I’m 60 years old, and the Buck 110 was a rite of passage when I was a teenager. It could do it all, and they were very affordable. In fact, all knives were affordable back then. My wife and I have sunk thousands into knives over the past decade, but I’d be happy with just my two Buck 110 folders.
Buck used to make good knives. For the last twenty five or so years though they've downgraded to some of the cheapest and shittiest quality knives on the market, and for high prices. I've got an old ass Buck 110 from the late 60's though and it's really quite nice.
@@HotCoco_ I've got three 110s I got in the last five years and they are all great knives. Two I purchased new and one few years old I got used with a broken tip and Buck replaced the whole knife for free (and I live in the Czech Republic so it was quite a treat to get a free replacement from the USA). No knife quality nor customer service complaints from me.
A real man's knife. My uncle used to carry his 110 on his belt everywhere he went, and I always admired it. When he passed some years ago, I inherited the knife. Looking forward to passing it on to my son one of these days. It's one of my most treasured possessions, sort of a link across the generations among the men in our family.
Puma has been making a whole family of Buck 110-like knives for decades. I have one that my older brother gave me that I treasure. I got it sometime in the 1980s, and it's still a great carry today. I don't carry it too often, as he's gone, and it's pretty important to me to not lose it. Gonna get another one soon just to have a daily-able version.
From Grandpa to dad to son to grandsons it's timeless. Perfect and that blade shape and durability is iconic. Before all this knife craze it still and always will stand alone.
I lost my favorite pocket knife on a date when I was 16, and my neighbors asked me to take care of their horses the fallowing weekend. I took the cash they gave me and went to the hardware store and picked up a Classic buck 110 folder that I still carry in my pocket every day. the only issue I ever had was I accidentally broke off the tip while trying to get a broadhead out but, a little work with a file and it’s good as new! Great knife!!!
I live in Australia and I own a 2005 buck 110 and a Spyderco Endura the sad part is I can't carry any of them because of the strict knife laws and regulations
I’m not a young buck (haha), and I started my collection years ago with slip joints, but I’ll admit I never even considered a Buck 110 in modern times. Until very recently, Buck’s pin construction prevented disassembly, it didn’t have a pocket clip so knife would sit in the bottom of a pocket, did not have thumbstuds, hole, or flipper so required two hands to open and the lock requires two hands to close. I like the classic scale options but the steel is not comparatively great either. Other than nostalgia, if you grew up with one (I didn’t), it had very little to recommend it over modern designs and materials. My collection of hawkbill slip joints rarely make it into my pockets these days. Of course none of this matters if you love 110! There are knives for all preferences, genres, and uses which is why collecting is so much fun. I may have to get a modern version of the 110 and check it out first hand. If I’ve learned anything collecting knives, it’s that my opinions change. Cheers!
I have a 110 from the initial 2014 anniversary production. It's been around the world with me together with a 2013 Vanguard. Although these days I avoid wood and leather in the tropics. It is basically a non-threatening knife ideal when you are with non-knife people. It has it's second belt sheath, has been sharpened and the brass polished many times yet doesn't look its age.
This is the video I needed 3 months ago. I was searching for a lock back, like a 110, but not a 110. I ultimately bought a Beretta "hunting folder" with a checkered olive wood handle and a steel bolster. Looks to be made for Beretta in Maserin. Seems to be 110 inspired, but the blade is more of a drop point. I was considering some Boker knives, but they are crazy expensive.
I purchased a Buck 112 back in '76 for a military school I was attending. I looked at the 110, wanted a knife that I could carry everywhere without having trouble with open carry laws. I lost that knife 2 years later when I left it on the roof of a car and drove off never to be found again. My second 112 sort of lasted about 15 years. After 3 blade replacements and 2 frames I decided that I was too hard on the 112 and switched to Leatherman's. After toasting a couple of them my now open carry is a Mora Craftline Carpentry Chisel which meets the open carry laws and I think that I have finally met my match for a cutting pry bar. It also works for door hinge cutouts and lock strikes and most anything that needs whacked off. I still have the 112, broken frame in 3 places and needing a new blade as a reminder of better times. I do have a few 110's. One is a 1968-9 model and I have a 1970-1 which are examples of the various blade shapes over the years. If I needed them I would break them out, nowadays they just sleep in drawers dreaming of better times to come.
