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Well it is suggestive poor internal strategic / tactical planning...
Not necessarily. Our impatience does not create their emergency. 😂 It only means we are ignorant of their intentions, not that they don't exist or are not going to plan. Of course, perhaps you're claiming access to internal information not available to the rest of us. That would be the only way to know for sure until the month of the release has passed us by without a release. It does make me curious as to the historical "day of month" of each release and how frequently a release has been near the end of the month compared to middle or earlier.
 
Since Buck Knives Inc. Buck Knives Inc. told us no one has guessed the model yet, I'll toss the Alpha Hunter or Scout out there as my new pick - but I don't know what configuration to guess. The full tang style might not be a good use of the new hotness Magnacut which everyone seems to think the BOTM will be - and for good reason. Maybe 420HC and Micarta? That would be a sweet knife.

And I'm still holding my breath that it will hit the website today, National Knife Day and a Thursday - the most popular release day as per Tecate Tecate 's data compilation.

PS - thanks for playing along with us here, Buck Knives Inc. Buck Knives Inc. , that adds an element of fun to the game. :)
 
It probably has more to do with scheduling these runs in between regular production runs and the availability of machinery, staff, and materials. I imagine they schedule these releases months ahead of time.

Last week they released Stealth Run #003 and probably didn't want to stack it with a BOTM release.

Since I already have the BOTM release date data in my spreadsheet. A majority are in the middle of the month.
Release Date (dd/mm/yyyy):
01/07/2021
04/05/2021
04/05/2022
04/05/2023
05/12/2018
07/05/2019
07/12/2022
09/03/2022
09/10/2018
10/02/2022
10/04/2018
10/12/2019
11/02/2019
11/06/2019
12/03/2020
12/09/2018
12/09/2019
13/01/2022
13/02/2018
13/02/2020
13/05/2020
13/06/2023
14/01/2021
14/06/2022
14/07/2022
14/08/2020
14/10/2020
14/12/2021
15/03/2018
15/06/2021
15/08/2018
15/11/2019
15/12/2020
16/01/2018
16/01/2020
16/02/2021
16/02/2023
16/04/2019
16/07/2020
16/11/2022
17/01/2019
17/03/2023
17/10/2019
17/11/2021
18/03/2021
18/07/2019
18/08/2022
18/11/2020
19/01/2023
19/03/2019
19/08/2021
19/10/2021
19/11/2018
20/04/2021
20/04/2023
20/07/2023
20/09/2022
20/10/2022
21/04/2020
21/04/2022
21/05/2018
22/08/2019
22/09/2021
23/07/2018
24/09/2020
25/06/2020
26/06/2018

Count of Release Day:
01
1​
04
3​
05
1​
07
2​
09
2​
10
3​
11
2​
12
3​
13
5​
14
6​
15
5​
16
7​
17
4​
18
4​
19
5​
20
5​
21
3​
22
2​
23
1​
24
1​
25
1​
26
1​
 
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I enjoy the randomness of the drops. The yearly may the 4th one is anticlimactic. It creates conversation and speculation. That can only help buck sell knives.
I also enjoy the randomness, but I gotta say that even though May the 4th was expected last year I was totally surprised and pleased with the R2D2 Budgie. It's the only 5/4 knife that I've picked up, but it's an excellent little pocket dropper.
 
For a pocket knife, I'd love to see a 2-bladed 303 that matches one of the more recent 301 BOTMs with a flat grind and long pull. I'd be over the moon if it matched the BladeForums 301. It's been a while since we've had a 303.

How about a little two blade 303 micarta and brass to match the previous two blade 301 micarta and brass... in magnacut of course.

Ok, so that's at least 2 of us who want a 303. See Buck Knives Inc. Buck Knives Inc. ? Overwhelming numbers. Two of us. The people have spoken.
 
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