I have a 110 somewhere. I found my Schrade+ that was a daily carry for work knife and it was and still is tough as hell.
I have a BassPro Buck 110 with a CPM 154 blade about 8 inches from my elbow right now!
How does the 110 compare to the 500? Have the 500 I carried on my belt through high school. Sheath looks identical, knife very similarI've had a Buck 110 for about 38 years. Carried it for about 18 years of a 21 year US Army career. It was my go-to when the Swiss Army Woodsman's 3" blade was either too small or not sturdy enough for the cutting task at hand. It was generally easier to use than my M7 bayonet, although I used that occasionally for certain tasks, other than as a bayonet, such as batoning field expedient stakes or something that would be hard on the Buck's locking mechanism, which wasn't very often at all. Always had its leather holster somewhere easily accessible on my ALICE battle rattle.
The clip point blade has a reputation for being easy to break the tip off. It's been my experience it is invariably because the user was either prying or twisting with it which should not be done with any knife. Screwdrivers are for twisting and crowbars are for prying. Nor should it be used for batoning, which is excessively hard on every locking knife mechanism. It will hold an excellent edge and it's not that difficult to sharpen to an extremely fine edge. If you take care of a 110 and don't abuse it, it will last a lifetime, and then some. I've never felt one-hand opening to be an essential. I've got some one-hand, and it can be convenient, but it's not essential. I've never seen a folding knife as a combat weapon. For edged weapons, I have several bayonets and a full-size light cavalry saber (it's not a ceremonial one).
Cleaned out an old truck that I am sad to see go.
Found this in it...
Some folks like to screw around with Buck 110s
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I have one in the sheath, and it used to go with me everywhere. I stepped up to a ZT 301 with a custom carry sheath made of leather by an Ingo member. I love that knife.Buck 110 is usually the only knife I carry into the woods for hunting.
I used to to take some others along, but the 110 is all that ever made it out of the pack.....so I quit taking the others.
Excellent knives.
Benchmade "auto" serves as daily carry.