Buck Trapper Question

[JD Mandrell]

I am looking for any information on a knife I recently traded for.

It is a Buck #311 Trapper, that has a metal plaque on the side that says "Winchester".

The main blade tang says:

Buck
311
u.s.a.

The story I was told was that in the early 80's, Winchester (Olin U.S.A.) comissioned these knives as gifts for company employees. They were never available to the general public to buy, and I got it from a relative who got it in the early 80's from his father-in-law, who was a long time Olin U.S.A. employee and was given this knife buy the company.

Does anyone know anything about this knife such as how many were made?

Thanks

 

[Joe Houser]

Hello Confederate and welcome to the forums!
I eagerly await any info anybody might have of the specifics of this run. I'll bet Vern has the answer.

Take care,


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Joe Houser
Director of Consumer relations Buck Knives Inc.
Buck Collectors club Administrator and member #123

 

[Vern Taylor]

A really wonderful guy by the name of Jerry Lambert, a Winchester rep, was instrumental in putting this deal together, and you got the story pretty much straight. I believe there were 1000 ordered and something less than that delivered, maybe 900 or so. This is a very desirable knife because you have TWO groups of collectors after them: the Winchester guys and the Buck collectors. Personally, I think it is a $100 knife. Sales don't bear that out but I am firm in my appraisal.

Vern Taylor

 

[JD Mandrell]

Thanks for the info, I had searched the net extensively trying to find anything about this knife.

Thanks again.

The Last Confederate