I hunted about on the eBay and it appears the knives you mentioned are going for between $200 and $300 USD.
This means some genius at Buck is too stupid to realize people DEMAND the old squarebacks and vastly superior 440C steel. Why in the name of a God Buck doesn’t release a “classic” or “vintage” Buck 110 re-release, as full-time catalog options, maybe for a $30 or so increase I cost, is totally beyond me.
Instead, they shun and disenfranchise those that grew up with REAL 110s and new what a Buck Folding Hunter was supposed to be, instead of today’s... cheapened... version.
As for customers demanding the radiused bolsters, I don’t believe it for a second. Show me proof. They had perfection in 1963 and all these little “improvements” over the years have served nothing but to to tarnish and destroy the legacy of these once-great knives.
THis comes from the varition in the hand sanding and blending. Some do come out more square than others depending on a # of factors.One that has been semi-recent is the Cabela's Alaskan Guide version. Those seem to be more squared off than the standard 110's. I'm not sure about the stag version, but my rosewood definitely isn't as radiused. I almost drooled on myself thinking about the stag AG.....
THis comes from the varition in the hand sanding and blending. Some do come out more square than others depending on a # of factors.
Not that simple to have a non radiused/440C version. For some reason the ones with the radiused bolsters are still our # 1 selling knife for the last 50+ years. But thanks for demeaning and degrading our people for being too stupid to realize anything. Consider this your only warning for not keeping a civil tone.
Well said.Not that simple to have a non radiused/440C version. For some reason the ones with the radiused bolsters are still our # 1 selling knife for the last 50+ years. But thanks for demeaning and degrading our people for being too stupid to realize anything. Consider this your only warning for not keeping a civil tone.