After the crew at Phrobis (Qual-a-tec) tried out the folding knife with the attached belt clip they refined the design to include titanium scales. Phrobis had a source for powdered titanium and the had an outside firm sinter the side plates for them. Phrobis made a total of 50 of these titanium folders with Phrobis markings prior to licensing the design to Buck Knives. Buck won the "Knife of the Year Award" in 1986 for this knife.
Last edited by porterkids : 02-21-2009 at 03:54 PM.
Very nice. I like the Buck 110 blade that was used stamped pat pending Coolio. Hey I am also doing the 186 titanium history for BCCI. Mr Finn designed this I know ,so this 50 was made before BUCK made the 186 or during? That would be great info to have. Mr Porter do you know how many prototypes of the 186 from Phrobis,LTD were made?
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