At the price point, it's a great knife. I've owned two. But - it still has a gummy steel that just can't hold an edge. I would greatly prefer a 1095 steel version. Let me be the one who determines how well it ages. I don't need stainless.
If my memory is functioning today I think I bought mine when I was in the Army at the Ft. Meade PX around 1972. My wife rediscovered it a few weeks ago and did a wonderful cleaning u.p to an almost like new condition. Now it lives in my new Ram Promaster camper van.
The Böker Optima is my absolute choice. You are telling that there are exchangeable blad versions for the Optima, but with an Optima you can always change blades in seconds. Thats why it is called Optima. If it is not possible to change blades with the Böker you are showing, than it is not a Optima but the Scout model. There are even CPM-154 blades available for the Optima, so not only 440C. I have a Optima for almost 30 years with different blades and it is a superb and extremely strong knife. Probably the best of all knifes you are showing. At least the most versatile of all because you have always the right blade with you. Extra blades fits in the leather sheath together with the knife. I like the buck 110 but the Böker Optima or Scout are better knifes, of coarse you pay for that. I have a lot of quality knifes, but if i could choose only one knife, the choice would be easy.
Keeps an edge and easy to sharpen or profile. Had a lot of knives, but my 110 was $40, and still with me. Daly user. I have found out, the edge retention will last longer if you stop at a medium stone on the Lansky sharpener. Buck even recommended that with hunting knives, 15-22 degrees will give you a great long lasting knife
I've carried the same 110 Folding Hunter since the early 70s. I've used it in factory, shop, camp, automotive, and hiking. The lock has never failed even under the hardest use. The frame has never loosened after 50 years of factory and automotive use. The handle is heavy enough and robust enough to use effectively as a light hammer without damage. I had the blade replaced by the factory about 5 years ago because I took the point off trying to use the knife as a light pry bar in -30 degree weather (Canadian winters, brrrr). It cost me 10$ to send it back to the company for a replacement blade. I won't have any other for an EDC. It will be the last knife you ever buy for every day use.
My Buck 110 is one of my prize possessions. After your wonderful program I went searching for it to check its age. Eventually found it hiding between two bottles of single malt Scotch. The Buck 14, the Scotch 12. Cheers from Australia..............and yes I did have a wee dram.
good video. Thanks Update: Got a new 110 and the blade rattles in the handle when the blade is closed. The blade is secure when it is open. other than the loose blade when it is closed, it is a nice knife.
You know I hear people talking about choking up on a knife. Well back in the day we used to take our buck 110 out, field dress that deer , and I never choked up on a knife. Well I guess some people have some kind of technique or something they use I don't know. I had a small fixed blade knife from buck with a gut hook. I used to like that knife too for dear. Oh and David, I think that booker knife is a great substitute for the buck 110. It's a little expensive but probably worth it.
Crazy to think that it had such great influence on almost every knife! But for me I'd looks like a far removed cousin of the Sodbuster/Hippeknieb/Mineur
Around 10 years ago the Bass Pro Shop had the Buck 110 in a clear plastic package on the floor in a big open box for $19 99 with no sheath. There was several hundred of those knives in those boxes out on the floor. That would've been a good investment. That was in Concord, N.C.
Grew up in Montana in the 70's and all my buddies carried a 110. I finally got one. $50.00. that was a lot of money for a knife back then. But that Buck was tough. Today I have the 50th anniversary 110. But I carry a RECON 1 everyday.
I have a small collection of around twenty affordable knives. I really can't justify spending over $100 for something I will mainly use to open boxes, cut rope and other odd jobs. Recently I needed to chop up a number of cardboard boxes into smaller pieces (we use them to light our woodburning stove in Winter). I decided to put some of my knives to the test - all of which I sharpen myself. The knives I used were the OldTimer Sharpfinger (Chinese version), the Sencut Sasche, the QSP Penguin with D2 steel, the Kershaw Leek, and my 25yr old Buck110. The two best at cleanly slicing through the cardboard were the Sencut and the Buck, but the Buck won easily. I think the difference lay in the sheer weight and mass of the Buck, with its large, robust handle and sturdy blade. It just flew through that stuff. So the 420HC beat the D2 hands down here this time. (The worst performance came from the Chinese-made Sharpfinger) If you do not have a classic 110, get one. You will be impressed.
