Buck Hunter 110… Seriously???

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Slice-and-dice

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Yes, seriously! This might be the best large folding knife EVER made. Particularly in this exact configuration, available for $69.99:
Drop point, 420HC blade, ebony wood handles, brass bolters.

Here’s why:
1) The 3.75” drop point is useful and beautiful to the eye! Amazingly, there is no nail nick to disturb the flow, making it look like a gorgeous fixed blade. Capably strong, easy to sharpen, holds an edge, and very affordable steel. If you somehow wear it down, Buck will reblade for a nominal fee. Why spend more for exotic steel?
2) Ebony handles are awesome… they have a warm, organic feel, can be roughed up to be grippy or oiled to stay smooth. The real wood smells good and has a classic look. Far less likely to crack than bone, more sophisticated than delrin.
3) Brass is the heritage choice. Nickel silver does look amazing and, admittedly, the silver matches the ebony better. But brass patinas wonderfully- before long it takes on the appearance of 500 yr old Peruvian gold! Some say brass hides scratches better and is easier to polish for those so inclined.
4) There are many, many videos out there to show you how to personalize the 110 knife step-by-step.

This impossibly strong knife can cut through rock, pry open a safe, skin a tyrannosaurus rex, and puncture a hole in a tank!! Well, maybe a small exaggeration….

https://flic.kr/p/2oV6pmi
 
I’m a huge fan of the 110. I hate the nail nick, it is not needed and collects crud.

When I tried to carry a drop point 110, I kept cutting myself. I have no real explanation for it, but for some reason it kept biting me. So I went back to clip point 110’s.

I do prefer a drop point 112 over the clip point version for some reason.
 
I have to agree on all points. I carry it and use it daily, especially in the kitchen. I switched from a clip point to see how it works. It gets the job done. I like them both.

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The drop point 110 is awesome. It would be the best large folder ever made except for the fact that Buck already made the best large folder ever - the clip point version. ;^)

As someone who started out using clip points for hunting, moved to using drop points for a few decades and then rediscovered how great clip pointed knives are ~20 years ago, I will say the performance difference is small enough the it really boils down to preference.

Where the clip point shines for me is carving.
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I also like the nail nick because it makes this easier.
 
It's a beautiful thing when you get a 110 or 112 that you can thumb open with a little pressure on the blade with your thumb. As much as I love my 2021 vintage 110, there is no way I can do it. I can barely get it done with a thumb stud attached (I know . . . it's blasphemy to have one). The 112 that Danny rescued for me on the other hand opens very easily and smoothly.
 
Interesting comments (points) :cool: on the 110's. Have had the hunting property 30 years this past June with no clue how many deer, hogs and turkey we have taken.. We have about 99 percent used the clip 110. I tried a couple of drop points both fixed and folders. As well as a serrated. None but the clips have worked for me or any of the family.

The droppies I tried would slice into the hide during skinning. Would have to hold one pointing near vertical to keep it from doing that. A serrated just didnt work.

Its all personal preference and what you want in a 110 or 112. The only one that used a 112 size was the Grand daughter. So i got her one of the orangie lights. Which she would use a few years later to gut her own deer as well as help quarter one out.

Fun story... We were processing a deer after dark one evening.. I laid my 110 on a table and a few minutes later it had disappeared. 8 year old granddaughter, at the time, had it dissecting a gizzard from a turkey we had already done.
I just went to the truck and got another 110 and let her continue on. She is now an ER level 1 Trauma center RN ,

Ive also seen where most skinners are clip points.

So again blade types are personal preference... Just my two centavos worth..
 
I’ve never really had a desire for a drop point 110. The stock clip point does everything I need it to do. I think they're more aesthetically pleasing to the eye as well. J justsaymo I love carving with my stock 110. made a few spoons and walking sticks with it, but nothing as talented as that.

rhino rhino I can’t thumb-open my 2019 110 without a stud on it but I got it pretty loose and smooth without play with some 3-in-1 oil. I can one-hand it if I brace the blade against something. My 110LT opens pretty smoothly with the kwik-stud on it.

