Gentlemen what are your thoughts on this YouTube video. The guy claims the Ebony scales on his new production 110 have swelled. Basically the wood is a little raised where it meets the brass on the corners and you can catch your nail on it. Mine too is exactly like this but it was like it when it was new and I can’t say it’s got worse. Personally I don’t think it’s swelling and more a case of not finished flush in the factory.
New Ebony 110 scales swelling ?
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I couldn't watch the whole video.I guy whining about a minor issue with his Buck doesn't take but a minute.
I got as far as the idiot stating that he is slathering on WD40.I wonder if his wife would allow him to slather WD40 on her wood furniture?
I got as far as the idiot stating that he is slathering on WD40.I wonder if his wife would allow him to slather WD40 on her wood furniture?
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I wish I had my 4 minutes back.
This gentleman seems good natured and pleasant with his youtube hairdo, but he is not someone I would loan a knife to.
He calls the standard Buck 110 laminated handle wood "ironwood", but seems to understand it is a laminate and not actually desert ironwood. (Dymondwood is the trade name I believe).
But the complaint about swelling is sad because he goes on to say he has been slathering the solid ebony wood knife handle with WD40. The swelling is likely from the genuine ebony wood absorbing this petroleum product. WD40 is fine for steel blades and metal on guns, but for goodness sake do not let it soak into any real wood, bone, or stag.
Wood should get real tung oil or Tried & True Danish Oil only.
This guy is creating his own problem.
And ebony is not at all absorbent of moisture- it is quite stable, so I suspect he must he soaking this knife handle in WD40......!
Not Bucks fault.
This gentleman seems good natured and pleasant with his youtube hairdo, but he is not someone I would loan a knife to.
He calls the standard Buck 110 laminated handle wood "ironwood", but seems to understand it is a laminate and not actually desert ironwood. (Dymondwood is the trade name I believe).
But the complaint about swelling is sad because he goes on to say he has been slathering the solid ebony wood knife handle with WD40. The swelling is likely from the genuine ebony wood absorbing this petroleum product. WD40 is fine for steel blades and metal on guns, but for goodness sake do not let it soak into any real wood, bone, or stag.
Wood should get real tung oil or Tried & True Danish Oil only.
This guy is creating his own problem.
And ebony is not at all absorbent of moisture- it is quite stable, so I suspect he must he soaking this knife handle in WD40......!
Not Bucks fault.
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Very hard to watch just get to it new ebony grows ? ? And on my next video I’ll be drilling a hole in the blade on my three dot 110 lol.
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He thinks it has absorbed water.......so he's drenching it with WD40 as a fix?
The guy doesn't seem to have a clue. The knife was probably that way when he got it.
Much ado about nothing.
The guy doesn't seem to have a clue. The knife was probably that way when he got it.
Much ado about nothing.
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Sounds like another YouTube moronic idiot and fool that knows less than nothing about a subject "he" thinks "he" is an "expert authority" on.
If the "person" on YouTube strikes me as a know nothing "expert" I stop the video, leave a message "he" does not know squat, and move on.
Usually you can tell of they know what they are talking about with-in the first minute.
If the "person" on YouTube strikes me as a know nothing "expert" I stop the video, leave a message "he" does not know squat, and move on.
Usually you can tell of they know what they are talking about with-in the first minute.
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But but ... it's called water displacement 40 so it should make the water in the scales go away right ? 
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He responded to my email. He wanted me to share this
https://www.wd40.com/myths-legends-fun-facts/
https://www.wd40.com/myths-legends-fun-facts/
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What it’s a myth after all these years of use 
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no, you aren't. I was cringing at how proud he was of doing that, but it's his knife....so I let it go......Am I the only one bothered that he rounded all the corners on a nice old 3-dot 110?
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But his sheaths last so much longer now!!!!
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110 Bucklite's and Slims were made for guys like him. I can't imagine how much he'd nitpick one if it were stag, where no two scales are alike.
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But his sheaths last so much longer now!!!!
Curiosity question... has anyone ever had an old sheath worn thru from the square edges?
Can't recall ever seeing one, seems that mostly the old sheath take the form of the knife.
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No it bothered me to. Square bolsters should remain squareAm I the only one bothered that he rounded all the corners on a nice old 3-dot 110?
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