Beefy budget friendly buck 110 alternative by cold steel should have been the pocket bushman. $33ish super strong lock, contoured handle, stainless steel construction. That would be my vote.
Wow. I was going to ask about good lockback knives on the next KnifeAQ. I got a Kershaw Leek for my girlfriend, but she finds the liner lock difficult to use and doesn't like that it puts her hand in the way of the blade. Going to see if she likes a lockback any better....and get one that I like too in case she doesn't lol.
I have a slim 110 pro. I like it. I also have other bucks in s30v and 440c. I am both a fan and collector. But quite simply yes, Cold Steel mops the floor with Buck folders. Whatever your goal is, besides US made, Lynn Thompson engineered a superior option. Nobody in the US competes, so my go to working folders are cold steel imports.
Can you do a video on gentlemen knifes with sheepfoot blades? So when you want to slice an apple in 4 parts in your hands, the tip really "bites" through the skin of the apple. Or bite through the skin of an orange. A fruit slicing gents folder. Almost all knifes are tanto, spear tip. What happened to the classic farmers sheepfoot? When farmer was a respectable earning gentleman's job?
I received my 110 in 1967 carried it for years was the first squared type grip handle. Field dressed a few deer with it. I prefer the heavy brass original version. My Buck 119, recon 1, and espade xl cover all tasks . Have Kershaw launch 6 for one handed cutsquick
In 1990 while in service in Germany, I bought my second 110 at the px. My first was a gift from my grandfather and was loose enough to flip open because he had carried it for years. While trying to loosen up the new 110 it opened to 90° and I stabbed myself in the chest. Good memories.
None are as good as the original but its the nastalgia for me, very fond memories of the buck 110, in saying that i really want that boker optima ❤ does it feel as indestructable as the 110? It looks like it would
Although I love the 110's I hate to abuse it they way I do to knives. Been carrying a Gerber Gator for a few years. Use it to cut radiator hose and wires or whatever and then gut and skin a deer all with same knife in the same day.
I will stick with the classic. That was my first knife as a kid my dad gave it to me and I almost immediately broke the til off I need to get another one. I miss it.
I thing the problem of new style american knives is, that they haven´t the blade as narrow as B110. This is the reason why Opinel and Buck110 are such succesfull.
I've got a Chinese copy of the 110, had it for donkeys years (purchased whilst a serving soldier). Loved the look and feel of the 110 but couldn't afford the cost of purchase hence the Chinese copy. It differs slightly in that in slimmer both width and breadth wise and the brass bolsters are more squared off than on the original making the knife lighter overall; blade steel is still a 420 series. Its construction is really quite good, not gaps with the leaf spring and only a slight sideways movement in the blade but thats due to age and usage. I'd send you a pic but don't know how. Anyway Atvb Malcolm 🏴
I've got a standard 110 that I've had since 2016, and a nickel silver drop point 110, and I carry both in rotation. Love both to death. But I also carry a Spyderco Tenacious, and I gotta say that, for the price point, its really the only knife that gives a 110 a proper run for its money. I own something like 86-87 knives, and my tenacious is one I refuse to part with, aside from my 110s. Everything from whittling, to chipping fresh blacktop out of my boots, to cutting copper cables. I tear it up, I just toss a new edge on it in a few minutes. Easy as. Lost it for a little bit and it was like my dog ran away. Grab the OD green G10 version with the black oxide blade, if you can find it. Grab some woodland camo paracord from BladeHQ to make a lanyard. Mmf 🤌
In 1978 I joined the military, and I purchased a Buck 110 that same month. That knife was on my hip on multiple deployments around the world, and accompanied me from the desert, to north of the arctic circle. It has never failed me, and I keep it razor sharp. It is the best knife I have, and still use it regularly.
I got my first one in 1973 and I have had a Buck 110 and a Swiss Army Knife of some sort with me almostevery day since. My older Buck Knives from the 70s were made of 440C steel instead of the 420HC used today. It was harder, kept an edge longer, but much harder to sharpen. I usually carry a 110 Slim Select now in town. But for anything outdoors I have a standard 110 but with the S30V blade. Fancy for me but that and my Swiss Champ give me a lotbof choices when it's time to help my great grandson cut up his waffle.
