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How Old Is Your Buck Knife

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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by Team Roper » Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:51 am

I broke the tip of mine but I reshaped it myself instead of sending it in to Buck. It's just a hair shorter but it actually helped me to reach up into the cavity of a deer with my finger on the top of the blade and know that my finger was safe from being cut.I do not like a long knife for that reason. Here is my pride and joy.
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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by JEBar » Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:38 pm

now there is a knife that earns its keep .. 8-)
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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by Team Roper » Mon Oct 05, 2020 2:10 pm

JEBar wrote:
Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:38 pm
now there is a knife that earns its keep .. 8-)
You bet and it was on my belt steady through about 21 years of truck driving too.
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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by Conax » Mon Oct 05, 2020 4:38 pm

I got the one I have now from a factory rep that visited an air base I was on in 1982. The blade says .112.. so it's a 1980 or 1981.
I had a 4" folder before this one. My brother admired it and did all my knife sharpening so I gave it to him. I had carried it since 1971, so it was probably that.
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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by Rifletom » Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:39 am

First 110 is a '75 with the two dots. That belongs to my older son now. My other is of 2005. Such great knives!
I'll check my other Buck's when I get home in early afternoon.
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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by Rifletom » Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:10 pm

Little Buck update:
112-'92
277(Alpha)-'07
476-'05 (promotional deal)
373-'07
284-'14
I've had others, older son keeps talking me out of 'em!
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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by JEBar » Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:36 pm

Rifletom wrote:
Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:10 pm
I've had others, older son keeps talking me out of 'em!
well understood .... all toooooo well understood
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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by dave77 » Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:13 pm

Team Roper wrote:
Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:51 am
I broke the tip of mine but I reshaped it myself instead of sending it in to Buck. It's just a hair shorter but it actually helped me to reach up into the cavity of a deer with my finger on the top of the blade and know that my finger was safe from being cut.I do not like a long knife for that reason. Here is my pride and joy.
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Your sheath looks like new compared to mine, I wore a hole in the flap that I had to patch, also had to replace the belt loop. 1972-1986 markings but I know I bought in it the early '70s.

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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by Koyote » Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:48 pm

Thanks for info. My Buck 110 is 1980-81, a gift from my fiancee'.
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Re: How Old Is Your Buck Knife

Post by Hatchdog » Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:04 am

If any of you ever travel to North Idaho the Buck factory moved to Post Falls from California several years ago. They offer factory tours (pre-Covid anyway) and every year have a consumer direct Fathers Day sale. This is a short drive from where I live but so far I haven’t taken a tour. I will correcting that one of these days.
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