Every now and again I sometimes like to carry a different knife, but I always return to (and always carry anyways) a buck 110.
 
jude_061 said:
I’ve never really had a desire for a drop point 110. The stock clip point does everything I need it to do. I think they're more aesthetically pleasing to the eye as well. J justsaymo I love carving with my stock 110. made a few spoons and walking sticks with it, but nothing as talented as that.

rhino rhino I can’t thumb-open my 2019 110 without a stud on it but I got it pretty loose and smooth without play with some 3-in-1 oil. I can one-hand it if I brace the blade against something. My 110LT opens pretty smoothly with the kwik-stud on it.

Every now and again I sometimes like to carry a different knife, but I always return to (and always carry anyways) a buck 110.
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I've also found the LT and Bucklite versions easier to open. Because of that, I can locate the thumb studs closer to the pivot, so they stay out of the way when cutting or sharpening.
 
rhino said:
I've also found the LT and Bucklite versions easier to open. Because of that, I can locate the thumb studs closer to the pivot, so they stay out of the way when cutting or sharpening.
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I need to move the stud on my 110 lt. I have a hard time sharpening it with the stud where it is. My retired 110 with the stud never gave me a problem. I wonder why the plastic handle knives are easier to open with a stud.
 
eveled said:
I’m a huge fan of the 110. I hate the nail nick, it is not needed and collects crud.
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That's my only real complaint about the 110.
I have nothing against nail nicks and don't necessarily hate when a knife has a nail nick it doesn't need, but I especially love when a knife omits the nail nick that it doesn't need.
There's not a lot of lockbacks that omit the nail nick though, aside from this drop point 110 and some other special runs over the years I can only think of the Gerber LST series.
I like the smallest one for a number of reasons, but Buck will always be the king of lockbacks.
 
I dont know how many critters I've gone through with this, but it still has the factory edge. I find myself slopping this up even more than any 118, and i love me some 118!
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MT_Pokt said:
I dont know how many critters I've gone through with this, but it still has the factory edge. I find myself slopping this up even more than any 118, and i love me some 118!
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WOW, what a setup. The 336 looks to be setup for close in work. Please tell me about the wheel gun.
Thanks
 
The Marlin is an 1895-G in .45-70. The wheelie is a Ruger Super Redhawk in .454 Casull. Thats my "in the woods" set up.

I'm a bit of a big bore junkie. Hit 'em hard so you don't have to drag 'em as far.

When I'm feeling like hunting the fields, I use my .308.

Regardless, whenever I'm deer hunting my place, these two go along. Then I just pick based on whether I'm hunting woods or fields.
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And if I really want to reach out and punish something, it's my Christensen. 300WM topped with a Zeiss 4-12x50
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MT_Pokt said:
The Marlin is an 1895-G in .45-70. The wheelie is a Ruger Super Redhawk in .454 Casull. Thats my "in the woods" set up.

I'm a bit of a big bore junkie. Hit 'em hard so you don't have to drag 'em as far.

When I'm feeling like hunting the fields, I use my .308.

Regardless, whenever I'm deer hunting my place, these two go along. Then I just pick based on whether I'm hunting woods or fields.
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And if I really want to reach out and punish something, it's my Christensen. 300WM topped with a Zeiss 4-12x50
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Translation: when MT_Pokt MT_Pokt shoots something, he wants it to stay shot.
 
MT_Pokt said:
The Marlin is an 1895-G in .45-70. The wheelie is a Ruger Super Redhawk in .454 Casull. Thats my "in the woods" set up.

I'm a bit of a big bore junkie. Hit 'em hard so you don't have to drag 'em as far.

When I'm feeling like hunting the fields, I use my .308.

Regardless, whenever I'm deer hunting my place, these two go along. Then I just pick based on whether I'm hunting woods or fields.
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And if I really want to reach out and punish something, it's my Christensen. 300WM topped with a Zeiss 4-12x50
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Thank you sir. Now that I see the full rifle It is obvious.
I agree, dragging sucks.
When I had time, read that as life was not in the way, to hunt, I preferred open timber or hardwood bottoms. Just something about seeing s nice buck standing among tall straight pine trees or beside a big water oak. Not saying I did not enjoy edges of bean fields but woods hunting worked best for me
 
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