A gift from my son

[daytime dave]

My son sent me a birthday gift I had picked out. He asked what I wanted and I had wanted to try the 5160 high carbon steel Buck knives that an ebay seller has had great success with. I sent him a link for a 112. The package arrived yesterday and I had just finished mowing the lawn and had gotten a text. My son advised me the package showed delivered. I went to the mailbox and there it was. I went inside, tended to more chores and then sat down for the unboxing.

I opened the knife and to my surprise I found that the blade was a drop point as opposed the the normal blade pattern on the 112. I really wanted to try that on a 110 I saw. I was glad I hadn't paid attention when I sent him the ebay link.

This morning when I photographed it to share here, I was even more pleased when I saw that it was serialized. I looked up the ebay listing, and found it was a first run production.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Buck-Knives-112 ... SwLnBX9nES

I present # 004.

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[PT7]

A Buck...
A serialized first-run production...
A gift....

"004" is a sharp-looking blade, and the oak handle is beautiful.
Very nice way to celebrate a birthday...Congrats!

[JCN]

Wow that's pretty cool. Enjoy.

[Deadwood Dutch]

A beautiful knife, congratulations!

[CT_Shooter]

Beautiful knife, Dave. Happy Birthday.

[Les]

That little beauty would give anybody a happy birthday! I hope you have a good one.

[Sir Henry]

.....I went inside, tended to more chores.....

You went to the bathroom?

[RetiredSeabee]

Sweet! I have never seen a 112 with the drop point blade. I like it a lot..... no I don't need one.... yes I do.
Now you see what you started.

[Catherine]

Your son gave you a very nice gift and happy birthday to you too!

Cate

[Bish1309]

Very nice!!! The styling looks a lot like one I have.

Congrats and happy belated birthday!

[Steve51]

Great gift Dave! Congrats (Raised your son right)

I like the Buck 110 but always preferred the size of the 112 better because I do not have large hands.

[daytime dave]

A bit of an update.

I was hesitant to use #4. I contacted the seller on Ebay. He was reported as a great guy on the Blade Forums. If you wanted a special #, he would look for it and send it to you if he had it.

I can report that he is a great guy and I have #14 in both the Oak and the Charcoal version of the drop point 112 in 5160.

#4 was proudly at my side yesterday and should remain there for quite a while.

[RanchRoper]

Beautiful knife, congrats!