Official Buck Picture Thread

Right now my only two Bucks, loving the 501. It has been living in my pocked and quickly becoming one of my favorite. My guess is its mid 80s production.
The Stockman I dont know as much about but looked over a god thread here. My guess is 1971 but I dont really know.
Any help on age or vintage would be appreciated.

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rc51kid said:
Right now my only two Bucks, loving the 501. It has been living in my pocked and quickly becoming one of my favorite. My guess is its mid 80s production.
The Stockman I dont know as much about but looked over a god thread here. My guess is 1971 but I dont really know.
Any help on age or vintage would be appreciated.

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Very nice.
Long pull on the clip point on the 301 says "it is a Schrade OR Camillus made, before Buck started producing the 300 series in house."

Easiest way I know of to tell which is responsible:
Schrade Made has Swindon Key construction. Schrade only made the knives from 1966 to 1968(?). Buck changed to Camillus because of the high number of warranty repairs for failed Swindon Keys.
(Not reparable without special tools to take apart, replace the bad key and/or bolster , and reassemble. Converting to a through pin was not much stronger than a Swindon Key. I read in a thread somewhere here, the knives that were converted were returned with a notice the knife was only suitable for "light" to "moderate" tasks because of the lack of pin support.)

Camillus has standard through pin construction.
Camillus held the contract from 1968(?) until Buck moved production inhouse, around 2005, when they moved their operations to Idaho, if memory serves.
 
rc51kid said:
Any help on age or vintage would be appreciated.
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R rc51kid I did a research dive trying to find out when my old 501 Squire w Buckarta (aka Buck’s Micarta) covers was made. This chart from the Buck Collectors club should help you identify your knife’s birth era:
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I think yours with the script Squire and wood is from 80-84?
 
golfish said:
I'm really liking the Buck 112. I have a 110 auto but I feel the need for a 112 auto. I just wish they would make em with drop point blades.
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I like the size of a 110 Auto more, but the 112's are so fast and absolutely blast open. The size of the 110 blade opening fast into secure lockback makes it the winner and worth the weight. Personally I could have skipped the 112 but I bought that first.
 
DaveHS said:
R rc51kid I did a research dive trying to find out when my old 501 Squire w Buckarta (aka Buck’s Micarta) covers was made. This chart from the Buck Collectors club should help you identify your knife’s birth era:
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I think yours with the script Squire and wood is from 80-84?
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Thanks for this very interesting info. My Old Script maroon micarta Esquire has the hidden rocker pin, so I guess that makes it 78-80.
 
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