Buck 119-120 Vintage

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Dan Lequin

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How do you know if a Buck knife is a 70's or a 80's one ? Can we know how the knife is old whith the sheath model?
Thanks!
 
I have find this --(Vietnam Era Fighting Knife made by Buck. The blade is 7 3/4" long and marked "Buck" at the ricasso. Buck knives made prior to 1968 were marked just "Buck". After 1968 the mark went to "Buck / USA", then to "Buck / 120 /USA". The flap style sheath started in 1964)--

Someone know when the flap sheath style a stopped?
 
Hello Dan and welcome to the Forums!
I took a look at the picture and I could not see the detail needed to determine aproximate age.
A 70's 120/119 will have 2 micarta spacers in the guard and 2 at the pommel end. The micarta is the reddish colored spacer, sometimes the red is so dark as to appear black.
A 80's 120/119 will have 1 micarta spacer in the guard and 2 or 1 micarta spacers at the pommel end.
It is possible that that flap over sheath was used well into the 1980's on both of these models. There was very little documentation on sheath changes over the years so it is very hard to pin down.
I hope this helps.
 
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