303 (anvil) Mother of Pearl inlays...

ItsTooEarly

ItsTooEarly

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Hello all, here's a 303 (anvil) Buck knife that I think has plastic Mother of Pearl inlays... (Well I think there plastic anyway...) That my Son and his wife got for me Sat... 300Bucks or anyone else, what can you tell me about this sweet Buck knife??? Thanks, ITE ...

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Cool little knife ITE, how do those scales feel, ive seen a couple on 110's that look pretty cool but never wanted to risk it.
 
imafritz said:
Cool little knife ITE, how do those scales feel, ive seen a couple on 110's that look pretty cool but never wanted to risk it.
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Thanks fritz, just real smooth... :eek: ... That's why I was thinking it was some kind of plastic... But she does look sweet... ITE
 
ITE,

They are called Polypearl scaled. Were specical runs for Walmart. (Thanks Tin for your correction) You will find them date stamped 2002 and 2003. The odd ones, like those below all seemed to be dated 03 and only pure white have the anvil stamp. I have a possible sample or salesman sample with white on one side and grey on the other. That sounds high class but its probably just a fubar. (You know how Friday afternoon just drags on and on..ha).

Haven't heard anyone talk much about scales coming off so they must have used good glue......the black is my fav but the white is more 'classic' color....... If anyone can remember were they boxed or clampacked I would appreciate knowing..............300Bucks

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ItsTooEarly said:
Hello all, here's a 303 (anvil) Buck knife that I think has plastic Mother of Pearl inlays... (Well I think there plastic anyway...) That my Son and his wife got for me Sat... 300Bucks or anyone else, what can you tell me about this sweet Buck knife??? Thanks, ITE ...
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Those were made for Walmart and have either the 2002 (anvil) or 2003 (T) blade date marks. They are indeed synthetic (i.e., plastic) with some color variation; a few are sort of medium gray and rarely a black one.
 
Thanks 300Bucks and Tin Sue... for all the info... 300, thanks for the pic... those gray/black ones do look good... ITE ... :thumbup:
 
The teachers lesson.....

As all you can tell by his avatar, Tin is interested in shaping minds at a particular university. My question he answered brings up the point I should have been keeping better records on my knives....something we all could do a better job on.....Now you say I only have 5, 8 or 17 knifes, 'not enough to worry with record keeping.' Wrong, you or eventually someone you love, will want to know the how, when, where, and even the how much of those dozen knives.
Don't put this off, scoff and say not me I only am a EDCer. Get a small spiral bound notebook of index cards, or some bound notebook. Mark on it MY KNIVES. Write down in some orderly way all of each of your knifes details, don't use red or light colored marker pen, they fade. Use pencil or fine tipped Sharpie pen. Then if it gets wet it will survive.
Then unlike me who has started this late - after getting my polypearl 303s - you could have looked up in you card record and told me the one you have came in the regular Buck box. You can get as fancy as you like using photos and computer, just be sure to always have some type of failsafe backup or hard copy. Lightning does strike the entire N American continent......

I have seen several folks records that are knowledgeable Buck Forum contributors, Mr. Larry Oden even has a traveling index card box of his knives, he can in a moments notice pull it from his bag and give you a detailed answer of your question using that record.

Again, DON'T PUT THIS OFF, start now. Don't be surprised if you hear this again at a BCCI seminar or in a newwletter.......Start now.
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Yep, your right and great information/advice as usual...

I wish I would have...

I would have been a charter member of the Procrastinator's Club, I just kept putting it off:p. Preston
 
Polypearl,

I think I remember her.....not very purdy, not exactly small, but, a whole lota WOMAN! Sorry, the mind is a terrible thing to waste and some of those old memories just pop in when I least expect them to;).

I have two of the china doll Bucks that came in poypearl. I also have a 916 Bowie accessorized in Polypearl, there have also been a few other fixed blade knives so outfitted over the years. That's a nice find Armand......USA all the way ("Buck's best", punk the rest or something like that)!
jb4570
 
jb4570 said:
Polypearl,

I think I remember her.....not very purdy, not exactly small, but, a whole lota WOMAN! Sorry, the mind is a terrible thing to waste and some of those old memories just pop in when I least expect them to;).

I have two of the china doll Bucks that came in poypearl. I also have a 916 Bowie accessorized in Polypearl, there have also been a few other fixed blade knives so outfitted over the years. That's a nice find Armand......USA all the way ("Buck's best", punk the rest or something like that)!
jb4570
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Jb I think thats wholelottarosie:D
 
300...What a good idea! But for the 50,55 60??? 112's I have I will have to really reach back in the dusty recesses of my mind...Some just don't compute.....
 
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Jb I think thats wholelottarosie:D
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Fritz maybe Rosie and her 4 friends were in your old watering hole....But, Polypearl was in mine;):p. I was just making a play on words Fritzy....nothing more:rolleyes:
jb4570
 
I have one of 2003 T marked white polypearls from Wal-Mart but it came in the Yellow box with Buck Knives written all over it. The end tab says.

CADET
B303-PP-0
CAT. 7155

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STDK said:
I have one of 2003 T marked white polypearls from Wal-Mart but it came in the Yellow box with Buck Knives written all over it. The end tab says.

CADET
B303-PP-0
CAT. 7155

Sorry no pics.
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The anvil (2002) polypearls came in a box like the one I linked previously while the the T (2003) came in the yellow box as you describe.
 
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