Cabelas - Buck-Strider 887 blade steel???

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Need some help here figuring out what I have.

When Cabelas was having a close-out on the Buck-Strider BU-887 Police Advocate folders (For ~$40 each), I bought two from them. (Also, they both clearly have the TACCOM handle and not G10.)
I decided to make one a 'user' and save the other as a collectible.

Looking at descriptions of this knife at various retailers, the descriptions say that the blade steel is 420HC. However, on the 'user' knife, the blade is stamped ATS-34.
???

Can someone clarify why these folders are noted as having 420HC blade steel when mine have ATS-34?
What do I have???
Is it really a model 887???

Thanks,
Mike
 
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887 Police advocate, Taccom handle 420HC blade
882BKX, TACCOM handles ATS-34 blade
882 SBTG, G-10 handles and ATS-34 blade

I hope this helps! They all look alot alike. The SBTG was the only one with G-10 handles,
But both of the 882 models had the ATS-34 blade.

Sounds to me like yours is the 882 BKX

They are all nice users ;)
 
I have one of the blue handle police trainers Joe, whats the steel in that and can a edge be put on it ?
 
Thank you VERY much!
That helps indeed!

Looks like I've got a couple of the 882BKX...

Regards,
Mike
 
bucksway said:
I have one of the blue handle police trainers Joe, whats the steel in that and can a edge be put on it ?
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The trainer model has 420HC steel.

As mentioned before, for all others:

882 models = ATS 34
889 Military and 887 Police were 420HC
 
yep, some of the trainers can be found with ats-34. The trainer blade has that rounded tip. It can be reshaped and the resulting blade will be shorter than the standard.
 
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