I’ve been planning on picking up a Buck 110 (3.75”) or 112 (3”) auto for quite some time.
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I'm waiting on a reply from Ken. As to the other, unlikely given that revolvers hold a very specific niche for me. Basically for walking around home and walking distance from home. The 642-1 has been pretty much perfect in that regard, though I still get tempted by the M&P 340 when I allow my mind to wander off its lead.
I used to carry the 686+ every now and again but it's been gathering dust for a while now. Shame, really. One of these days I'll break it out of captivity. Probably once the weather cools down.
Last edited by blues; 07-16-2019 at 07:53 AM.
There's nothing civil about this war.
@Willard
Here's the info I got back from Ken this morning about the gun and the grips to the best of his recollection:
I mistakenly thought that was one of Ken's dad's guns. He was a police officer and passed a few years ago. I remembered that Ken had some of his revolvers...some he held on to and some he sold...and I thought this was one of them.I racked my brain last night on the grips and I THINK they are Eagle finger groove grips that I modified. I cut them even shorter , right up to the bottom of the frame. Being a third series (1973 to 1986) the grip frame is not full length. I also had to deepen the clearance cut for the speed loaders I used at the time. As a side note this revolver was originally nickel plated. I wore it up against my skin in my waist band. The nickel had frosted on that side . I then bead blasted the entire revolver and applied a baked on matte black firearm finish, bobbed and checkered the hammer and installed the grips. I have a Wisconsin ccw and to this day the Colt rides along. I have owned it since 1984. Probably way more info than you wanted! Lol
As you can probably tell, I'm very proud of Ken. He is not only a supremely gifted knife maker and former gunsmith, but one of the best people one could ever hope to call a friend.
A recent picture of Ken:
There's nothing civil about this war.
Went by a local shop listed on the Buck Knives site today at lunch. He had a bunch of Case inventory. May be going with a Case Mini Copperlock instead.
If anyone is interested in a full-size Copperlock with P-F orange G10 scales, http://www.bayoucityknives.com/ He actually discontinued his relationship with Case awhile back, but has a bunch of inventory remaining, mostly special editions, etc. If he had a Mini in P-F orange, it would be in my pocket now.
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Not another dime.
[QUOTE=blues;905109]@Willard
Here's the info I got back from Ken this morning about the gun and the grips to the best of his recollection:
I mistakenly thought that was one of Ken's dad's guns. He was a police officer and passed a few years ago. I remembered that Ken had some of his revolvers...some he held on to and some he sold...and I thought this was one of them.
As you can probably tell, I'm very proud of Ken. He is not only a supremely gifted knife maker and former gunsmith, but one of the best people one could ever hope to call a friend.
A recent picture of Ken:
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Thanks Blues. Very accomodating of you both.
I quite like the Copperhead and Copperlock. My Copperhead is blue bone with a Wharncliffe main blade, in stainless, and was the knife I gave myself between Afghanistan and Iraq so I could have a knife that was nice and not tactical. My Copperlock is yellow delrin with a carbon steel Wharncliffe blade. Nice knife. I gave a standard black bone mini Copperlock to my FIL years ago. Nice knives.
You may want to take a look at this:
https://www.bladehq.com/item--Benchm...t-Knife--67754
I like the classic look of the BenchmadeProper.
Last edited by Flamingo; 07-18-2019 at 10:38 AM. Reason: added info