Sadly, my 74 year old father lost his 1980's era 110, so you know what I had to do for Father's Day 2022: a brand new 110. You'd have thought I bought him a new truck when it arrived! He has called me twice already telling me how much he loves it and what he has used it on! Happy Father's Day Dad!
In Basic, our Drill Sgt. lost his somewhere along the line. On graduation, we presented him with a new one. He was moved to tears. Thank you, Drill Sargent Quesenberry! I'll see you at Fiddlers Green.
I’m 60 years old, and the Buck 110 was a rite of passage when I was a teenager. It could do it all, and they were very affordable. In fact, all knives were affordable back then. My wife and I have sunk thousands into knives over the past decade, but I’d be happy with just my two Buck 110 folders.
Buck used to make good knives. For the last twenty five or so years though they've downgraded to some of the cheapest and shittiest quality knives on the market, and for high prices. I've got an old ass Buck 110 from the late 60's though and it's really quite nice.
@@HotCoco_ I've got three 110s I got in the last five years and they are all great knives. Two I purchased new and one few years old I got used with a broken tip and Buck replaced the whole knife for free (and I live in the Czech Republic so it was quite a treat to get a free replacement from the USA). No knife quality nor customer service complaints from me.
A real man's knife. My uncle used to carry his 110 on his belt everywhere he went, and I always admired it. When he passed some years ago, I inherited the knife. Looking forward to passing it on to my son one of these days. It's one of my most treasured possessions, sort of a link across the generations among the men in our family.
Back in the years I gifted my dad a Schrade knife. He passed away this July, so I took the knife after him...
I intend to pass mine on. In my case, it will go to my oldest daughter.
Cap.
Regardless of subject matter it is a rare treat to listen to a narration in educated English, Thank you!
My Grandfather gave me a Buck 110 for Christmas in 1974 when I was 10. I still have it and use it every deer season.
In the 60's and 70's the buck 110 was so popular and influential that the name buck became synonymous for any rear lock back knife
This is true, just like a Xerox was a paper spit out by any copier machine. I don't think they challenged that misidentification like Coke did though.
Not many young age people call jeans "levis". Not many old people do either, in fact.
@markgriggs3636 That still holds true today. The 110 still has an incredible reputation for dependability and durability.
hands down my favorite knife of all time. had one since high school.
I have a 110 slim that a dog chewed on the handle. That dog is gone and that knife is a wonderful pocket full of memories of a greatly missed dog.
Right in the feels
I also got.an old us made.shrade outback that.had rubber handle.and.my beloved late.dog chew d the handle and now I have his dental impressions
Did you kill him
@@charlespalmer7775 chuck, chuck, chuck
What caliber did you use to put it down?
Out on a run 40+ yrs ago, found this on the side of the road, picked it up and still have it today, amazing knife
Puma has been making a whole family of Buck 110-like knives for decades. I have one that my older brother gave me that I treasure. I got it sometime in the 1980s, and it's still a great carry today. I don't carry it too often, as he's gone, and it's pretty important to me to not lose it. Gonna get another one soon just to have a daily-able version.
My first “expensive” folder was a custom Crooked River. It’s still aesthetically my favorite knife - I love the marriage of heritage and modernity.
My first was a custom mini crooked river. It has my kids names on it.
Go blow Benchmade in a different video
I bought a 110 in 74. Still have it.
From Grandpa to dad to son to grandsons it's timeless. Perfect and that blade shape and durability is iconic. Before all this knife craze it still and always will stand alone.
Love the respect to history knifecenter always shows, great episode DCA!
First stand alone knife i owned. After I got sick of the cub scout Swiss army knife, I got a buck 110.
The buck 110 i have carried fo for fifty years, I bought my second 110 last year.
I lost my favorite pocket knife on a date when I was 16, and my neighbors asked me to take care of their horses the fallowing weekend. I took the cash they gave me and went to the hardware store and picked up a Classic buck 110 folder that I still carry in my pocket every day. the only issue I ever had was I accidentally broke off the tip while trying to get a broadhead out but, a little work with a file and it’s good as new! Great knife!!!
They provide lifetime warranty so if you like you could just send it off to buck and they'll replace the blade.
Ten bucks will get you a new blade, installed by Buck. Go for it!
