Buck 300 series

[300Bucks]

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[bertl]

Here are the photos for NavyCWO4's knives. My interpretation is that the knife with the BUCK/309/USA tang stamp and the EZ Open notch is a Camillus contract knife from 1974-1985. The knife with the BUCK/Made In USA tang stamp with the model number on the pile side and a long pull is a Camillus contract knife from 1972-1974.

Bert

 

[NavyCWO4]

Bert - thanks for getting the photos posted. And, for the information.

Anyone have something to add on these two 309's?

 

[NavyCWO4]

It's stamped Buck 309....there is no USA.

 

[bertl]

Navy,

It would be unusual if there is no USA. Is it possible that the USA is stamped so low on the tang that it is pretty well covered by the bolster?

 

[300Bucks]

Yes, Bert is correct. Fold the blade half way up and it should be visible. That knife's main blade has been heavily altered. It should look just like the other knife's main blade. Someone has re-ground the blade shape, possibly getting rid of a broken tip. If they are family heirlooms but you wanted to carry one use the one with reground blade and save the other.

Usually, Buck 300 knives of this era are not valuable. The value of any of these older ones usually lie in having a box in really good shape, all the original papers and the knife being in new unsharpened condition.

300Bucks

 

[NavyCWO4]

Thanks for you help.....and 300, USA is visible at the very base of the tang. I knew they had little or no value. Not a major collector, maybe a dozen
or so knives....mostly Ka-Bar and Case folders. Most cherished one is a 1965-69 Red Bone "Case XX" Copperhead.

 

[FatCity67]

Hah! Found a 309 rummaging through some old boxes in the basement at my grandparents house.

BUCK
309
U.S.A.

 

[RickT57]

That's better than a box of cracker jacks!

 

[FatCity67]

That's better than a box of cracker jacks!

Well let's not get carried away.

I have to admit it was a great feeling even if it was a couple dollar lower end Camillus made buck. It obviously belong to my grandfather at one time who passed in 1979 at 71. My grandmother passed in 2006 and the house sat in state for about 8 years. Yeah I know he was 10 years older than her when they got married in 1943 and she live to a ripe old age of 88. Then my wife and I purchased the family house in 2014. Most of my grandparents belonging had long since been gone thru and keep sakes passed out to various family member. We did get the bulk of their belongings thou and this was just another surprise.

 

[David Martin]

It's not unusual to find a treasure or 2 even after the family has rummaged through everything twice. A lot to go through and something can be missed during the search. Plus, wills and such don't get closed out quickly. It takes years. Glad you found it. DM

 

[bertl]

It's not unusual to find a treasure or 2 even after the family has rummaged through everything twice.

- David Martin

How right you are, David. Years ago, a friend of mine and his wife went back to New Jersey after her father died. Her brothers and sister told her they had pretty well gone through everything and she could have what was left: a Formica topped kitchen table and three old paintings. My friend who was an artist looked at the paintings and then looked again. They were three Albert Bierstadt landscapes. Floyd and his wife took the paintings and left without saying anything.

Bert

 

[David Martin]

Haa! It happens. Good find. DM

 

[FatCity67]

Thanks DM. Yup, this 309 is a nice little peanut knife to have in the pocket and a nice reminder.