I have two confessions to make in this video. One regarding the Kwik Thumb Stud and one regarding the use of beef tallow. Keeping you guys in the loop as I learn and change.
I’m 61 years old, and I’m glad you finally came around to appreciating the 110’s original intent. It’s a work knife, not some flipper toy that these young guys seem to require in their EDC. A BUCK 110 will work circles around these other knives. Received my first 110 from my father when I turned 14. We lived on our family farm in Ohio. Back in those days, it was a right of passage to obtain a BUCK 110. I still carry mine to this day. By the way, good for you that you took off that hideous thumb stud. -Steve, Ohio
We must of lived similar lives, Im a bit older than you, the same but a different state.. Ive carried mine ever since, from the farm to a job where I wore a duty belt to other jobs where I carried it as my daily knife. I just retired and so did my 110, I purchased a new 110, nothing wrong with the old one but finally decided I would like to someday pass it on to a family member so locking it away is its best thing for mine..
I agree. Been using 110's since the 70's. I've never found another knife as comfortable to use. And the thumb studs always seemed like an unnecessary gimmick.
I Cary my grandfather’s 1967 buck 110 daily 28 years after he gave it to me and it’s still to tight to flip open like that. Hands down the best knife I’ve ever owned. Grandpa engraved his name and phone number on it because it was to expensive to loose when he bought it, now that’s a wonderful reminder of him for me everyday.
I wish my Grandpa would have left me something but all of my grandparents were dead before I was born. But I don't know if I would use it. Sentimental value buy another to use. Treasure that one
You've changed my mind. Got the kwik flip on my buck 111 (beautiful knife) but i have been torn between the look of it and the convenience. I did not know the one hand opening trick you showed in the video! Thank you! Off comes the thumb stud!
Receipts don't have ink, they are coated in a thermally reactive chemical and printed using heat. The tallow interacted with the chemical and made the printing disappear.
When I was in the Navy as a gunners mate (GMT2), a Boatswains mate buddy of mine (USS Ranger) carried his buck 110 in its leather sheath upside down. It made getting the knife out and open very fast…I carry it that way to this day. And thanks for the video.
I have two sheaths for every 110/112 I own, the original leather and the black polyester you can get from Buck as an accessory for 12 dollars. I like the polyester for two reasons. It hugs the knife snugly, eliminating play and rattle without making it hard to access, and it fits horizontally on my belt for a more comfortable, lower-profile carry.
Thank you for your input on the quick thumb stud. I've been going back and forth on whether to purchase one also and your reasons for not to get one seem warranted. Great video. Stay safe. Cheers. 😊
Glad to hear it man! I couldn't believe it when I first saw those. It's like someone buying a beautiful old school revolver, blued or nickel plated with beautiful walnut panel grips on them and them taking the wooden grips off and putting ugly ass oversized rubber grips on it with a built in laser and thinking it looks amazing lol. Glad to hear it and to admit you changes your mind instead of just continuing to go along with it because that's what's popular is wonderful to hear! Don't even know you but I proud of you!
Didn't read all the comments so don't know if anyone said this but early 70s we started the blade out by pinching it between thumb & forefinger. Then once the first quarter to third of the edge was out of the handle the thumb just rode the side of the blade & with a wrist flick it was open. After practice it is easily faster than a switchblade. Of course you can cut your thumb if you don't perform it right. Takes practice.
Exactly. My preference is the Lite model. I carry in belt sheath, blade facing to rear, tip up. Draw, pinch and open in one smooth move.Transition to forward or reverse grip as needed. Closing is also one handed, either hand. A good synthetic oil helps.
I was always taught to open my 110 & 112 this way. The 112 is my EDC for the last 50 years. I’m on my 4th one. I also have the 110 & 112 Automatic knives.
I also bought the same thumb stud for my 110 and I didn't like either because it got in the way of cutting because is to wide. Great review thanks for sharing it. I put some coconut oil with Q-Tip at the pivot and kept just opened and closed it to work it in and it loosed up.
