505 date stamp question

Railsplitter

Railsplitter

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I recently purchased a Buck 505 Knight on Ebay but I have not received the knife yet. I've been searching date code information and I don't see the date stamp on any of the charts that I've found.

The seller included a very clear picture of the tang stamp. It's 505 with one dot to the right of the digits. No dots on the left and no symbols anywhere. Just that one dot. BUCK on top in block letters and U.S.A. on the bottom.

Can anybody advise the year of production?

Thanks.
 
Rail, your 505 with the block lettered stamp and the dot (and has birch handles) is a 1984-85 manufacturing. It is unknown as to the significance of the dot. But it is not a date code.
Enjoy you new Knight. DM
 
David Martin said:
Rail, your 505 with the block lettered stamp and the dot (and has birch handles) is a 1984-85 manufacturing. It is unknown as to the significance of the dot. But it is not a date code.
Enjoy you new Knight. DM
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Superb! Thank you David!
 
David is right in that the meaning of "dots" has been discussed ad nauseum and not always known definitively.
In this specific instance, my recollection is the same as bertl's.
The thing to know about 'dots' is that Buck used them as engineering change codes, NOT date codes.
They can become a defacto date code if the engineering change and it's date is known.
They are often model/series specific.

OK, I found the reference back in 2011...
http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/buck-historians.869401/#post-9848994
 
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This is all very interesting. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge. Makes me want the knife even more.:)
 
Those dot stamps have given us fits. Yes, at different times it (the symbol) was used to indicate different changes. A design change (1 & 3 dots), a steel change (4 dots). I even have a
105 with 3 dots. (an experimental). But I've never read it was associated with a date of mfg.. DM
 
Jeff, I like your sense of humor. It's working. Thanks for chiming in. DM
 
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