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Usually a late December birthday gets lost in the holiday shuffle. So this year I got an early birthday gift, which just arrived yesterday. It is a new knife, a Buck 110 Folding Hunter.

I've read a little about this knife model, and have seen descriptions several times include the words "world-famous." Lately on some knife picture threads on the Blade Forums, a lot of folk have been posting their 110 collections. I had no idea this was such a solid, heavy folding knife. Here is a brief article description I just read today about this blade. It was one of several articles, which states the 110 is "world famous." Particularly interesting to me (being a numbers guy) was the production stat:

The world-famous Buck Model 110 Folding Hunter has a 3 -3⁄4" blade, a high-tension lock and a low-pressure release, with the handles typically made of wood and the bolsters made of heavy-gauge brass. Introduced in 1964, the Buck Folding Hunter was one of the first lock-back folding knives considered strong enough to do the work of a fixed-blade knife. Its debut revolutionized hunting knives, rapidly becoming one of the most popular knives ever made, with some 15 million Model 110 knives produced since 1964.

I decided to get one of the Chairman Series editions. The front wood handle has inlay shield and back handle carries the Chuck Buck signature etching. The bronze bolsters do dress this knife up quite nicely. And the black leather sheath made it a complete birthday gift!

Ah well, enough words. Here are some photos of my new 110 [click on each for large view]. Hope you enjoy them.

Congratulations, it is indeed a real beauty!

That's a good example of the 110. You can't go wrong with the Chairman's edition.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the 110 is very flattered.

Congratulations - that is a fine looking knife!

Very nice, just like mine, except the signature !!
Very sturdy knives.. enjoy !!

That's a real nice one!

daytime dave wrote:That's a good example of the 110. You can't go wrong with the Chairman's edition.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the 110 is very flattered.

It's either the dense 'ole brain today, or the extensive cold weather freezing things up, but I don't get your comment??

PT7 wrote:

daytime dave wrote:That's a good example of the 110. You can't go wrong with the Chairman's edition.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the 110 is very flattered.

It's either the dense 'ole brain today, or the extensive cold weather freezing things up, but I don't get your comment??

I wouldn't presume to speak for Dave but what I believe he means is, over time, many companies have marketed 110 wannabes .... none have matched the long term popularity .... I've owned 2 110's and everything positive said about them is true

The 110 has been copied by most of the great companies and not so great ones. That means it's a great design and knife.

Beautiful knife! Great pictures of it too. Thank you.

JEBar and Dave said some very true things about the FAMOUS BUCK 110 knife that is very well known in this country and all around the world. Many companies try to make a knife like the Buck 110 knife but they can't do it because only BUCK makes the BEST 110 knife with a warranty to back it up! It is an original - the real deal!

My husband has and uses the two BUCK 110 knives that I gave him and the two Buck '55' knives on a regular basis. Our 110 knives are not the edition that you have in your picture. We have the Anniversary edition ones.

I went to fixed blade knives due to my hands but if I did not have those issues... I would be still carrying my former BUCK 110 on a regular basis. It is a great knife!

The Buck 110 makes a great gift too.

Thanks for sharing. Your pictures of it look so nice with the snowflakes on the forum page too.

Cool!

Take care.

Cate - A Buck Knife Lady
PS: My daily carry knife is still my BUCK Ranger Skinner 113.