Buck Catalog Numbers.

dsutton24

dsutton24

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Gotta admit, I've always been a little baffled by Buck catalog numbers. The model numbers are a start, it's easy to tell the difference between a 110, a 503, or a 119. On the newer knives you add an alphabet soup of suffixes that are usually fairly descriptive as long as you don't go cross-eyed.

0110-BRSBCCI-B,, I'm looking at you...

Well, anyway. If you have the original box usually you'll find a four-digit catalog number. The best way I've found to deal with these is to skim the Dealer Price Lists. Is there a consolodated reference somewhere that lists catalog numbers versus model numbers?
 
I always use model number. I do use catalog numbers for verification. For example, if someone says the knife is in the original box, sometimes the model number is the same or similar but the catalog number is different. So, for example, when 422s changed design they also changed the catalog number.
 
dsutton24 said:
Is there a consolodated reference somewhere that lists catalog numbers versus model numbers?
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I have never seen one. Doesn't mean one doesn't exist.

Not really sure what you're asking as far as a list goes. A list of catalog numbers would not do much. The 110 that you have referenced is a BCCI model knife and as such I don't think it would appear in the dealer catalog. BCCI models do have a catalog number.

So if Buck or some enterprising individual would make a list of model numbers paired with it's catalog number you'd be a happy camper 😁
 
Here is a repost on this subject I made previously.
Words are important, what I refer to here I call the model code which is different from the catalog number.

Buck model codes follow a format. Not all may be used, The first three and last for sure.

Model# / color / blade edge /BO or dealer (if SFO) / variation # ---packaging

family color group ..BR RD BK BL (brown, red, black, blue) BR used for cocobolo etc.
3 different blues.... BLS1 BLS2 BLS3 (the original post was about Slim Selects)

Blade edge S=smooth X= serrated

SFO SM smoky mtn /WM walmart /SH copper&clad /BO build out etc (optional field)
(note Copper&Clad is a subsidiary of Shepherd Hills Cutlery)

variation number lets say C&C had 2 different red 119's, a phenolic smooth and micarta serrated (made up example) (optional field)
0119RDSSH red smooth blade for C&C
0119RDXSH1 red serrated blade for C&C, 1 designates it is the 2nd different red knife for the 119 model # for C&C

---B boxed
---C clam pack

Clear as mud? It actually makes alot of sense once you get the hang of it. All knives will have a uniquely different catalog number, the only true identifier.
 
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DeSotoSky said:
...All knives will have a uniquely different catalog number, the only true identifier.
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Yeah, I get that the Model Numbers are fairly descriptive. A unified reference of Catalog Numbers would be handy at times.

This all came about when I was trying to research a Custom Shop Bowie that had gotten separated from its COA. The box had a catalog number on it, and no model number on the knife or box. It turns out that a Catalog #1213 is a 909 Mountain Bowie.
 
The 909 and 919 Mountain and Apache Bowies were at the end of the Custom shop era and they were in the general catalog. Try about '91/'92. Some of the earlier model/catalog numbers can be found on some of the Custom Shop literature found on the BCCI website. You kinda have to pick thru it.
 
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