This is what I needed to see. Got my first 112 today and it’s definitely stiff right out the box. Almost got a thumb stud but the size of it is just an eye sore. The bare blade has a look that shouldn’t be overly modified.
I used to open my puma like that when I was young , it wasn’t very good for it after a while . But I’ did practice a lot . And it’s a different maker .
Time alone will make the ink erase off of those receipts. If you do not take a picture and save it in a folder on your phone, when you need it, it won’t be legible. Then you can’t claim your warranty when needed. I swear they make them like that on purpose. Saves them money.
I bevel at 15 degrees and then micro-bevel at 20. I can't do the former with the thumb stud on but have no problem doing the latter and repeating the process for everyday sharpening. I like the look of the thumb stud on my 110s and 112s, as long as it is the brass version. It contrasts the blade and matches the bolsters very nicely.
Funny cause I keep it in the 5th pocket to and open it the same way. It’s my edc knife and I already bought a new one just in case I lose it. So yes, I love this knife!
Hey there. I don't know if your old enough to remember, but in the 60"s, 70's and 80's Buck 110's and 112's were super easy to gravity flick out just by holding it by the handle. We would were the sheaths upside down, then flick the button open and the knife would drop right in to your hand. Ready for deployment. Also, Buck used to make their sheaths a lot looser. Thanx for the video my Bladed Brother 👍 ⚔️ ✝️ 🇺🇲
Carried 2 knives for yrs, one for work and one for trouble. Can count how many times I've needed the one for trouble. But the bucklite is sharp enough to shave a mosquito and thats my work knife. The hook blade (trouble knife) opens much quicker but I love the bucklite.
I'm glad you figured out what works best for you. Life is often about trial n error so that we find what works for us. "Each to their own" they say. While my Grandfather bought a Buck 110 for me in 1983 for my birth at the same time he bought himself a Buck 426, which he carried on our farm in Southeastern Ohio from that day up until a couple years before his passing in 2014, he kept it in the safe and didn't offer it to me till I was 12. Issue with that was that my Uncle was killed due to a vehicle accident thee day before my 11th birthday and a couple months later while at a walmart she offered to let me pick out a knife since we basically missed my birthday. I went and picked out the Buck 180 Crosslock that had just come out and carried it all the way up until 2016 when my Gran(grandmother) passed away and I decided to purchase a Buck 110 myself. I carried it for a few months before deciding to put a Kwiq thumbstud on it because I was so used to one on the Crosslock. I now have several 110s and the first thing I do when I get one or any knife for that matter is spray the area around the blade and spring with wd40 to get all the dust and debris leftover from the manufacturing process, run warm water over it with dawn detergent rinsing it out, dry it off and apply mineral oil as a food safe lubricant. I then take a a dishcloth wrapping it around the blade for hand protection and start start working the blade back and forth to loosen it up. While I have used the ol' sling blade method I prefer not too just out of the possibility that my grip could slip and swing it directly at my feet or worse someone else. Most people will claim that could never happen to them but from my experiences as soon as you say never is right when it will. And yes, the 110 was and still is always a hunter or farmers tool but you'd have to modify it a lot more then just adding a Thumbstud to it to take that away from it and make it a flipper or quick opener the way the Hipsters like it these days. To me Every knife and firearm are just tools to be used as such.
It was placed in the gun safe where it remained until I found it again after his passing in 2014. I still have it in the same container he had it stored in along with his Buck Guthook Vanguard and a few of his collection of knives that were my Uncle's and his when he was a child. I keep them wrapped in soft thin cotton cloth. Since I don't have children I'm thinking about leaving them to one of my best friends for his son or even his daughter.
