Buck 360 history lesson please

[gsea]

OK first off I searched the forum and the BCCI archives nowhere is there any information on the 360 versions and dates. So the challenge for u 360 fans to provide us with any info u have. I will also ultimately like to see someone do an article for the BCCI news letter on the versions etc so it can be added to the website's data.
Below are two almost identical 360's except one as a lanyard hole and the other has a the large phillips head in the same location. Plus the one with the laynard hole is stamped bucktool on only one side. So who as the skinny on these multi-tools. My personal motto never leave home without one.

 

[jbmonkey]

real dumb question..buck made these or partnered with someone? I know nuthin' about these, looking forward to learning.

 

[pjsjr]

OK first off I searched the forum and the BCCI archives nowhere is there any information on the 360 versions and dates. So the challenge for u 360 fans to provide us with any info u have. I will also ultimately like to see someone do an article for the BCCI news letter on the versions etc so it can be added to the website's data.
Below are two almost identical 360's except one as a lanyard hole and the other has a the large phillips head in the same location. Plus the one with the laynard hole is stamped bucktool on only one side. So who as the skinny on these multi-tools. My personal motto never leave home without one.

See member bucktool’s post in the SPS, Dec 9th. He mentions an article by Joe H in the BCCI needle and would be the one to give that info.

 

[afishhunter]

I don't know anything about these either.
Is it possible the pliers jaws or handles are flipped on one?
The one on the right has what looks like a handle stop lug on the jaw that is not on the left hand tool.

 

[gsea]

On a mutt-tool site found this. A whole thread on the buck multitool. https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,25972.0.html
" As with a lot of molded components, it’s common for the mold maker to add an identifying mark to the mold so that they will know which mold that particular part came from. If, for instance, we started to get a lot of out of tolerance jaws from the supplier, they would look to see if they were all from the same cavity. If they all had 5 dots, the mold maker knew he had a problem with that mold cavity. ( If you ever take apart something that is cast or molded plastic, you will likely see either a number, or some type of symbol. ) I believe the Buck Tool had a 6 cavity mold and that would explain the 1 to 6 dots found."