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The mailman brought me a mint-looking, 29 year old Buck 322 Congress yesterday!
Searching the forums here it is a Camillus contract knife made for SMKW in 1995.
If those who have gone before us here on Blade Forums are correct, of the Bucks that were copies of existing Camillus models, the 322 Congress is unique in that it is not a direct copy of the Camillus Congress, but a mirror image of it - meaning the blade configuration is different and the nail nick is on the opposite side of two of the four blades, so the blades were not interchangeable between Buck and Camillus-badged knives. Here’s a picture of a Camillus Congress that I pulled off the internet for comparison.
It may be hard to tell from the way I opened the blades on the Buck for the picture, but both Sheepsfoot blades are on the front, and both pen blades are on the back. The Camillus has a Sheepsfoot and a pen on each side (front-back, not left-right). Kinda interesting that they would go to the trouble of making unique parts for a somewhat limited one year run of Buck SMKW exclusives.
This thing is a pocket-full of razors. Let’s see some more Buck 322’s, including the yellow sawcut Delrin versions that I'm sure some of you have! I know I ran across a picture
DeSotoSky
has posted in the past of both the black and yellow versions. Do you still have them, Roger?
Searching the forums here it is a Camillus contract knife made for SMKW in 1995.
If those who have gone before us here on Blade Forums are correct, of the Bucks that were copies of existing Camillus models, the 322 Congress is unique in that it is not a direct copy of the Camillus Congress, but a mirror image of it - meaning the blade configuration is different and the nail nick is on the opposite side of two of the four blades, so the blades were not interchangeable between Buck and Camillus-badged knives. Here’s a picture of a Camillus Congress that I pulled off the internet for comparison.
It may be hard to tell from the way I opened the blades on the Buck for the picture, but both Sheepsfoot blades are on the front, and both pen blades are on the back. The Camillus has a Sheepsfoot and a pen on each side (front-back, not left-right). Kinda interesting that they would go to the trouble of making unique parts for a somewhat limited one year run of Buck SMKW exclusives.
This thing is a pocket-full of razors. Let’s see some more Buck 322’s, including the yellow sawcut Delrin versions that I'm sure some of you have! I know I ran across a picture
DeSotoSky
has posted in the past of both the black and yellow versions. Do you still have them, Roger?