First saw a BUCK 110 in 1972 in Greece, where I met a young man from California who had one. I fell in love with the knife & had to have one. He had modified the knife so that it was easy to open one handed. Whether you think this is good or bad I did the same thing, loved it then & still do. What we did was to shave off the square corner of the handle so that there was basically no wood left at the center of the blade making it easy to use your thumb to get enough of the blade to easily push the blade open quickly . Works GREAT! I own many BUCK knives now. I just bought the new POS BUCK 110 with the pocket clip & plastic handle , never been so disappointed with a BUCK product . SO glad I am VERY HAPPY with all the older ones that I own. This POS is SO DISGUSTING that I just want to through it in the garbage! Just bought a COLD STEEL SR1, this is what I thought the new BUCK110 was going to be. I also own a lot of COLD STEEL knives.TOO bad that the company was sold recently. Sure going to miss Lynn Thompson!
This is a good tip to know, but they now make quickdraw leather crossdraw sheaths that open the Buck 110 and Buck 112 up as you draw the knife from the leather sheath. Not only does it save time, but some of the sheaths are really stylish and free up valuable side pocket space for other items.
I have multiple types of folding knives. Some benchmades, spydercos, Medford, slipjoints, all sorts, the Buck 110 still is one of my favorite knives and performs just as well as the other brands. I think the aftermarket thumb studs are cool, but they aren’t for me either, I feel it takes away from the feel of using a BUCK 112. There is a certain joy I get from the 2 handed opening. It’s a feeling of “I’m about to do some work”. BUCK 112’s are the only folding knives I own that are lockback, and most of my stuff is thumb stud easy opening and even assisted. But I like my 112 just the way it is.
I actually have a nice little collection of 110s and 112s for which I've paid next to nothing. I've made a hobby of picking up broken ones at flea markets and on eBay and sending them into Buck to be rebladed like new for 10 dollars or repaired under warranty. Some people just don't know what they have. My collection waxes and wanes because given what I pay, I also love giving them away. They make great social currency.
A well oiled buck will flip open fairly easily. It’s all about technique. I pinch the blade, pull it out a little bit and snap my wrist. I also have a 110 where the bottom inch of the blade is dull, so I can peel it open without cutting my thumb. I’ve done this thousands of times. My latest method is to flip it open while holding the blade, then flip the knife again and the handle lens up in my hand. Not very practical, but visually it looks pretty cool.
I've used a thumb stud for years. My son was using his while he was working a the local feed store. When a customer saw it he offered him $40 for it on the spot but he turned it down. I still love mine.
Love my 112. And yes, I open it the same way you showed. Also: I use white lightning dry bike chain lube for my knives. It's wax based and works well, doesn't over lube.
My buddy and I both collect and love knives. About 20 years ago my father gave me his old buck 110 4 dot (rather, I found it hidden away in a box and asked if I could have it). I’ve carried it every day since. My buddy has a different taste in knives and doesn’t appreciate how large and heavy my buck is for EDC. And he’s got a point - I have a few pairs of jeans that have a faded outline of a buck 110 on the pockets with scuffs and holes. However, I have preferred the buck 110 over almost any other knife I have in my collection. It just performs. Sadly it fell off a cardboard box onto a tile floor and chipped the tip off. Still wildly useful, but nothing is sadder than losing the tip of your beloved knife. Buck said that they would gladly take it and replace the blade for free, but the 4dot 110 has 425M steel - not 420HC like the modern knives. I’ll be sending it in soon to simply have the tip sharpened back on. It’ll be shorter, but at least it will have an almost custom look. It’ll be more like the 112 I suppose!
Until a few years ago when I got tired of losing pocket clip knives and got a 110 I was filing down thumb studs so they wouldn't snag on pocket hems. None of that anymore. Still got it
Thanks for the info! Live and learn and adapt. I am not a big fan of thumb studs on any knife. I have also moved away from mechanical locks back to old style slip locks. The only time I have been hurt by a knife closing on my fingers is when a lock failed. If no lock then you know how not to use the knife. You can flip open the buck 110/112 style knife but because the lock is at the end of the handle it takes two hands to close it…at least it does for me. Curious about other’s opinions?
