4 Dot 112 Ranger -Oddity!

[Bill-in-Texas]

Hey, All.
Has anyone come across a 4 dot 112 with small pins?

I found this one yesterday to add to my humble collection. Very clean, tight action, and hand-radiused.
I'll have to gather the 112s together for a group picture soon, for comparison's sake.
This one has a slimmer profile, like my early segua example, and others.
Regards

4 Dot Blade, 425 Modified Steel

[garddogg56]

Never in a Ranger I have one in a 110 and a 111

[Old Hunter]

Wonder if it was re-bladed by Buck at some point in time? OH

[Bill-in-Texas]

OH,
It doesn't have the tapered scales & bolsters, characteristic of a rebladed Buck knife. (The sides are perfectly flat.) I wonder if Buck tried this on a limited run of 112s.

My biggest regret involves having my one and only micarta handled 112 rebladed by Buck. Although they did a decent job (it still opens very stiffly) I wish I had known beforehand that they would have to remove brass & micarta in the process.
Now I know... won't repeat that mistake.

[Bill-in-Texas]

Here's another picture showing detail of the pins. I included a "no dot" 2 pin for comparison.
Notice that they are all flush with the wood. I've never seen another like this. Weird, huh?

[gunom]

Hi, sure it wasn't sanded, in the picture the rocker rivet looks flat. George God bless

[Bill-in-Texas]

No, George. It hasn’t been sanded.
I still don’t know why it has pins like it does.

[kossetx]

Howdy Bill, having ground down my share of bucks I'm going to say it's been sanded. the edges are radiused but look flat topped. someone probably wanted to clean up a heavily verdigrised knife. pete

[Bill-in-Texas]

Thanks, Pete.
I believe you’re right.

[300Bucks]

The blade is four dots and the scale is three pin that looks sanded. Was going to say it is a two dot scale that was re-bladed back when with four dot blade. But if spring rivet is sanded flat (it does to me) it is a four dot that has been sanded. The radius edges can be found on four dot handles. Check out descriptions on 112 age chart in another forum........300Bucks