I live in Australia and I own a 2005 buck 110 and a Spyderco Endura the sad part is I can't carry any of them because of the strict knife laws and regulations
Carried one in my pocket in Vietnam. And a Randall made on my belt.
My Buck 110 is a special knife to me and will always be.
My step grandfather and his son both had these on the family Orchard in Australia. They were dirty but extremely hard working knives.
I have a 110 and I remember buying my Gerber Gator back in 91 or 92. Still a great knife. Never connected it as comparable to a 110 until today.
Buck 110. Arghhh.... Feels good in me hand!
I’m not a young buck (haha), and I started my collection years ago with slip joints, but I’ll admit I never even considered a Buck 110 in modern times. Until very recently, Buck’s pin construction prevented disassembly, it didn’t have a pocket clip so knife would sit in the bottom of a pocket, did not have thumbstuds, hole, or flipper so required two hands to open and the lock requires two hands to close. I like the classic scale options but the steel is not comparatively great either. Other than nostalgia, if you grew up with one (I didn’t), it had very little to recommend it over modern designs and materials. My collection of hawkbill slip joints rarely make it into my pockets these days. Of course none of this matters if you love 110! There are knives for all preferences, genres, and uses which is why collecting is so much fun. I may have to get a modern version of the 110 and check it out first hand. If I’ve learned anything collecting knives, it’s that my opinions change. Cheers!
Buck has an excellent warranty.
I've carried and used my Buck 110s and Schrade LB7s since the 80s and never needed to disassemble any of them.
I have a 110 from the initial 2014 anniversary production. It's been around the world with me together with a 2013 Vanguard. Although these days I avoid wood and leather in the tropics. It is basically a non-threatening knife ideal when you are with non-knife people. It has it's second belt sheath, has been sharpened and the brass polished many times yet doesn't look its age.
This is the video I needed 3 months ago. I was searching for a lock back, like a 110, but not a 110. I ultimately bought a Beretta "hunting folder" with a checkered olive wood handle and a steel bolster. Looks to be made for Beretta in Maserin. Seems to be 110 inspired, but the blade is more of a drop point.
I was considering some Boker knives, but they are crazy expensive.
You get what you pay for, but yes the price is considerably higher. -DCA
@@knifecenter I'm going to tell my dad I only spent $100 on the knife. He wont see it that way.
My favorite all-time working folder is the CS Recon 1 ... figures.
Recon 1 all the way. Not just the clip point version, all of them. Absolute goat
I purchased a Buck 112 back in '76 for a military school I was attending. I looked at the 110, wanted a knife that I could carry everywhere without having trouble with open carry laws. I lost that knife 2 years later when I left it on the roof of a car and drove off never to be found again. My second 112 sort of lasted about 15 years. After 3 blade replacements and 2 frames I decided that I was too hard on the 112 and switched to Leatherman's. After toasting a couple of them my now open carry is a Mora Craftline Carpentry Chisel which meets the open carry laws and I think that I have finally met my match for a cutting pry bar. It also works for door hinge cutouts and lock strikes and most anything that needs whacked off.
I still have the 112, broken frame in 3 places and needing a new blade as a reminder of better times. I do have a few 110's. One is a 1968-9 model and I have a 1970-1 which are examples of the various blade shapes over the years. If I needed them I would break them out, nowadays they just sleep in drawers dreaming of better times to come.
Love the classic 110/112, but the Buck Sport with pocket clip, micarta, thumb studs and S30V is one of my favorites
At the price point, it's a great knife. I've owned two. But - it still has a gummy steel that just can't hold an edge. I would greatly prefer a 1095 steel version. Let me be the one who determines how well it ages. I don't need stainless.
Bear & Son has an american made 1095 lockback called the Large Farmhand Lockback that's less than $30. Could be up your alley
@@christopherrowley7506 Thank you. I'll check that out now.
If my memory is functioning today I think I bought mine when I was in the Army at the Ft. Meade PX around 1972. My wife rediscovered it a few weeks ago and did a wonderful cleaning u.p to an almost like new condition. Now it lives in my new Ram Promaster camper van.
I still have my 1976 110, with the original leather case. I don't carry it anymore, but I still use it around the house.
Good video DCA! I really enjoy this video series!
My Benchmade Mini-Crooked River reminds me of my Buck 110.
