Buck 180em

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jbravo

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This is an unusual Buck knife. It has skeletonized stainless steel handles, liner lock, thumb stud, and pocket clip. Very sturdy. Looks a bit like the solitaire. And I believe it was a 'custom' version that was produced in low numbers (2-300?) a few years back.

Does anyone know more than that? What a mint version is worth, more or less? I'm looking to sell one, but would like to have some info to provide the potential buyer.

Thanks.
 
Well, no replys from the Buck crowd (to which I am a newbie), so I posted the knife at a guess. You can see what one looks like anyway, if you wish, in the for sale post.
 
Welcome jbravo here is Joe Houser's reply to my request for information on these. Hope it helps.
"Back in 1997 we offered three Crosslocks with metal sides. One was aluminum, the 180AA, one was stainless with an ats-34 blade, the 180EM, and one was Damascus, the 180DM. There were only about 20 of the 180DM made as samples. They were going to have to retail for about $500 so we canned that one. Very rare!
The 180AA-retail was $158, we made 331
The 180EM-retail was $196, we made 230
They were all supposed to be engraved "Limited Production 1997" but they were so hot at the time that they forgot on the first batch. I caught the mistake and had them engrave the rest. In the confusion, some may have been engraved with something else. Hard to say how many are engraved and how many are not. Easy to say that any of these Crosslocks is an awesome find!"

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Thanks Mike! That gives me a better idea on the knife, so I reduced the price to $150. Mine doesn't have any engraving, but I can't tell if that's better or worse.
 
jbravo,
In my opinion, your knife is not worth any less without the engraving. The number made was so small anyways, jsut finding one is a good thing. If you want, send me your address via my email and i will send you a color ad slip of the knives in that series. It shows all the knives including the rare damascus handled crosslock.
Take care,


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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
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