Video Review: The Buck 110 Lightweight Folding Hunter

The Buck 110 Light Weight Folding Hunter was an impulse buy. But $20 at Walmart it is well worth the money. 

The Buck 110 LW has all the design hallmarks of the classic 110 without being a boat anchor. I love the looks and function of the classic 110 but the weight is the sole reason I don’t carry it on a regular basis. 

The light weight version is lighter than the classic by half (actually more) but you sacrifice materials, aesthetics and fit-and-finish. But with the light weight you gain grip with molded-in knurling, a lanyard hole and the ability to pocket carry. Not for nothin’, but the blade also has a fetching stonewash. 

This would be a great knife to buy and leave in the door pocket of your car, forgotten until needed. The Buck 110 Lightweight Folding Hunter does have it’s issues:

• Side-to-side blade play
• Up-and-down lock rock
• A factory imperfect tip, and
• A weird little growth-like lump of steel where the lock spring and the blade spine meet. Apparently this is not an error in manufacturing, it’s a blemish that gets ground off in the final finishing process of the classic 110.

The plastic handle of the lightweight would — presumably — melt if put to the same process … so change the process (I’m just sayin’!).

I do love this knife, warts and all. And I recommend it for a truck, bag or bugout stash-knife. I also have no doubt it would make a great EDC, just like it’s older brother the classic 110 has been since 1964.