Is It Possible to Have Too Many Buck 110s?

Is it possible to have too many Buck 110 folding knives?

  • No

    Votes: 24 48.0%

  • How DARE YOU even ask!

    Votes: 19 38.0%

  • Only if you're trying to swim

    Votes: 27 54.0%
  • Total voters
    50
dscottd said:
Wow I and I thought I was alone in this world with this problem, SO glad that I'm not and actually I it seems that I only have a mild case of "outdoor tool acquisition syndrome". The other day I was cataloging my fixed and folding knife collection to see what I might be missing, noted that it seems by VAST majority I have mostly Buck knives (Not on purpose!) (as I also have mostly Rugers, also not on purpose), and then GASP! I realized I do not own one single Buck 110!!!!! WHAAAAT?????? So no big deal, just buy a 110. and THEN I was in one of my local outdoor stores and saw the 110 Slim Pro in brown Micarta and WOW I bought that, such a beauty! (I also picked up a "The 55" in brass and ebony).

Anyway, the reason I landed here is because I was looking at the 110 Slim Pro and admiring how well made it is, perfectly manufactured actually and although I can open this one-handed using the thumb studs in my opinion this style knife is not about one-handed opening and the thumb studs really should not be there. Kind of like putting a rear racing spoiler on a pickup truck. The 110 Slim Pro is so sleek and elegantly made that the thumb studs kind of look like something the marketing guy (clueless MBA type) forced the engineering team or knife designer (actually know what they are talking about) to add to the design. Kind of like "a fancy modern knife is supposed to have this" but really not right for a 110 in my opinion.

Besides if you look at the most likely use case for this knife it's not about one-handed opening in a back alley self defense scenario, it's more about being the one at the table who can deftly cut the slice of cheesecake into three perfect pieces when at the Cheesecake Factory for a relative's birthday party and everyone wants to try some new flavor cake. And in THIS case the thumbstuds will be hard to clean, you won't be able to just wipe the blade down with one swipe of a napkin and fold it and put it away, the thumb studs will be all gummed-up, yuk!

But I am 100% happy that I saw this knife in person at a local shop and bought it after looking at it for only 10 seconds, I HAD to have it and now I have a 110. And the construction is flawless, it really is a beauty.
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i like the slims with a thumbstud myself.

not sure on the pro slims, but the select slims, the Canadian version, has a nail nick and not a thumb stud. seen one once. kinda neat version......
 
afishhunter said:
Define "Too Many", please.
Isn't the proper number of bicycles, guns, muzzleloaders, archery bows, and 110's to own N+1?
("N" being the number currently in inventory/the collection/accumulation.) (*archery arrows is N+12)
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CORRECT!
 
I think I might need to change my answer. ☹️

Would one have "too many" if he or she has enough to carry a different 110 each day, without repeating, from one's current age to the day after one's 351st birthday?
 
afishhunter said:
I think I might need to change my answer. ☹️

Would one have "too many" if he or she has enough to carry a different 110 each day, without repeating, from one's current age to the day after one's 351st birthday?
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Answer: NO! Not even close! In fact, you need more.
 
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