Buck Trivia Challenge

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Okay Vern, Larry, Joe and all of you other advanced Buck "experts", here a little challenge for you. (I don't know the answers!)
1. When did Buck use the brown, short loop sheath instead of the black one for the 112? (The snap has the "Buck" marking)
2. When was the switch made from the long loop to the short one on the 112 sheaths?
3. When was the two piece box for the 112 replaced by the flip-up-lid model.
4. The final question applies to all models. When was the picture of Al Buck switched from the left side to right side of the insert, "A word from the Chairman of the Board of Buck Knives"?
If you are ever a judge at one of the Buck Collectors Club events, you may need to know these things.
Have fun! Racer Roy - BCC Member #1046 :D
 
I told myself, "Don't open this thread Joe, It won't be an easy answer with Roy doing the asking!" :)
"Dinners waiting on the table and you wont have time to research this one" i said to myself.
Boy i should really start to listen to those little voices in my head!
:) :)
I will have to get back to you on this one.
 
Well Joe, Thanks for opening the thread. Questions with easy answers get to be annoying after a while. The advancement of human knowledge is never an easy thing. On another note; the two 112's that I sent in to have re-bladed in BG-42 arrived today. SUPER JOB!!!! :D Anyone out there who is looking for the ultimate using folder doesn't want to miss out on this offer. E-mail Joe for the details. Racer Roy


KNOWLEDGE THAT IS NOT SHARED IS LOST.
 
Well, #1 is fairly easy; Buck always used the brown sheath with the 112FG and there were numerous times that they packed regular 112's with the brown sheath if they ran out of black ones. Usually that lasted for two days at the most.

#2 I don't have a clue on.

#3 There is no definitive answer. The two piece boxes were phased in over a two year period in the late 1970's because the one piece folded flat and took up a whole lot less space and they were cheaper. I would guess about 1976 on the 112's.

#4 Must have been 1983 by looking at some old, new knives I have, still in the box, but we're looking at years with no year mark on the knives.

I hope YOU have definite dates for these things!
 
Thanks for expanding the realm of human knowledge Vern. Anybody else got any little tidbits to add? Racer Roy :D


KNOWLEDGE IS NEITHER DESTROYED NOR CREATED, IT IS SIMPLY LOST THEN REDISCOVERED.
 
Joe,
Were you able to unearth any more details? :)
Racer Roy


KNOWLEDGE THAT IS NOT SHARED IS LOST.
 
Roy,
Based on a sample of two sheaths, i would put the switch from long to short belt loops at 77 to 80. This is a VERY unscientific conclusion though.
The rest on the questions i will go with Vern's answers.
Sheaths and boxes are things i have the least amount of info on. YOu can't usually find pictures of either in catalogues and when you do, they are usually pictures that had been recycled for years after a change was made.
I can say this about the note in the box, the earliest one did not have a picture. It was a rubber stamp that Hoyt Buck used to stamp John 3:16 on each knife box.
Take care,
 
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