I have been opening my 110 that way for over 50 years. Some of them you have to flick pretty hard, and a good cleaning and a drop of oil now and again really help. I use ATF if I have any handy, otherwise plain old engine oil. Every time you add a quart, the empty can or jug has enough left in it for a lot of small lubrication tasks. Don't use WD40 on a pocketknife except for deep cleaning. Tallow? Nah. Mix and heat equal parts neats foot oil, melted beeswax, and boiled linseed oil. You will use too much. Everyone does. Pack it in kitty litter style oil absorbant or sawdust for a couple of weeks, to fix it. Oh, linseed oil can be surprisingly flammable, and beeswax too, around open flame.
Perhaps the talo rubs the ink off high-sheen paper (or paper in general) but not cloth (cash) because the leather has moisture to it. Just my theory...
I’m doing this now using my sog fielder . I’m left handed and the knife has the thumb stub welded on the right hand side so i use it right handed but not used to it or comfortable yet with the knife in the right hand …but now i can use it lefty y opening it like this and it works either way this knife … just got to get my speed up lol
It's not forbidden here in Germany. They changed the law in 2008, where you still could have legally carried a katana sword and stuff like that or almost all knifes, but the since 2003 forbidden ones, like butterflys and most switchblades, gravity knifes and fist knifes. Since then, you are supposed to have a socially adequate reason for carrying a one handed knife or a fixed blade with a blade longer than 12 cm. The problem is, that the police can decide, what they want and if they take it away and you go to court for it, you can get a hefty fine. So, you essentially have no assurance, that it wont happen to you on the way to the woods or whatever. And who says, what a socially acceptable reason is. There are 2 or 3 examples in the law, but there are many more and for me, having a knife as an edc or rescue knife is definitely a s. adequate reason.
Turns out that your father and grandfather were right....who knew? LOL! Been carrying a Buck 110 for 45 years and never had a thumb stud. The Buck 110 Slim has them on it and since it is such a light weight knife the studs are handy but they do get in the way when you are touching up the blade. Still, the 110 Slim is a great little work knife when you are wearing shorts.
Same, its a perfect fit In that pocket. Didn't know about the way of flipping it open when I got the knife, but accidentally flipped it open not long after I did get it, it's very convenient
Simpler is almost always better. I carry my 110 in the pocket lately as well, since my sheath clip broke... Now I need to have you build one for my SOG PowerAssist multitool. Also, is it ever not winter in Wyoming?
a lot of pocket knives i have, have the stupid thumb stud, i won't use a pocket clip, i have a small desk drawer filled with removed pocket clips, my theory of carrying knives is this, if you can't comfortably fit it in your pocket it needs to be in a sheath, if you're gonna wear one around your neck make sure whatever you use to hang it around your neck isn't very strong, the little ball chains are great i purposely pulled one off to see if it was strong enough to choke me if the time ever came they break easy enough but you got to make sure the link is not up on the back of your neck because it will hurt worse, finally, you don't need a 400 dollar knife to do the same things a 50-60 dollar knife will do
I retired my 110 after 30 years in favor of a 119 in a punko sheath. Opening problem solved. I bought an auto 110 but still. 119. Problem solved. The company should consider a low sheath due to the weight on the handle but until then there’s eBay.
Interesting; I like your technique. I learned to open my 110s and 113s about 30 years ago when my ex threatened to have one of her many boyfriends jump me. I told her to bring them on.... Anyway I learned to pinch the blade with my thumb and fore finger to open. I can open or close with right or left hand. Your technique is faster unless hands are wet I think. I wish buck would add the little hook in the brass next to the blade the 113 has to the 110 line for better safety. The 110 handle feels perfect in my hands size L or XL depends on whose gloves I try. I also wish they had a fixed blade version as well. Been thinking about making one with some jb cold weld. :)
Neatsfoot oil is great. Tallow is free for me and it’s more solid at room temperature so I like to use it. I’ll even add a little bees wax when I’m doing a sheath to help protect and stiffen the leather. But I also have bees, so I’m using what I have readily available and what I’ve had good luck with…I think neatsfoot oil is great, especially if it’s 100% pure and not diluted with petroleum products.