I've been carrying a Buck 110 since 1972 about 2 years ago I switched to a Buck 110 lightweight the classic still rides on my belt when I go hunting
Oh deer that buck knife certainly is STAGgering I wasn’t too FAWNd of it until now doe, but I BULLieve I may get one after seeing this video holy cow.
As far as nineteen-eighties mystique goes; it's the switchblade version that sees the 110 become what it always really wanted to be.😊
The Böker Optima is my absolute choice. You are telling that there are exchangeable blad versions for the Optima, but with an Optima you can always change blades in seconds. Thats why it is called Optima. If it is not possible to change blades with the Böker you are showing, than it is not a Optima but the Scout model. There are even CPM-154 blades available for the Optima, so not only 440C. I have a Optima for almost 30 years with different blades and it is a superb and extremely strong knife. Probably the best of all knifes you are showing. At least the most versatile of all because you have always the right blade with you. Extra blades fits in the leather sheath together with the knife. I like the buck 110 but the Böker Optima or Scout are better knifes, of coarse you pay for that. I have a lot of quality knifes, but if i could choose only one knife, the choice would be easy.
Keeps an edge and easy to sharpen or profile. Had a lot of knives, but my 110 was $40, and still with me. Daly user. I have found out, the edge retention will last longer if you stop at a medium stone on the Lansky sharpener. Buck even recommended that with hunting knives, 15-22 degrees will give you a great long lasting knife
I have a Buck 112 I bought in 1971 that has black micarta scales.
11 months after this video was released the buck knives are about $40 more than the prices he quoted. Buck 112 ranger is $144 today.
Im 50 years old, my grand dad 2:16 gave me 510 when i was 12. Still use it every day.
I've carried the same 110 Folding Hunter since the early 70s. I've used it in factory, shop, camp, automotive, and hiking. The lock has never failed even under the hardest use. The frame has never loosened after 50 years of factory and automotive use. The handle is heavy enough and robust enough to use effectively as a light hammer without damage. I had the blade replaced by the factory about 5 years ago because I took the point off trying to use the knife as a light pry bar in -30 degree weather (Canadian winters, brrrr). It cost me 10$ to send it back to the company for a replacement blade. I won't have any other for an EDC. It will be the last knife you ever buy for every day use.
Hi DCA.! Nothing can ever comes close to the OG Buck 110. Cowabunga.!
Love the 110, such a classic.
My Buck 110 is one of my prize possessions.
After your wonderful program I went searching for it to check its age.
Eventually found it hiding between two bottles of single malt Scotch.
The Buck 14, the Scotch 12. Cheers from Australia..............and yes I did have a wee dram.
good video. Thanks
Update: Got a new 110 and the blade rattles in the handle when the blade is closed. The blade is secure when it is open. other than the loose blade when it is closed, it is a nice knife.
Carried the Schrade version until they went to China the blade was thicker where the buck was thinner and I broke a few
You know I hear people talking about choking up on a knife. Well back in the day we used to take our buck 110 out, field dress that deer , and I never choked up on a knife. Well I guess some people have some kind of technique or something they use I don't know. I had a small fixed blade knife from buck with a gut hook. I used to like that knife too for dear. Oh and David, I think that booker knife is a great substitute for the buck 110. It's a little expensive but probably worth it.
Looks like the KA-BAR 3189 Folding Hunter Knife 3.875" Clip Point Plain Blade, G10 Handles
I planing to buy it.
Crazy to think that it had such great influence on almost every knife! But for me I'd looks like a far removed cousin of the Sodbuster/Hippeknieb/Mineur
Around 10 years ago the Bass Pro Shop had the Buck 110 in a clear plastic package on the floor in a big open box for $19 99 with no sheath. There was several hundred of those knives in those boxes out on the floor. That would've been a good investment. That was in Concord, N.C.
Grew up in Montana in the 70's and all my buddies carried a 110. I finally got one. $50.00. that was a lot of money for a knife back then. But that Buck was tough. Today I have the 50th anniversary 110. But I carry a RECON 1 everyday.
