Buck 560V Titanium

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Aremel

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I have a vintage Buck 560V Titanium that I've had since I was a teen (I'm 65 now). I've never really carried of used it, however I've become a bit of a collector in the last couple of years so I am cataloging everything in a spreadsheet. I got to wondering if anyone can tell me what the "V" stands for. AI returned an answer of "Viper" for that knife, but it doesn't explain the significance of it.

I was going to post a photo but that's above my pay grade I guess. :oops:

Thanks in advance!
 
Welcome to Bladeforums.

The V is a date code stamp. It indicates the knife was made in 1989. The date code stamp typically appears after the model number.

From the Buck website-

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Hickory n steel said:
That v is a 1989 date code.


This is a good reminder that we can sometimes be mistaken about when we acquired things.
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true. he wasn't far off though. 29yo to later teens is only 10 years. not bad memory for 3.6 decades of time passing by......
 
Hickory n steel said:
Yeah it's not like that multigenerational antiqu that it turns out was actually a souvenir your grandfather bought on vacation 30 years ago.
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I always feel terrible for them that they got fibbed to and its not some hard fought war trophy they were told it was.......
 
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