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geothorn

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Hi all --

All of the Buck knives that I own are 2004 & 2005 "standard production" knives. I doubt that these Bucks will ever be capable of reaching the collectible status of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s Bucks, so, should I just toss all of these yellow and black boxes that I've "collected?" I've got a stack of them.

I've learned here, and by viewing the likes of Antiques Road Show, how important it is, for collecting purposes, to keep one's boxes and paperwork, in as pristine a condition as the knives that you're collecting. In your opinion, are circa 2004 & 2005 mass-produced Buck knives' boxes worth keeping?

Thanks for your thoughts, GeoThorn

P.S. Is there any place to see Buck's production numbers? Like how many 110s/119s were produced, each year, through the 60s, 70s, 80s? I think that it'd be cool to check those statistics out.
 
It depends on how many other people feel that mass produced recent buck boxes aren't worth saving. If more people save them then throw them away, they won't be worth much. However, if everyone throws them away, then they will be worth more.

Of course, the most collectible will probably be knives new in the packaging, never opened or used. Especially regular knives made to be used. "Collectable" knives that are mass produced are never going to be worth much since they were made to be collected.

I would think though, that say a New In Box 110 will be worth something down the road. How much is hard to say.

Just my thoughts.

Chad
 
The clam pack is hard to save. It is generally better when a knife is sold or traded to have the original box. As to value, who knows?? There are a lot of collectables that no one ever suspected.
 
It's hard to say what the value will be, but I have to think it would always be better to have the box and paperwork.

Tom
 
It always helps the price for resale if you have the original box, especially after many years, I know how you feel I have an entire shelf of Buck boxes.
 
Depends. Items with "collector value" generally aren't made to be collected, they're made to be used, and as such there are fewer pieces in good condition. If you look at something like baseball cards, yes they're made to collect, but they have a rarity factor added in (there are less Hank Aaron rookie cards as there are Joe Nobody cards...).

A new Buck 110 is no more or less mass produced than an original 110. Sure there are probably more of them made, but given 40 years how many of them will still be around and still in good condition?

I always keep my boxes just because. It's a place to keep the knife when I'm not using it, that way I know where it is.

I have a modest collection of 110s and every week or so, I go to ebay and see what 110s are there to be had. Every now and then you'll find a 110 box, no knife, just the box. So it must be important. None of my old 110s have a box though because none of them were ever meant to be collected.
 
I recently bought a lot of knives from a collector. All had boxes. Was nice to be able to see the catalog numbers and different codes for same model knife.

Need another whole room just to store boxes tho...

One collectors list of knives for sale has about 2 pages or so of nothing but boxes. Some have sheaths, in them.
 
If you ever intend to sell them, keep the boxes. Thats the short answer.
I bet that if you were to sell a standard knife, fresh off the production line today, without the box and papers, you would get less for it than if you had all those goddies with it. I think its because even if you might not think that the knife is a collectible, your potential buyers probably do.
One thing you might consider is folding the boxes. We get them that way so I know they will fold right up.
Hope this helps,
 
My 2 cents:

Generally I save the boxes; there's no easier place to store the knives.

Even if it doesn't affect the actual value of the knife, it does make the knife more desirable when compared to knives without boxes and documentation. Say there's two identical knives for sale, one with the box and one without. The knife with the box and paperwork will sell first every time.

If you're using the knives, it probably doesn't make any difference at all, since the resale value will be low anyway.

A few months back I had a couple of empty boxes that no longer had matching knives. I advertised the boxes as a free giveaway, and they were snatched right away. So if you don't want to save the boxes, the cool thing to do would be to give other knife-knuts a chance at them.

Best Wishes,
Bob

I should also add that not even I save the plastic clam-packs. I do save the cardboard inserts though. Since it's usually a single flat card, it's a piece of cake to store.
 
the old boxes are a sorce for information as to what was made and had what number. of course now buck has much better records on what is made...
i agree with the others save the box (if you dont want to email me tho!) as even on a user it is something that others or some one will want even jest 10 years down the road if you resale it or or pass it on....
 
Thank you for all of your helpful replies!

Bob W, it was partially your Buck box give-away that made me want to ask the question about keeping my boxes.

I still have my boxes, but, generally, the knives haven't been kept in the boxes since the day that I bought them. Yes, I can still probably match the knives to their proper boxes, in about 90% of the cases.

I'm planning on using Joe's suggestion to fold my boxes flat, for storage purposes. It'll allow me to store the boxes on a shelf, somewhere, probably with the stack of paperwork right nextdoor.

I don't currently see me selling my Buck Knives, however, if saving my boxes will allow me to sell my knives with less of a loss, should I ever decide to sell them, then saving my Buck boxes seems the best way to go. Like covering all of one's bases.

Thanks again!

GeoThorn
 
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