Customer Reviews

Buck 110 Folding Hunter, Lockback Folding Knife

5 star:		(80)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I still have the Buck 110 Folding Hunter my dad gave me 34 years ago! I am a hunter (big game), fisherman, and camper and still use this knife today. I have field dressed, skinned, and cleaned all sorts of game from New Mexico to Alaska with my folding hunter.

I use the GATCO(tm) sharpning tool(s)to keep it sharp.

One word of caution -- the knife has a razor sharp edge -- and many new owners make the mistake of having their fingers across the handle when closing the knife -- will require at least 3 bandaids!

I have purchased and gifted a dozen of these knives to my children, nieces, and nephews.

I'm very pleased with this knife. It's big and substantial, so I'm not worried about using it on heavy tasks. It opens easily, and is quite sharp.

It's large enough that it wouldn't be comfortable in a pocket. When you order the kife it comes with a leather sheath that goes on your belt-- so don't buy the sheath as a separate item, as Amazon invites you to do.

I still have the one my dad gave me in 1968. It's seen so much hard use and sharpening that the blade looks more like a stiletto than a hunting knfe. Yet the hinge and lockup are as solid as 39 years ago. Yes, modern one-hand open-and-close knives have advantages, especially modern stainless steel. But I wonder how they'd hold up to what I put the Buck 110 through in the 1970's?

Bottom line: Not as functional as the modern stuff, just like a Colt 1911, but like the old 1911, it won't let you down.

My father had this knife and when I was a kid I loved it. I would take it out and lightly oil it and sharpen it for him. Once being a stupid kid, I was throwing it at a tree trunk and I broke off a half inch off the tip. I hid it from him but he eventually found it.

Fast forward 20 years later and I was a new Army private going to school at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas. I bought one for both my father and I and we both still have ours.

This knife is truly a classic and should be issued to every red blooded American boy at birth. I've skinned a dozen deer with it. I have it here in Iraq with me now.

There's no play in the blade and the wood and brass is simple yet handsome. The brass is soft, like some reviews have said, but every nick and ding in mine would have broken a lesser knife. The blade is like silk and I can readily shave with it.

True, it is rather large for a folding knife and to the novice it may take two hands to open. A lot of the guys in my platoon have the newer high speed knives that only need one hand to open and everything. But the talcum-powder dust here clogs them and the springs can break. Again, simplicity and elegance wins the day. When they need a sharp knife, a real sharp knife they ask for mine. I have complete faith in the quality and ruggedness that I have no problem lending it to the soldiers in my platoon.

Buy it and pass it on. I will be passing mine on but not before buying my own again!

I got mine used about 30 years ago, and it's the one knife in all those years that hasn't fallen apart, broken, of (thankfully) gotten lost. Like the guy in the other review said, this is the knife that your dad should have passed on to you. And it's the one you'll want to pass on to your son.

About the quality and construction, it really is first rate. It opens and closes very smoothly, & the locking mechanism is very secure; the steel for the blade is difficult to sharpen, but once finely sharpened it retains an edge.

When I pull mine out, it doesn't scream fancy or quality, but other guys that know about these things want to look at my old knife. The Buck 110 is a ready to use heirloom! The Amazon price is a very reasonable!

I grew up ranching, farming and hunting. I have never owned or used a knife that was better for field dressing game than this one. It keeps an edge longer than any I have owned, and that is among many, many over the years.

This is a classic knife that is large enough to be able to tackle most jobs in the field but small enough it is comfortable to wear on your hip. Built like a tank and made to last, with a high carbon steel content blade that holds an edge extremely well. Hard to find a better all around knife than this - will last for years to come.

The one, the only, the original... Buck knife. What more is there to say, lifetime warranty, well made, great gift or for yourself.

I received my 110 as a gift from co-worker in 1979. It's still sharp, clean and closes tight as a drum. Opening and closing remind one of closing the door on an old Caddie or MB - SOLID!
It's a knife you can bet your life on and so will your Grandkids.

OK, "Survival Knife", is a garbage term and a lot of genuine junk knives are hyped as such. AND some would contend that no folding knife would be adequate for survival purposes. The bottom line, though, is that fixed blade knives are less than welcome in a lot of places, other than the back woods. So... a good folder might be the best knife you will want on your person in a lot of circumstances.

I have had my Buck 110 at least 15 years. It came, complete with a sheath that looked like it had been through both the Korean and Viet Nam wars, which is probably why I got it so cheap.

In any case I would not doubt that my 110 was already a decade old when I got it. The Buck Website says this model was introduced in 1963 and for all I know mine might be that old. Some of the brass has now developed a green sheen to it which could easily be cleaned up - but I kind of like it. Aside from that my Buck 110 has held up through a variety of abuses and seems robust as ever.

These days, I have a very highly regarded Benchmade folder that costs over three times the retail price of the Buck 110. I LIKE it better, kind of the way some folks like an Audi better than a Ford, even though both of them will get you there. That Benchmade might even be a better knife - though I really can't say that for sure. (Ask in another 15 years.)

The Buck 110 gives you 4 inches of well tempered steel and is built like a tank. Unfortunately it seems heavy as one in my hip pocket, too, which is one of the reasons it is now relegated to "backup" duty. But I would be every bit as confident relying on it in an emergency survival situation as any FOLDING knife I know of.

That merits it a five star rating.