BUCK 110 AGE

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FATBOY 03

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Hello
I have a Buck 110 that i'm trying to find out the year it was made.
It says BUCK and has a dot near the top of the K.
Thats the only marking
I can not find any chart for this marking.
Anyone know when it was made?
 
Pictures, different views, especially the tang stamp, would help greatly.
 
If it has an integral spacer it probably is a 3rd Version, Variation 1 from about 1967.

Bert
 
BUCK* is generally associated with 1967 although I would also say late 1966 as I have seen a boxed BUCK* model 120 with late 1966 paperwork. It was a marking used for a very short period of time as the tang stamp transitioned from BUCK to BUCK/USA. Dots used on Buck tang stamps are better thought of as engineering change codes and not date codes. In this case I believe it relates to a change in how the blade was blanked.
 
Thank you all very much
they wont let me upload picture so thats all I can tell you.
It is a dot near the K though and not an asterisk.
 
This might help in posting a photo...
USING IMGUR TO POST PICTURES ON A FORUM

You can't post an image directly to a forum? That is almost always because you are not a paid member.

Create an account (free) at Imgur.com. Create an Imgur name, like a forum name here.

To post a picture you have saved (probably in the "picture" file) on your computer:

Go to IMGUR.COM

Click on "Browse" at Imgur (which automatically appears when you open IMGUR,)

"Open" the picture you want to copy or "drag" that picture to the IMGUR screen (you will be prompted as to where to put it by IMGUR.). This saves the picture to Imgur.

Put cursor on your IMGUR name at upper right to drop down a menu of actions.

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Left click on the image in the grid that you wish to share here.

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Go to forum page where you want picture to show up and "paste" link you just copied from Imgur on that page. Your image will appear in your post so long as it is still saved in IMGUR.

It gets easier and easier as you use it.

ED...copied this from a member on BF, Thomas Linton, credit.
 
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Glad you got the photos posted. DeSoto Sky used an asterisk because that is all the type'writer' has to simulate the dot. The dot on your Buck is the one that was used for the time frame DeSoto Sky was talking about, about 1967. Yours is a very nice example, Macassar ebony scales and 440C steel. As to how rare, IDK, don't see to many of them come up one that big auction site. See bertl's post #3 above to see if yours meets that description.
 
FATBOY 03 said:
Thank you all very much
they wont let me upload picture so thats all I can tell you.
It is a dot near the K though and not an asterisk.
Click to expand...

Use postimage.org, next time. Select your image, and when you click done, click hotlink for forums. Then just paste it. This is the easiest to use.
 
Nice knife!

I don't know how rare it is. I can tell you that I've been collecting Buck knives for forty years or so. I've recently bought a couple of older 110s around the same age as yours. It's funny that they both turned up within a few weeks of each other, but I hadn't seen anything of that vintage for several years. Collections get sold off, shoe boxes get emptied. It's no telling when or where things will turn up.
 
Yours is a version 3 variation 1 in a set of 9 that are the third versions. All of version 3 have 2 piece spacers. That is the rear bolster.
 
One line 110's and all the variations of them are a real challenge to collectors. The 'Hunt' is what makes it so rewarding! Sometimes it IS many years before you see one you are trying to find. That's why some of the early 110's sell for what seems like a small fortune. You just don't get many chances to buy them. Collectors say "Buy a lottery ticket" because it really a lucky day when you find one like that.
 
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