Buck 317...what a work horse

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Recently I acquired an old Buck 317 in black composite handles. This is a two blade trapper like knife with a large clip and skinning blade. It is the largest 300 series Buck I have seen. I am impressed. The way the blades snap into place is very impressive. This knife (I got it on Ebay) came barely used and very sharp with a nicely tied leather fob.

I love the 300 series knives. They never seem to have any blade play and are very functional.

Does anyone else have this knife? If you have this knife I would like to know what you think.

I emailed Joe to see if he knows where I can buy a sheath for this.

Cheers!

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~Greg Mete~
Kodiak Alaska
JKM-Chai
 
The #317 is indeed a workhorse but recently has seen a lot of interest from collectors. If you have one with the model number on the pile side of the blade (as opposed to the mark side) it is really desirable. All 317's were actually contract knives. A 110 sheath will work perfectly for it and they are much easier to find.

Vern Taylor
Founder, Buck Collectors Club
 
Hi Vern,
Thanks for responding. This particular 317 does have the model number on the opposite side of the tang that is marked Buck. Can you tell me why this is more desirable?

I think you are right that collectors are very interested in this knife. I have been trying to get one for months and I always seemed to get out bid at the last second. This knife I got pretty easily for just $45. Surprised the heck outta me.
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Thanks for the info regarding the 110 sheath. I'll give that a try.

Greg,

Buck Lifetime collector club member
 
I've got one that I picked up at the factory store one day, the 317 is on the same side as "Buck" on mine (
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), but it is in excellent shape and cost was under $40. Greg, does yours have a plain and a serrated edge like mine? Now I wish I'd picked up the other one that was there as well, dang. I have not used mine at all, just polished it up and put it in the knife case, but it does have a nice action, very nice solid feel to it.
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[This message has been edited by Brian Lavin (edited 12-11-2000).]
 
Hi Brian,
My 317 has dual plain edge blades. This knife looks older. I wonder when it was made. Certainly before the tang stamps started. I really like the feel and heft of this knife and it has become a favorite already.

One thing that surprised me was how sharp it was for an older Buck. It didn't seem used and the older Bucks I usually get are semi sharp but not scary sharp. This knife really got my attention.

It seems to me that whoever designed the 300 series knew what they were doing. As a group these knives though inexpensive snap open loudly and have virtually no blade play. I have about 10 of them and they all impress me...even the newer models.

I would love to hear other folks' opinion of these knives.

Thanks Brian!

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~Greg Mete~
Kodiak Alaska
JKM-Chai
 
Greg,
The targeted introduction date for the 317 was 3/72. I do not know for sure if we hit that date or not but i would imagine that they came out somewhere around that time frame.

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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
Thank you Joe for your response....also a public thank you for finding me a 317 sheath! It is much appreciated. I tried to use my 110 sheaths but they didn't fit. I appreciate all the extra effort that you do for us Buck lovers...it is very much appreciated.

Thanks again,


Greg

PS...I didn't know that these knives were that old...do you know when they stopped producing them?
 
So are one of you Buck boys gonna post a pic? I feel kinda silly sitting here drooling over a knife I've never seen
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The Buck stops here!

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[This message has been edited by lifter4Him@aol.com (edited 12-14-2000).]
 
Looks like we stopped selling them in 1989.
I'm sorry Dave, i don't know how to post pics or i would!

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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123
 
I have a working scanner now, so I'll give it a try tonite after work. But I am a complete rookie at this so don't hold your breath!!!
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I have a 317 without sheath that I got on eBay several years ago. I wish Buck would bring them back into production.
 
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Here is my 317 they are indeed a nice knife. And I do like the 300 series very much. I have almost all of them.
 
DLP,

D Martin is correct, a almost 14 year old thread is a little old to be bringing back up. If there are photos or information you wish to discuss on the new, then learn to copy those and bring them to a new thread you start. This was not so bad this time but if you had 50 posts and half were just talk, most people don't want to read a thread like that. So in this case you wanted to talk about 317s start a new thread of your own, copy forward any photo or posting you want to reference and lets go from there. FYI for the future.

300Bucks, Moderator

DLP as a PS FYI, Buck never made the 317, it is a contract made knife by Camillus, which has closed down. Just in case you didn't know that.
 
buckman110 said:
What do u mean 300? Sorry still new.
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When searching through old threads, if it is more than a few months old, then it is generally considered a dead thread.
Posting in it, and bringing it "back to life" makes that dead thread a "zombie thread".
People prefer to not have that occur.
The preferrable option is to start a new thread.

This applies more to the one who posted right before you and ressurected the 14 year old thread.
 
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