Buck 112 dot placement

[1dogdown]

Sunday I received my 112 3 dot.Looked good and I put it in the drawer.Yesterday I took it out to have another look.Thats when I noticed the dots were at the bottom of 112 and not up in the middle.Is this just a miss stamp?Is this 112 more rare?View attachment 2428529

 

[dsutton24]

Check the top of the Buck subforum for a thread called 112 Ranger Data Sheet by Joe Houser.

Your knife is a Category IV v. 2. The three dots means that your knife has a blade pivot bushing, the addition of the nail nick, but still having the squared-off bolster edges means your knife is somewhere in the middle of the three dot era. I have a three dot with the dots low on the tang stamp like yours. I don't think that there's any significance to the dot placement other than a new tang stamp was used at some point. All the other three dots I have have the dots centered on the line. So, maybe the low dot knives are more scarce.