Buck knife color fold out

mbjannusch

mbjannusch

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Funny, I just explained this to 14Bucks on another topic.

Go here:

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You notice the Browse button, click that and it will list items from your desktop or files. Click the one you want.. Choose the 640 X 480 size option for message boards. Then click upload. Eventually a list of links will show up. Choose the "Forum code" link, highlight and copy the link, then paste it to your post at bladeforums.

If you can't upload successfully from the page I linked, there is a link that says "Can't upload? try this." Click that and try that. That second upload page is the one I use. It depends on your computer and program which works for you.

Once you get the hang of it it is easy. Good luck.
 
mbjannusch said:
I bought this recently. It's a color fold out of all of Buck production knives of the 70's or 80's...

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Thanks for the trip down memory lane. When I was a kid, about once a year I'd hand write a letter requesting a catalog and send it off to Buck and Schrade and Victorinox and Gerber, etc. I remember drooling over this one. :D
 
In the bottom right hand corner of the first picture, you can see the "Classic Series". The 111 first showed up in the catalog by itself in '81 and the others in '82. That would date your little catalog to '82 or later.
 
I have one from the '70's, I bought off eBay for a couple of bucks, that uses some of the same pictures. It is missing the models Plummer talks about so that confirms that mine is a little earlier. Looks good standing up on my display table.

Jack
 
Some time ago I bought a Buck store display cabinet and the guy sent me about twenty of those little catalogs. I determined that mine are from 1989 because it shows the 560TI as a "new" item that year. At the bottom left hand corner of the back page, there's a series of letters and numbers, the last two being 89 which leads me to believe that you can date the folders that way. I may be wrong, but what does yours say?

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Dave I have a catalog with the number TP500M1289. It is showing that there are now two Titaniums, this is when Buck introduced the 565. They also introduced the collectible folding Hunter with Gold etched blades, and oak display boxes. Mine should be the 1990 catalog. HL
 
Well, HL's sort of blows my theory. His number also ends in 89, but shows knives from '90. I was just speculating and I guess I speculated wrong. :o
 
Dave mine could have been printed in 89 for the 1990 knives, how knows for sure. I can not remember wnen I picked it up, or from whom. HL
 
TP500M1289

Here is the explanation: Total Printing - 500 thousand printed - date of printing: December of 1989 and yes, that would be for the 1990 product line

You can find similar printing codes on much of the Buck literature.
 
Larry Oden said:
TP500M1289

Here is the explanation: Total Printing - 500 thousand printed - date of printing: December of 1989 and yes, that would be for the 1990 product line

You can find similar printing codes on much of the Buck literature.
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Thank you Larry for clearing that up. So that means mine was printed in March of '89.:thumbup:
 
oh, the one in the picture in post #7 is March 1989 so it would be for the 1989 products.
I did not look at the printing on that one until after my previous post. Anyway, you now have a way to interpret the printing codes.
 
Hate to through a wrench in things, It sounded like u guys had figured it all out but the code on mine says TP984200M, Someone have any suggestions on what that means? This one has the bucklite as a new product model 422 so who knows when the first 422 came out? these are the things that making collecting Bucks fun. Thanx all for your responses as always it is a learning experience.:D



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mbjannusch said:
Hate to through a wrench in things, It sounded like u guys had figured it all out but the code on mine says TP984200M, Someone have any suggestions on what that means? This one has the bucklite as a new product model 422 so who knows when the first 422 came out? these are the things that making collecting Bucks fun. Thanx all for your responses as always it is a learning experience.:D



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ok, here is the interpretation:
TP - total printing
984 - Sept. 1984
200m - 200 thousand copies printed
 
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