting" them.Yep, I know that's silly,as all of them will outlast me!
The memories surrounding those Bucks are as valuable as they come.
 
I bought a 110 back around 1981 and I still use it to deer and black bear hunt. I have occasionally oiled the wood with food-grade mineral oil.

At the rate it's going, I will have it to pass down to another family member when "my time is up."
 
When I was in the army, Buck was THE knife everyone had.

Later in civilian life, a Buck 102 woodsman became my go=to outdoors knife. I still have it. The woodsman and a Buck stockman have handled just about everything I needed to cut for the past 40 years. I've had other knives, but they were part of the knife knut collectors disease, wants but not needs.

I met Chuck Buck at the blade show in Knoxville in the late '80s, and was impressed by the quality of human being that is the Buck family. Every knife knut needs to buy a new Buck knife to support an American knife company run by top notch people!
 
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My first Blade Show was in Knoxville. Now they are held in Atlanta. Worth the trip if you like blades!!
 
Great American company, great product. I hadn't realized how much I needed a nice Buck in my arsenal!
 
The first quality knife I ever got was a Buck 112 folding Hunter, then a 110 Ranger, then a General, then a Pathfinder. IU still have the Pathfinder and the General.
 
I've been wanting a Buck 110 for some time now. I finally took the plunge today, due in part to this thread.

I'm very pleased with the quality of this piece. I expect to get many, many years of service out of it.

I never thought that I'd find a knife I liked as much as my old American-made Schrade 6OT. I've been looking for another one ever since I tragically broke the tip off of it several years ago (the Chinese-made ones just aren't the same). So far, I think I like the Buck even more than my old Schrade.
 
I own Kabars, Spydercos, Victorinox, CRKTs, and Bucks. The ones that get the most use: my SAKs and Buck knives. Picked up a 110 not too long ago, maybe 6 months ago. Can take a wicked edge, even if it won't keep it for very long (but then again a minute or two on the Sharpmaker brings it back to hair-popping sharp).

I have a Buck Custom Shop build coming in by early December. The standard steel (cause its so easy to sharpen), nickel-silver bolsters, indigo royalwood handles, rivets and a black leather sheath. Total cost: $78 shipped for a custom piece. NOW thats quality !! Shameless plug time: check out the Custom shop on their website. Getting a blade with a higher grade of steel
(S30V) is only a few more dollars, and they have a lot of options to choose from.

I don't know. Theres something about a heavy, American made knife with tarnished brass handles that makes me all warm and fuzzy inside (yes, I need to take Brasso to the handles !)
 
I had always been a Schrade buyer and user up until Schade went out of business. But I did pick up a Buck Damascus 110 with stag handles a number of years ago as it caught my eye at a show. Recently I purchased your basic 110 just because I have never owned one that I used. I misplaced the my Old Timer and the Buck is a good size for hunting if you prefer a folder.
 
I have a bunch of Bucks, including a 110 and a 112 that I bought back in the 80's when I was in the Navy. I like the idea of the custom shop versions of the 110, I only wish that they would offer more handle options (I'd like zebrawood or stag) and blades in 1095 steel; I think that a 110 with a 1095 blade and stag handle scales would be the ultimate 110. :what:
 
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I think it is pretty indicative of what a good company/product Buck makes when for a whole bunch of years, and even now to an extent, Buck was synonymous with "good knife" in the eyes of the non-knife-knut community.

That being said, I am not wild about some of the new knives: Doesn't mean I won't buy a Buck knife ever again, it just means what it means. I still like the classics, not so crazy about some of the newer designs. Currently, Buck makes nothing that would convince me to stop carrying around my Griptilian or my Endura in favor of some similar model of Buck. If they make that knife though, I will be the first to switch!
 
Yep, Buck knives Rock!

I sent in a Lancer knife that I broke both the blades on. They not only sent me a new
knife, they also sent me a check to cover MY shipping it to them!

Beat that!
 
^^^ stories like that make me want to buy more of their products. Gotta love a good company like that.
 
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