Custom Buck 110

[mikerjf]

Never paid much attention to custom knives, but then I saw boykinlp's beautiful Muskrat Buck 110 on this forum. Looked at the pic and thought "Hmmm, I should see what I can do..."

Haunted ebay 'til I got a reasonable 110, dug thru dad's old needle files and found a couple that seemed likely. Had so much fun I also added a diamond inlay. Polished it a little and think I'd better stop there for #1. Here it is.

Next one will probably have holly or burl scales and some kind of filework on the spine. Great new hobby!

 

[Old_Cop]

Very nice, you have talent.

 

[s&wchad]

Nicely done!

With a few files and wood chisels, I could turn a $40 Buck 110 into a knife that might bring $5.

 

[Echo40]

Splendid work. I love the Buck 110. My brother got me a Custom Factory Engraved Buck 110 for my birthday this year, but alas, they only offer to engrave numbers/letters into the blade/grips, no custom designs or scrollwork.

I don't trust myself to attempt further customization to this beauty, but it might make an interesting project to buy some cheap Chinese 110 clones off the internet and give it go on them.

Nicely done!

With a few files and wood chisels, I could turn a $40 Buck 110 into a knife that might bring $5.

According to collector's, practically any engraving, regardless of quality that wasn't part of an official limited production run, destroys the value of pretty much anything.

 

[Ruger 13]

Very nice!

 

[Gunhacker]

Great work there!! I've been wanting to try that on my 110 below, but I haven't been able to work up the gumption for fear of screwing it up.

I just finished this Buck 124 re-handle project.

Last year I ordered a 110 and an 119 from the Buck Custom shop with Buckeye Burl. Since then, I've really wanted a 124 with the same Buckeye Burlwood, but Buck does not offer a customizable 124 from the custom shop.

So I did it myself, to create my Buckeye Burl "trifecta" set.

 

[PAULEM]

Never paid much attention to custom knives, but then I saw boykinlp's beautiful Muskrat Buck 110 on this forum. Looked at the pic and thought "Hmmm, I should see what I can do..."

Haunted ebay 'til I got a reasonable 110, dug thru dad's old needle files and found a couple that seemed likely. Had so much fun I also added a diamond inlay. Polished it a little and think I'd better stop there for #1. Here it is.

Next one will probably have holly or burl scales and some kind of filework on the spine. Great new hobby!

Very nicely done. I've had several brands of folding knives, and found that Buck is hard to beat. I've used mine hard, and while it's a bit hard to sharpen, it holds up to every task I've asked of it.

 

[Golphin]

Nice work.

 

[lppd4]

In my opinion there is not a better knife on the planet and dang few that are as good as a made in the USA Buck. They offer a great warranty sharpening service and spa treatment for your knife. I sent it 40 year old Buck 119 back to the factory for a facelift and it came back in a few short weeks looking as good as new. I thought it was a new knife, but there was a few tell tale signs on the knife that weren't buffed out completely letting me know it was indeed my old 119. I have since sent several knives in for the same treatment. For $6.95 they will adjust polish and sharpen any Buck branded knife. Hard to beat in my book

 

[FatDogEarl]

Very nice work.

 

[boykinlp]

Never paid much attention to custom knives, but then I saw boykinlp's beautiful Muskrat Buck 110 on this forum. Looked at the pic and thought "Hmmm, I should see what I can do..."

Haunted ebay 'til I got a reasonable 110, dug thru dad's old needle files and found a couple that seemed likely. Had so much fun I also added a diamond inlay. Polished it a little and think I'd better stop there for #1. Here it is.

Next one will probably have holly or burl scales and some kind of filework on the spine. Great new hobby!

Mike,
Dang, when I saw the picture of your knife on the weekly update sent to my email today, I thought of my knife, and came here to read about yours. You did a really nice job, from what I can see, on the bolster fluting and bolster thread. I especially like vine filework on a Buck 110. Keep up the good work!

Forte Smitten Wesson, some collector's do frown upon things that aren't factory done, but other's appreciate quality craftsmanship, no matter where it is done. I tried to sell my Buck 110, the gem of my Buck collection here, but had no takers. When I moved it to eBay, it sold very quickly.
Larry

 

[SS336]

That is real impressive work. You could make it a part time job.
I like it, Buck knives will copy that.

 

[garddogg56]

Beautiful just BEAUTIFUL..THANKS guys

 

[cherrypointmarine]

Looks like you could be the forums answer to knives like guzzitaco is to Smith semi-autos . It takes an artist to do what you two do .

 

[mikerjf]

Honest, the file work wasn’t too hard, just a matter of paying attention and stopping when you’re done. (That’s what my uncle Doug used to say about eggs.)

The inlay, yeah, that’s a little harder, but having done 9 of them on a guitar neck I had some practice!

The thing that amazes me was that it just took a couple little files, a chisel, an exacto knife, and some sandpaper. All hand work. I’m more used to jigs and power tools so focusing on hand work is a new thing for me.