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I was doing some work at a house and they gave me this Buck 186 just curious of its value

I can’t read it lll

A few of you lovely people helped me out earlier so I thought I'd give an update.

I was trying to get the buck of the month for my partner for his 40th birthday month.

It dropped Friday but I wasn't able to purchase one because it wouldn't ship to Canada. Finally today I got ahold of someone at the company and they were able to manually put it in for me as it isn't technically a type that's illegal here and many do make it through.

I also managed to find him a "vintage" 1986 knife with the < mark (which I know I'm lucky to find because this is the first year things were dated like that and it started part way through that year, it took some searching).

I'm hopeful the August 2026 "buck of the month" makes it through customs. His birthday is next week so I won't have it on hand for him, however I'm hoping to at least find out if it cleared customs so I can tell him he's getting it or purchase some other 2026 110 locally to gift him.

Please cross all of your fingers for me.

(Photo of the 1986 knife I got off of Facebook marketplace. Should I clean the sheath up with some leather polish or leave it as is? What would you guys prefer if it was being gifted to you?)

Just ordered mine!

Coming up on the 2 years carryversary. Boy, what a great daily imo. Glides from the pocket, never had a bruised thigh like i got with my last Kershaw daily. I hit metal with it more than a few times, and the edge still feels great. Looking forward to many more years of service👍👍

My dad bought me this Buck knife when I was 11 years old. I've used it a lot ever since. It holds an edge so we'll I've only had to sharpen it a few times, and it's very sharp. I dont know why I decided to share photos of it today, but it's been a part of my life for a very long time with very minimal maintenance. I have a few dozen other nice knives but this is my favorite.

Regular 50th anniversary 110 for comparison

https://www.buckknives.com/product/august-2026-buck-of-the-month/?sku=0110BKSBOTM-B

Hey everyone. The botm this month is out!

Smokey Mountain Knife Works exclusive

I just picked this up at a yard sale I paid 20$ for it I can’t find a set online anywhere that’s complete what’s it worth and did I get a good deal? Also is this worth more as a collectible or can I use it as my new edc or is that a shameful thing?

I’m looking at both of them and planning on buying one, but I wanted to get some opinions on which one I should go with. I noticed the Drop Point has a different blade shape, which got me curious about what the actual difference is between the Ranger 112 Drop Point and the regular Ranger 112. I tried looking for a video explaining the differences, but I couldn’t really find one. If anyone has experience with both, I’d really appreciate some help.

Newest member of the Buck 110 family.

Finally here after 3 months.

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Nickle frame, ebony scales, magnacut blade.

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Feels great while carrying.

Love the pocket clip, adding a thumb stud later.

I don’t know much about these knives, figured I’d share it here and see if anyone knows more about this model or when it could’ve been made. Found this sitting in the middle of a gravel road in NC a while ago, looks like it’s been well used and loved for a long time, especially with the shape of the blade.

Hi knife people. I found this 112 for sale and have some issues dating it... It has an anvil stamp with a 50 in it. So should be a 50 years anniversary model but the handle scale plate is missing. Can you enlighten me?

Hello everyone. Just wanted to share my botm 2026 collection so far

I got my Buck 110 Slim Heritage Elite delivered the other day, and fresh out of the box I noticed those huge gaps between the frames and the scales, after some online digging I saw some other people having the same problem.

Then I thought about the possibility that the wooden scales were simply swollen from humidity as it was something that happened to me in the past with an Opinel knife (it was so swollen I couldn’t open it, fixed it by leaving it in the fridge overnight) so I decided to put it in the fridge overnight again as I had done with the Opinel, as fridges dry stuff out quickly. To my surprise (again) the next morning, the scales were back to where they’re supposed to be (images from left to right).

I decided to share this for people who might have the same problem, hope it helps.