I have a small collection of around twenty affordable knives. I really can't justify spending over $100 for something I will mainly use to open boxes, cut rope and other odd jobs. Recently I needed to chop up a number of cardboard boxes into smaller pieces (we use them to light our woodburning stove in Winter). I decided to put some of my knives to the test - all of which I sharpen myself. The knives I used were the OldTimer Sharpfinger (Chinese version), the Sencut Sasche, the QSP Penguin with D2 steel, the Kershaw Leek, and my 25yr old Buck110. The two best at cleanly slicing through the cardboard were the Sencut and the Buck, but the Buck won easily. I think the difference lay in the sheer weight and mass of the Buck, with its large, robust handle and sturdy blade. It just flew through that stuff. So the 420HC beat the D2 hands down here this time. (The worst performance came from the Chinese-made Sharpfinger) If you do not have a classic 110, get one. You will be impressed.
Might be iconic but doesn’t mean I would ever carry it lol. That’s a little too Clint Eastwood for me.
Lol
I order a custom 110 and i love it, its my everyday knife
The Buck 112 is part of my edc, along with a Leatherman.
Made with respect
Beefy budget friendly buck 110 alternative by cold steel should have been the pocket bushman. $33ish super strong lock, contoured handle, stainless steel construction. That would be my vote.
Never even heard of it and I like CS folders. Will take a look. What are the good/bad points?
@Jeremy Two GSM? Recon 1? I'm asking about the Pocket Bushman
@Jeremy Two I have a Recon 1 in pocket right now
Cool! My dad was a Buck 110 guy umtil he got his first 112; still have the two; the older one is noticeably sharpened away
Great video as always DCA, I learned a lot. Thanks
Wow. I was going to ask about good lockback knives on the next KnifeAQ. I got a Kershaw Leek for my girlfriend, but she finds the liner lock difficult to use and doesn't like that it puts her hand in the way of the blade. Going to see if she likes a lockback any better....and get one that I like too in case she doesn't lol.
I have a slim 110 pro. I like it. I also have other bucks in s30v and 440c. I am both a fan and collector.
But quite simply yes, Cold Steel mops the floor with Buck folders. Whatever your goal is, besides US made, Lynn Thompson engineered a superior option. Nobody in the US competes, so my go to working folders are cold steel imports.
Can you do a video on gentlemen knifes with sheepfoot blades? So when you want to slice an apple in 4 parts in your hands, the tip really "bites" through the skin of the apple. Or bite through the skin of an orange. A fruit slicing gents folder. Almost all knifes are tanto, spear tip. What happened to the classic farmers sheepfoot? When farmer was a respectable earning gentleman's job?
But was the Buck 110 just a copy of the German TUSKER Stainless Hunting Folding Knife Safety Lock 1950's Knife
I received my 110 in 1967 carried it for years was the first squared type grip handle. Field dressed a few deer with it. I prefer the heavy brass original version. My Buck 119, recon 1, and espade xl cover all tasks . Have Kershaw launch 6 for one handed cutsquick
I want a 112. Like the size more.
Hard to believe Schrade didn’t make the cut. Schrade vs. cold steal I think Schrade beats it out, at least maybe put a old timer 60T? What ever
In 1990 while in service in Germany, I bought my second 110 at the px. My first was a gift from my grandfather and was loose enough to flip open because he had carried it for years.
While trying to loosen up the new 110 it opened to 90° and I stabbed myself in the chest.
Good memories.
None are as good as the original but its the nastalgia for me, very fond memories of the buck 110, in saying that i really want that boker optima ❤ does it feel as indestructable as the 110? It looks like it would
Although I love the 110's I hate to abuse it they way I do to knives. Been carrying a Gerber Gator for a few years. Use it to cut radiator hose and wires or whatever and then gut and skin a deer all with same knife in the same day.
The SOG Tomcat is probably the closest knife that I have as far as form & function to the three Buck 110s in my modest collection.
Okay, found a way to open the 311+ tricky!
Thought there would be comparison testing...
I think you should’ve mentioned the Buck 110 auto
I will stick with the classic. That was my first knife as a kid my dad gave it to me and I almost immediately broke the til off I need to get another one. I miss it.
Torx adjustability only the pivot the rest for maintenance
I thing the problem of new style american knives is, that they haven´t the blade as narrow as B110. This is the reason why Opinel and Buck110 are such succesfull.
Benchmade is a great alternative. I think it was the crooked river. Have a great day
Q bela coleção vc tem !!!!!!!!!!!