Nothing what so ever!. But I have to ask What the hell is a NEAT? & how many feet does it have? Can you eat it? Yes I have used it. Still like 10W 30. Works great on leather. Baby oil would be a lot better for the girlfriend, but would still work for leather!
Never heard of using Beef Tallow. We always used Neatsfoot oil or Saddle soap Even 10W30 motor oil for things like an axe head sheath, a product called "Dubbin" for waterproofing & conditioning leather. "MINK OIL" vegetable oil, olive oil as long as it doesn't rot & stink. Cheers
All good options. I just happen to have a lot of beef tallow available to me. It doesn't rot or stink. I like to mix the oil with bees wax for sheaths because it lasts longer and stiffens the leather a bit.
i thought i was close to one of the only people who opens their knives by holding the blade and flicking the handle down... I do it with my delica, cold steels, and axis knives more often than not hahaha
I also like the 110 in it's original shape. Th KWIK thumb stud looks nice but I think it would annoy me in my pocket. By the way: What is this for a cool jacket?? What's the brand? I like the color and the design.
Old timer only carries a 110, he uses a worn out silver some how with the blade when its in his pocket. He is so fast with that blade that you can't picture what he does. Says he learned it in Nam. He never showed exactly the position but its the same way every time and he's on the draw and in your gut before you can blink
The problem with the receipts is not the ink, because there's no ink used for it. The paper is a special paper which reacts with heat. The printers slightly burn on the numbers and letters on the paper and after a while in your pocket it erase itself. I hope you understood what I wrote....I don't speak english very well.
That's odd receipts actually don't use ink they are pressure sensitive basically they are stamped and the letters and number show up no ink involved from what I understand
Funny, I guess I'm the only one who does this, but I've always opened my 110, (or various Schrade folders I've used over the years) by taking it out of the sheath, edging the blade out while gripping the handle, and instead of flipping it open holding the blade, I catch the tip on the leather of the sheath and flip it open. That way, I'm already holding it by the handle. I lost my 110 and am awaiting a replacement I ordered online, but looking at the sheath, it's scarred up for sure because of the way I open the knife. But it never affected the blade badly. It's just the way I've always done it. Never gave it much thought till I started watching all these Knife vids on You Tube :)
Thanks! It’s an Over Under jacket. It’s been a great coat for me and my only winter coat. I just layer up under it on the colder days. Great for hunting. The only thing I dislike is that the arms aren’t gusseted so it gets a little tight in the shoulders at times.
I can understand what you're saying. I just learned I like carrying and using my knife more without the thumbstud. Doesn't mean its not a still a good options for some folks.
Weird and dangerous way to open a folding knife, but ok. But why should you have to? With a few improvements, the 110 could be both a classic, and a modern knife. Torx screws, ball bearing pivots, and a button lock would upgrade this classic immensely, without any change in the look, except a tiny button. I know they make an auto 110, that technically is a button lock, but it's also 400% more in price than the O.G.
I have three 110s and two 112s. I have thumb studs on all of them and I like them. They work FOR ME. I understand flipping your Buck works FOR YOU. But your reasoning is crazy! To say that the thumb studs look bad but then not realizing how foolish it looks to flip open your knife is ridiculous. Not to mention just plain dangerous to anyone around you if your grip slips. But hey...you do you. I don't know why YT put this in my feed. I won't be back.
It's not any type of leather that erased the ink they do this for a reason No refunds this is been going on for about Three years you can put some recipes in a burrow drawer and this will happen