So good the Duke Boys carried it
I've got a Chinese copy of the 110, had it for donkeys years (purchased whilst a serving soldier). Loved the look and feel of the 110 but couldn't afford the cost of purchase hence the Chinese copy. It differs slightly in that in slimmer both width and breadth wise and the brass bolsters are more squared off than on the original making the knife lighter overall; blade steel is still a 420 series. Its construction is really quite good, not gaps with the leaf spring and only a slight sideways movement in the blade but thats due to age and usage. I'd send you a pic but don't know how. Anyway Atvb Malcolm 🏴
I've carried a 110 for more than 40 years. Best knife I've ever owned!(I own more than 100 knives)
Buck 110 is a great knife,holds a good edge you can trust the lock But once it's dull it's tough to sharpen
The 110 is the easiest knife to sharpen that I own along with a Vanguard.
Boat anchor schmoat anchor, I carry a Cold Steel 4Max Scout.
someone gave me one, I liked it but it got ripped off out of my truck. So I bought the S35 VN drop point blade with nickle bolsters.
Spyderco’s backlocks are the best around!
Why hasn't Buck put in a landyard hole in handle if it meant to be used camping and hunting.
Big thumbs-up - i could watch this 2Xs - inclusive and well done. . . :>/
Benchmade or the Viper l believe are the best modern competitors to the 110 in my opinion though the Boker is good too.
It is true that I am the rightful Lord of Knives….. but the Buck 110 is the KING OF ALL KNIVES!!?!
You forgot the Sogzilla
Best Knife Ever Made is The BUCK 110 model🤠🇺🇸American Made
my Buck 110 was a safety award from my Pool Oil well service years and cannot be replaced🔪i only wish it would strike a ferrocerium rod
My personally modified Coast BX309 beats the Buck 110 any day.
The Duke boys wore theirs every episode.
I've got a standard 110 that I've had since 2016, and a nickel silver drop point 110, and I carry both in rotation. Love both to death. But I also carry a Spyderco Tenacious, and I gotta say that, for the price point, its really the only knife that gives a 110 a proper run for its money. I own something like 86-87 knives, and my tenacious is one I refuse to part with, aside from my 110s. Everything from whittling, to chipping fresh blacktop out of my boots, to cutting copper cables. I tear it up, I just toss a new edge on it in a few minutes. Easy as. Lost it for a little bit and it was like my dog ran away. Grab the OD green G10 version with the black oxide blade, if you can find it. Grab some woodland camo paracord from BladeHQ to make a lanyard. Mmf 🤌
In 1978 I joined the military, and I purchased a Buck 110 that same month. That knife was on my hip on multiple deployments around the world, and accompanied me from the desert, to north of the arctic circle. It has never failed me, and I keep it razor sharp. It is the best knife I have, and still use it regularly.
Love it. Thank you for your service! Thank you for sharing.
How many times you going to tell that story on videos
I got my first one in 1973 and I have had a Buck 110 and a Swiss Army Knife of some sort with me almostevery day since. My older Buck Knives from the 70s were made of 440C steel instead of the 420HC used today. It was harder, kept an edge longer, but much harder to sharpen. I usually carry a 110 Slim Select now in town. But for anything outdoors I have a standard 110 but with the S30V blade. Fancy for me but that and my Swiss Champ give me a lotbof choices when it's time to help my great grandson cut up his waffle.
@@rooster4354 as many times as he needs to, it’s a cool story
@@rooster4354 Dont be so rude
Sadly, my 74 year old father lost his 1980's era 110, so you know what I had to do for Father's Day 2022: a brand new 110. You'd have thought I bought him a new truck when it arrived! He has called me twice already telling me how much he loves it and what he has used it on! Happy Father's Day Dad!
Good for you! Take care of dad!
Right on, bladed brother!
Yeah, us boys and our pocketknives 😂 Never grow old, it's a trap!
In Basic, our Drill Sgt. lost his somewhere along the line. On graduation, we presented him with a new one. He was moved to tears.
Thank you, Drill Sargent Quesenberry! I'll see you at Fiddlers Green.
Bikers and Vets are one of a kind when it comes to certain things.
If there’s a knife hall of fame, the 110 is in there.
Yeah
I just purchased my first 110 in Tamworth ,NSW,Australia .Manufactured this year in the USA... Thanks for encouraging me to find one .